Moot Retires From 4chan Slashdot vivaoporto writes Moot bids his final farewell as the administrator of the (in)famous imageboard. The full resignation letter can be read on the site blog (it’s cool, it’s SFW) but for those who are not brave enough to dwell in the “underbelly of the internet” here are some excerpts: “I founded … Read more
Algorithmic cruelty Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow With its special end-of-year message, Facebook wants to show you, over and over, what your year “looked like”; in Eric Meyer’s case, the photo was of his daughter, who died this year: “For those of us who lived through the death of loved ones, or spent extended time in … Read more
Twitter’s transparency reports are now available in 10 languages The Next Web by Natt Garun Since launching its first transparency report in 2012, it has been Twitter’s aim to ensure users from around the globe can access this information in a clear and straightforward way. Cowardly U.S. theaters refuse to show ‘The Interview’ after free speech threats Boing Boing … Read more
PRCC Kurumsal İletişim Sohbetleri-8 Tarih: 18 Aralık 2014, Perşembe Saat: 18.30- 20.00 Yer: santralistanbul Kampüsü, ÇSM-403 Konuşmacı: Eşref Günaydın (Microsoft Bilgi İçerik Deneyimleri Grubu Ülke Müdürü) İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Halkla İlişkiler ve Kurumsal İletişim Yüksek Lisans Programı tarafından hayata geçirilen “BİLGİ PRCC Kurumsal İletişim Sohbetleri”, iletişim yöneticilerinin katılımıyla şekillenen bir konuşma dizisi olup, stratejik iletişimin güncel konuları gerek … Read more
Gottfrid Svartholm Found Guilty in Hacking Trial TorrentFreak After being arrested in his Cambodian apartment in September 2012 it took two years before Gottfrid Svartholm went on trial in Denmark. Drone Footage of Hungary Protests Against “Internet Tax” Global Voices Online Hungarians have been rallying in masses against a proposed tax on Internet traffic that many … Read more
Cyprus President replaced by Greek PM at EU summit EurActiv.com Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades was hospitalised ahead of the first day of the EU summit yesterday (23 October), and was replaced at the summit by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. This is the first time that a leader from another country replaces a colleague at the EU … Read more
No VPN on Earth Can Protect Careless Pirates TorrentFreak Last year, Philip Danks, a man from the West Midlands, UK, went into a local cinema and managed to record the movie Fast and Furious 6. He later uploaded that content to the Internet. After pleading guilty, this week Wolverhampton Crown Court sentenced him to an unprecedented33 … Read more
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
Wikipedia Shows the Value of a Vibrant Public Domain In the week leading up the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout protests, EFF and others are talking about key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day, we’ll take on a different piece, exploring what?s at stake and and what we need to do to … Read more
here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary British Library uploads one million public domain images to the net for remix and reuse The British Library has uploaded one million public domain scans from 17th-19th century books to Flickr! They’re embarking on an ambitious programme to crowdsource novel uses and navigation tools for the huge corpus. Already, … Read more
State surveillance of personal data is theft, say world’s leading authors theguardian.com ? Matthew Taylor ? 12/9/13 5:00 PM ? More than 500 of the world’s leading authors, including five Nobel prize winners, have condemned the scale of state surveillance revealed by the whistleblower Edward Snowden and warned that spy agencies are undermining democracy … Read more
Google and Microsoft take steps to block Internet search results linked to child porn Google revealed today that it has been putting more than 200 people to work in the last three months to develop new technologies to block Internet search results linked to child porn, after UK Prime Minister David Cameron in June demanded Google and … Read more
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
Yahoo Publishes First Transparency Report Yahoo published its first transparency report on Friday, disclosing the number of government requests for data that the company received in the first six months of 2013. Amid NSA spying scandal, Yahoo releases transparency report on gov data requests The Internet company Yahoo! has released a Transparency Report today, detailing … Read more
Warlords in Syria and Turkey Today I will leave aside the ?strategically deep? topics and focus on a smaller problem Obama, not at his best… MAIN FOCUS: Syria crisis overshadows G20 summit | 05/09/2013 The G20 leaders convene in St. Petersburg today, Thursday. Commentators expect the topic of Syria to dominate the talks. While some hope … Read more