One Wilshire Boulevard is a nondescript office building in Downtown LA, but it’s the world’s largest carrier hotel, housing major telecom and internet companies. 00:01 One Wilshire Boulevard is the most expensive commercial real estate in the US due to its position as a carrier hotel. 01:50 One Wilshire is the world’s most connected building … Read more
Turkey’s TV watchdog scraps Netflix film ‘Cuties’ following backlash | Ahval Turkey’s state broadcasting regulator has removed a controversial Netflix movie “Cuties’’ from the… Turkey’s media authority asks Netflix to block ‘Cuties’ film Bianet :: English Netflix might have its license in Turkey suspended if it does not remove the movie it will air on September 9. … Read more
Netflix denies reports that it will withdraw from Turkey, remains silent on censorship claims Bianet :: English The ruling party’s media head has said he believes that “Netflix will be more sensitive towards the Turkish culture with deeper cooperation. Netflix cancels Turkish show If Only in row over gay character BBC News | Europe | World Edition … Read more
I am not sure if Netflix will retreat from the Turkey market yet but it seems they have canceled at least one show dues to Turkish authorities’ homophobic pressures. Honestly, I was thinking Netflix would give in to the pressures as Facebook always does but instead taking an at least partial stand… Censorship standoff sparks concerns … Read more
Netflix pulls ‘Patriot Act’ episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized … https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/01/middleeast/netflix-patriot-act-hasan…/index.html 10 hours ago – Netflix has blocked an episode of a comedy show which is critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his alleged role in the killing of ************** Inside Facebook’s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech The New York Times – Max … Read more
RADIO AND TV SUPREME COUNCIL CENSORSHIP ON INTERNET: Yaman Akdeniz: Turkey Can Be First Country to Ban Netflix Bianet :: English The Radio and Television Supreme Council has approved the regulation which foresees an extensive supervision and censorship on online radio and TV broadcasts. Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz has said, “Turkey can be the first country … Read more
KickassTorrents ex-staffers brought the torrent site back from the dead The Next Web by Mix Back in July, millions of pirates got their hearts broken when their go-to torrent site KickassTorrents suddenly shut down following the arrest of alleged founder Artem Vaulin – but it seems not all is lost. A group of devoted ex-staffers has kicked off a … Read more
EDRi identifies key challenges to freedom of expression online Yeni Medya On 13 November 2014, EDRi met with the European External Action Service (EEAS) for a civil society consultation on the EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline. The EEAS aims at improving the Guidelines in the future and was seeking input … Read more
Advocacy groups call on Twitter to restore API access to Politiwoops Nieman Journalism Lab by Joseph Lichterman A collection of advocacy groups from around the world on Friday released anopen letter to Twitter, calling on the company to restore API access to Politiwoops, a site that archived politicians’ deleted tweets. RELATED ARTICLE A eulogy for Politwoops, … Read more
The value of the witness: How the London attacks changed the news Mashable! by Colin Daileda The night after the deadliest peace-time attack on London, the BBC led its 6 p.m. newscast with a shaky video of screaming commuters, an ambulance siren howling in the background Twitter’s new article preview cards could be a boost for publishers … Read more
Wikipedia Sues NSA Over Dragnet Internet Surveillance The Intercept by Cora Currier Wikipedia is suing the NSA over surveillance programs that involve tapping internet traffic en masse from communications infrastructure in the U.S. in order to search it for intelligence purposes. Which VPN Services Take Your Anonymity Seriously? 2015 Edition TorrentFreak By now most Internet users are … Read more
Downloading Fatwa Issued By Turkish Religious Leaders TorrentFreak For millions of people around the world the word of their particular God provides a moral compass for living life in an appropriate manner. While there are plenty of variations, most faiths agree that it is unacceptable to steal, for example. Inevitably there are gray areas and the … Read more
Can This Web Be Saved? Mozilla Accepts DRM, and We All Lose EFF.org Updates by Danny O’Brien It’s official: the last holdout for the open web has fallen. Flanked on all sides by Google, Microsoft, Opera, and (it appears) Safari’s support and promotion of the EME DRM-in-HTML standard, Mozilla is giving in to pressure from … Read more
Court in America Trashes Net Neutrality and Opens Internet to Preferential Commercial Use via Faster Connections and Differential Pricing The Open Internet as a myth of the future?Will Internet go the way of radio — where federal deregulation has led to a concentration of U.S. radio stations in the hands of just a few companies? What is the cause … Read more
Technical glitch gives Iranians access to Facebook, Twitter, official says Iranians gained direct access to Facebook and Twitter for the first time in four years because of a technical fault In Iran, ?God Has Freed Facebook? For the first time since 2009, millions of Iranians are able to share their status updates on Facebook. … Read more