Reddit today released its transparency report for 2016, which details the link sharing site’s compliance with government and third-party censorship requests. The company complied with 100% of government content takedown demands during the year in question, including six sections, known as subreddits, plus one additional post which are now withheld in Turkey out of a … Read more
This mesmerizing map shows what cyber attacks look like Mashable! by Nicole Gallucci The global cyber war is raging on, and this mesmerizing map shows just how serious it has become. Yesterday’s internet-destroying outages were caused by “amateurish” IoT malware Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Some of the internet’s most popular, well-defended services — including Twitter — … Read more
Apple told to pay €13bn in back taxes to Ireland Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Ireland offered Apple huge tax breaks, but didn’t give other companies the same deal. The European Commission concluded this was illegal and the companymust pay up the €13bn it would otherwise have owed in taxes. Deputy PM invites Apple to move int’l … Read more
Exploiting Emotions About Paris to Blame Snowden, Distract from Actual Culprits Who Empowered ISIS The Intercept by Glenn Greenwald Whistleblowers are always accused of helping America’s enemies (top Nixon aides accused Daniel Ellsberg of being a Soviet spy and causing the deaths of Americans with his leak); it’s just the tactical playbook that’s automatically used. So … Read more
Open Access Is a Human Rights Issue EFF.org Updates by Elliot Harmon A BBC article has been making the rounds this week about #icanhazpdf, a “secret codeword” that people use to access research papers from limited-access journals. The idea is simple: when researchers—or, for that matter, curious readers—find a reference to an article that they can’t … Read more
“No Country For Secular Bloggers”: Niloy Neel is the Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger To Be Killed in 2015 Global Voices Online Murdered blogger Niloy Neel, Image by Reza Sumon. Copyright Demotix (7/8/2015) Fourth secular Bangladesh blogger hacked to death AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Gang armed with machetes kill blogger at his home in Dhaka in the fourth … Read more
New attack infects Macs in seconds, even without internet The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal Apple computers have always been touted as more secure than other PCs because their firmware couldn’t be penetrated. Unfortunately, that’s no longer true, as a newly created self-replicating worm has shown. Games, chat and personalized content: Ray Chan on the future of … Read more
Lessons from the Digital Classroom MIT Technology Review Technologists and venture capitalists are betting that the data online learning generates will reshape education. Hacking Team Leak Shows How Secretive Zero-Day Exploit Sales Work Wired Top Stories by Kim Zetter It was not easy for Hacking Team to buy zero-day exploits to sell to governments. Once again: … Read more
Reddit’s new ‘no copyrighted material’ rule could technically kill /r/pics and others The Next Web by Mic Wright Most of the fevered talk about Reddit’s new content rules has focused on its half-hearted burying of offensive material. Fair Use App: a guide to fair use for online video creators Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Art from New Media Rights … Read more
The Hackingteam Archives WikiLeaks – If you have any issues talk to WikiLeaks. We are the global experts in source protection – it is a complex field. Even those who mean well often do not have the experience or expertise to advise properly. This includes other media… The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team’s Spy Tools … 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
Pirate Bay Responds to Cloudflare and Moderation Concerns TorrentFreak On Saturday The Pirate Bay made its long-awaited comeback. While most users were happy to see the site back online, others were suspicious about the new setup. Report: Games Grow in Traffic and Revenue in 2014 All Facebook by Brandy Shaul The Silk Road Trial … Read more
Young people are the most likely to take action to protect their privacy on social networking sites Oxford Internet Institute – Blogs Internet Archive posts millions of images from old books on Flickr The Next Web by Josh Ong Internet Archive uploads more than 14 million public domain images to Flickr Evidence Grows That Online Social … Read more
Join Boing Boing, Reddit, and websites all over the world on the 11th to fight mass surveillance In two days, the Internet will erupt in a protest to rival the uprising against SOPA: in Aaron Swartz‘s memory, websites everywhere will add code from TheDayWeFightBack.org to their templates, helping to flood Congress — and the world’s … Read more
A Year After Aaron Swartz’s Death, Lawmakers Still Demand Answers On the eve of the anniversary of Aaron Swartz‘s tragic death, a group of eight lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are still looking for answers regarding the criminal investigation he was the subject of Remembering Aaron One year ago, we lost Aaron Swartz, a dear friend … Read more