For the record; #Redhack hacks led to a high level resignation at Doğan Media Group…

A major shake-up at Doğan Media Doğan Media Group coordinator Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ announced his resignation from the post, approved by the group’s Honorary Chairman Aydın Doğan on Sept. 30 RedHack Leaks Reveal the Rise of Turkey’s Pro-Government Twitter Trolls The Daily Dot Leaked emails from the Turkish government provide new details of how Turkey’s pro-government … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Report says “Autocratic regimes systematically deny internet access to opposition ethnic groups

I guess not only to ethnic groups but all opponents in some countries…  Autocratic regimes systematically deny internet access to opposition ethnic groups  Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow In Digital discrimination: Political bias in Internet service provision across ethnic groups (Sci-hub mirror), a new paper in Science, political scientists from the University of Konstanz and elsewhere document … Read more

Journalism agenda: “storytelling ‘is still everything’, despite new journalism tools…”People will read your long stories on their phones…

Why storytelling ‘is still everything’, despite new journalism tools Journalism.co.uk Journalist and producer Scott Rensberger reinforces the power of the story as reporters begin to experiment with mobile journalism tools and techniques Planning for news, misidentification and verification as a process Hi everyone, So this week we held the second in our series of free training … Read more

Journalism agenda: EU, US Respond to Erdoğan’s Criticism Against Diplomats who attended Journalists’ trial…

US vows to keep following journalists’ trial despite outrage from Ankara U.S. representatives will continue to monitor judicial proceedings like the controversial trial of daily Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül despite harsh criticisms from Ankara, U.S. State Department spokesperson John Kirby has said EU, US Respond to Erdoğan’s Criticism Against Diplomats  Bianet … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “HTTP error code 451 for Internet censorship… “ten-part series on surveillance & corruption…”Twitter Bots and Activists…

IETF approves HTTP error code 451 for Internet censorship Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow The 451 HTTP error code, first proposed in 2012 as a tribute to Ray Bradbury’s classic novel is now an IETF standard and is the preferred error message for a server to send to a browser when content is blocked for legal … Read more

Journalism agenda: With 40,000 paid subscribers, Dutch journalism platform The Correspondent becoming a success story….

‘The Correspondent’ is winning crowdfunded journalism with 40,000 paid subscribers The Next Web by Bryan Clark Today, Dutch journalism platform The Correspondent announced it just reached 40,000 paying members. The feat is nothing short of amazing considering it started without a website — or any content for that matter — crowdfunded $1.7 million dollars, and continued to leverage this early … Read more

Journalism agenda: “CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack…

CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack The Intercept by Glenn Greenwald Much of the world spent the last 48 hours expressing revulsion at the U.S. airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. It was quite clear early on that the perpetrator of the attack was the U.S., and many … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “96% of Recruiters Use Social Media to Find High-Quality Candidates…

Survey: 96% of Recruiters Use Social Media to Find High-Quality Candidates All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison A Few Tips for Blogging Growth Daily Blog Tips Blogging is competitive and if you are new to it, you might face a tough challenge. In order to create a fan base and gather an audience around your blog, you need … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: Mobile Phone may Detect Earthquakes…

Your Mobile Phone can Detect Earthquakes Digital Inspiration Technology Blog by Amit Agarwal Was it just you or did the ground really shake? Your iPhone, iPad and most newer mobile phones can work as basic seismometers, the same instrument that is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes and volcanoes. You don’t need to install any apps, just … Read more

Journalism roundup: Spain’s “Ancillary Copyright” Law leads to closure of Google News in Spain…

Google News abandons Spain in paid content row Spain’s government Thursday defied Google’s vow to shut down its Spanish online news service in protest at being made to pay for content, in its latest legal clash in Europe. Google News to shut down in Spain following new copyright law  The Next Web by Owen Williams A new … Read more

Başvurular 21 Mayıs’a kadar. “MIT Innovators Under 35 Yarışması” [bu bizim MİT değil] #MITinnovatorsTK

  TÜRKİYE’NİN  MARK ZUCKERBERG’LERİ SEÇİLİYOR   MIT Innovators Under 35 Yarışması ilk kez Türkiye‘de   Garanti Bankası?nın desteği ile Türkiye?de ilk kez gerçekleştirilecek MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Yarışması en yenilikçi ve yaratıcı 10 Türk gencini seçecek.   İSTANBUL, 16 Nisan 2014 – Küresel bir yetenek avı ve tanıtımı olarak 10 yıldır faaliyet gösteren  Innovators Under 35 (35 Yaş altı … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “The rise of cryptocurrencies.. “Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft disclose new data about number of NSA requests received…

The Facebook Decade: A Review of the Social Giant’s Disruptive History As it reaches its first decade of existence, Mark Zuckerberg‘s creation stands as the premiere social network in the world. With 1.23 billion current monthly active users, the online juggernaut’s user base far surpasses that of the entire Internet in 2004. How’s that for growth?   … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: “Most Influential Emotions On Social Networks Revealed…”Iran Unblocks Twitter and Facebook

  Most Influential Emotions On Social Networks Revealed Anger spreads faster and more broadly than joy, say computer scientists who have analysed sentiment on the Chinese Twitter-like service Weibo   Internet Freedom and Political Space The Internet has become a new battleground between governments that censor online content and those who advocate freedom to browse, … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Twitter Vs. Facebook: A Tale Of Two IPOs….EFF’s guide to NSA reform bills

Twitter Vs. Facebook: A Tale Of Two IPOs From Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg?s mouth to Twitter?s ears: The long awaited, much anticipated Twitter initial public offering is upon us. Twitter Plans to Go Public Twitter is the next giant social network with plans to cash in. Academics Launch Fake Social Network to Get an Inside Look at Chinese Censorship … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison After more than three years already spent in confinement while awaiting trial, former Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison today for what has been described as the largest ever leak of classified government documents. Manning, who is 25 years old, had been … Read more