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Cyberculture roundup: “Rich Get Richer Effect Observed in BitCoin Digital Currency Network..Top Tech Companies Join Forces for Global Connectivity…

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Rich Get Richer Effect Observed in BitCoin Digital Currency Network Econophysicists studying the way people accumulate a new form of digital currency say they have observed the famous rich-get-richer effect for the first time Lawrence Lessig Strikes Back Against Bogus Copyright Takedown EFF Sues Liberation Music for Forcing Harvard Professor?s Video Off YouTube San Francisco … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Bradley Manning Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

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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

Cyberculture roundup: Thousands of NSA Privacy Violations exposed with New Snowden Documents… Blogger’s suicide site…

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On Day of Suicide, Blogger Launches Site About His Life and Death Yahoo has taken down “Martin Manley: My Life and Death.” “After careful review, our team determined that this site violated our Terms of Service and we took it down,” a Yahoo spokesperson told Mashable in an emailed statement. New Snowden Documents Expose Thousands … Read more

The Pirate Bay: 10 years old…NSA firing 90% of its sysadmins to eliminate potential Snowdens… A cyberculture roundup…

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The Pirate Bay Turns 10 Years Old: The History   During the summer of 2003 The Pirate Bay was founded by Swedish pro-culture organization Piratbyrån. Piratbyrån, which translates to Bureau of Piracy, was formed by political activists and hackers in the early 2000s, many of whom had already launched other web projects challenging political, moral … Read more

“Information authoritarians vs. ?information anarchists?” A Cyberculture roundup…

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Information authoritarians vs. ?information anarchists?: the silent (cyber) war that affects us all NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden finally leaves Moscow airport Hacking attack on Tor allegedly linked to SAIC and NSA The IP address linked to the hacking of Tor bundle has been traced back to that of Science Applications International Corp (a company investigated … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Pew Report: 72% of Online Adults in US are Social Networking Site Users; On MIT?s report on Aaron Swartz?s prosecution..

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  72% of Online Adults are Social Networking Site Users   The Pew Research Center‘s Internet & American Life Project has been studying online adults? social networking site use since 2005, and has seen substantial growth since then. Today, 72% of online adults use social networking sites. Although younger adults continue to be the most likely … Read more

Tor network gets a major hit… A cyberculture roundup…

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A technical explanation here. Feds bring down Tor-hosted child porn site using suspected vulnerability in Firefox browser The US government has successfully taken down one of the Internet?s largest child porn sites, following a program that cracked security on a service that enables anonymous Internet browsing and site hosting. Twitter Reveals Data About the U.S. Government … Read more

A map of closed US embassies and consulates due to Al-Qaeda threat.. An Americana roundup…

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************** The Troubling Takeaway from Snowden’s Leaks: America Is Drowning in Secrets With his slow, steady stream of leaked NSA documents, Edward Snowden is offering a glimpse into what President Obama’s pledge of transparent government might have looked like — had he chosen to deliver on it. Members of Congress denied access to basic details … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Manning trial, Cameron’s Porn Filter, Apple’s ebook crisis…

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  European Commission accepts Penguin?s proposals to scrap Apple ebook agency agreements The European Commission has accepted book publisher Penguin?s proposals to scrap all of its existing ebook agency agreements ? including its deal with Apple, most importantly ? and refrain from adopting any similar partnerships for the next five years. Journalists at Bradley Manning … Read more

NSA Surveillance “legally” continues…while UK government thinks of ridiculous anti-porn proposals….

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Morning Brief: House Defeats Effort to Rein In NSA Surveillance House Defeats Effort to Rein In NSA Surveillance Top news: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated a bill that would have restricted how the National Security Agency (NSA) gathers phone records on millions of Americans. The 217-to-205 vote represented a victory for … Read more

Ahmet Sabancı: PRISM: Nedir, Neden Önemli, Neler Olacak?

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PRISM: Nedir, Neden Önemli, Neler Olacak?   Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning ve Wikileaks ekibinden sonra son yılların en büyük ve önemli sızıntılarından birisini gerçekleştirdi. Aslında sızdırdığı belgeler yeni bir şeyi ortaya çıkartmadı. Herkesin tahmin ettiği ve üzerine komplolar ürettiği bir konuda gerçekten neler olup bittiğini bize kanıtlarla gösterdi. Bir anlamda efsanenin gerçek olduğunu gösterdi.   … Read more

Snowden’s statement on seeking asylum in Russia, as published by Wikileaks

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Snowden’s yet-unleaked leaks could be America’s ‘worst nightmare,’ says Greenwald Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who was first to publish the documents that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked about the US government’s surveillance programs, gave an interview to the Argentinean daily La Nacion. Fugitive Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia Fugitive former intelligence … Read more

“Microsoft Leaks Reveal Depth of NSA’s Ties with Silicon Valley…US vs. Bradley Manning: defense rests…Cyberculture roundup

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  Twitter hands over data in French anti-Semitism case Twitter said Friday it had handed over data to French authorities to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets, following a complaint from a Jewish students’ group   Surveillance, sousveillance and PRISM ? an op-ed for Die Zeit Friends at Die Zeit, who heard me speak … Read more

5 Top Bitcoin Alternatives..Snowden to Venezuela… The Atlantic piece on Reddit.. A cyberculture roundup

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Snowden points to US moral decline The debate reinstates the most morally problematic aspect of imperialism: rules that apply to the ?civilised? do not apply to outsiders Snowden: Your Emails or Facebook Profile Can Make You an NSA Target How does the National Security Agency choose who to target for surveillance? Snowden interviewed on NSA … Read more

Snowden gets two Asylum offers and a proposal… Global Heat Map of Protests in 2013

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  Venezuela, Nicaragua Offer Asylum to Snowden Edward Snowden might finally get what he’s been looking for: a safe haven to avoid facing justice in the United States. On Friday, the Presidents of both Venezuela and Nicaragua said they could offer the NSA whistleblower asylum. Ex-Russian spy Anna Chapman proposes to Snowden on Twitter NSA … Read more