Journalism under attack across the globe imperils press freedom from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Roy Greenslade An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year, coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship, is jeopardising independent reporting in many countries, according to a report issued today. From the … Read more
An Investigation On the Latest Cyber Security Crisis: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions from The Istanbulian by Emre Kızılkaya I investigated the first Turkish communication scandal of 2013 that a Turkish Internet authority called TurkTrust produced an improper certificate for EGO, the public transit agency of Ankara municipality, which could … Read more
William Gibson on Twitter, Antique Watches and Internet Obsessions from Wired Top Stories by Geeta Dayal William Gibson once spent nearly five years studying the complexities of watchmaking, indulging in the accumulation of knowledge for its own sake. “I wanted to grow my own otaku-like obsession,” he said in a phone interview with Wired. Part … Read more
Pirate Bay announces new IP address, proxy-friendly design from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Courts around the world have instituted censorship regimes that require ISPs to block the Pirate Bay. In response, TPB has added a new IP address (194.71.107.80) by which it can be reached. It also has a new design that is especially … Read more
The Netherlands Passes Net Neutrality Legislation from EFF.org Updates by parker New legislation in the Netherlands makes it the first country in Europe to establish a legal framework supporting net neutrality. In addition to the net neutrality provisions, the law contains language that restricts when ISPs can wiretap their users, and limits the circumstances under … Read more
Man vs. Machine: Could Facebook?s people-sourced search beat Google?s algorithm? from The Next Web by Drew Olanoff It?s a well-known fact that most people don?t get past page one of Google?s search results. This is why the company is doubling down on integrating a social layer into everything that it does. While algorithms can crawl … Read more
Pew Survey Finds Over 60% of Social Network Users Have Deleted a Friend from Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project & American Life found that most people choose restricted privacy settings. Over half of social network users (52% to 60% depending on demographic) keep their … Read more
EFF Unveils New Project: Bloggers Under Fire from EFF.org Updates by jillian 2011 was by many accounts ?the year of the protester.? From Tunisia to Oakland, activists took to the streets?and to social networks?to express themselves and their grievances. But while many were successful in using online tools in their activism, others faced grave consequences. … Read more
Facebook Spam and Cybercrime on the Rise: How You Can Avoid It [INFOGRAPHIC] by Joann Pan Just how much cybercrime happens on Facebook? About 4 million Facebook users experience spam on a daily basis, 20% of Facebook users have been exposed to malware, and Facebook sees about 600,000 cases of hijacked log-ins every day. Berkman … Read more
Tumblr users give Congress an earful about SOPA by Cory Doctorow Tumblr has rounded up the effects of its participation in American Censorship Day, a global day of protest of the prosed Stop Online Piracy Act, the worst proposed Internet law in American legislative history. Tumblr users did themselves very proud indeed: Joe Biden: SOPA … Read more
PEW Report: 28% of American adults use mobile and social location-based services More than a quarter (28%) of all American adults use mobile or social location-based services of some kind. This includes anyone who takes part in one or more of the following activities: 65% of online adults use social networking sites Fully … Read more
Why You Can?t Say ?Twitter? Or ?Facebook? On French TV by Christina Warren Television and radio personalities in France can no longer say ?Twitter? or ?Facebook? on the air unless it?s in a news story about those specific companies, according to a decree from the French broadcasting authority CSA. The Facebook Effect on Relationships [INFOGRAPHIC] … Read more
Diaspora and future social networks: decentralized, open-sourced? from Editors Weblog – all postings by Jean Yves Chainon It has been about a year now since Diaspora and its four founders made ripples through the blogosphere and mainstream media, including in this New York Times article, following the $200,000 plus donations that the budding alternative … Read more
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom Yochai Benkler This book has become another key work in my cyberculture readings. Prof. Benkler provides an exhaustive presentation of what is out there. It sometimes become repetitive and too detailed but for those who are interested in the mechanics and culture of open … Read more
Social Networks Are Not Killing Our Social Lives [STATS] from Mashable! by Brenna Ehrlich How the iPad is Transforming Web Design HOW TO: Optimize Your Social Media Marketing Strategy On MySpace?s New Strategy from Mashable! by Ben Parr Microsoft Shifts From Silverlight to HTML5 from Mashable! by Christina Warren When Are Facebook Users Most Active? … Read more