Cyberculture agenda: “Advocacy groups call on Twitter to restore API access to Politiwoops

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

Cyberculture agenda: Minecraft video game, target of Turkey’s Family Ministry … Twitter vs. Trolls

Turkey’s Family Ministry launches probe into Minecraft video game Turkish ministry has launched an investigation into video game “Minecraft” on grounds that it encourages violence Israel suspends three diplomats over Twitter posts  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Diplomats summoned for disciplinary hearings over remarks critical of PM and foreign minister, and could be dismissed. 71% Check Facebook, Twitter … Read more

Cyberculture agenda: “Cyber conflict and psychological IR perspectives…”Turks manipulating Twitter TTs…

Turks manipulate trending topics in spite of Twitter Hurriyet Daily News ‘Any person can push a hashtag to Turkish and worldwide TT lists in 10-15 minutes,’ an experiment shows Cyber conflict and psychological IR perspectives  open Democracy News Analysis – by Mischa Hansel As cyber attacks and cyber terrorism become more prevalent, overreaction and conflict escalation must … Read more