Romania leaders under growing pressure amid protests BBC News | Europe | World Edition A new decree to free officials jailed for corruption has sparked outrage across Romania. Romania protests continue against government ‘thieves’ Aljazeera.com–3 hours ago “I do not want to divide Romania,” a pale and tired-looking Grindeanu said in a televised address, sparking … Read more
The Cyborg Bill of Rights v1.0 Boing Boing by Richard MacKinnon In anticipation of the battle for the body, we can envision a conflict among competing interests in property located within a person’s body and likely connected to externally controlled resources for storage, logging, and monitoring–for instance, a medical device–and we can imagine that someone’s … Read more
Turkey faces largest decline in freedoms in 2016: Report Turkey suffered the largest decline in freedoms among 195 countries over the past year, an annual report published by the Washington-based Freedom House showed on Jan. 31. Turkish Alevis release list of suggestions for ‘pluralistic’ religious education in new curriculum A Turkish Alevi foundation has … Read more
#DeleteUber: Users angry at Trump Muslim ban scrap app AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Uber provided rides at JFK airport while other taxi drivers held strike over Trump’s ban on Muslim travellers. 2 big names in video games take on Trump’s immigration ban Mashable! by Adam Rosenberg The Trump administration’s immigration ban has prompted a … Read more
Theresa May in Turkey: UK agrees £100m defence deal BBC News | Europe | World Edition Theresa May discusses trade with Turkey’s president, and a deal to develop fighter jets is sealed. UK’s £100m weapons deal with Turkey ‘turns blind eye to rights abuse’ World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Jamie Doward Arms sale in … Read more
Turkey protests Greek rejection of extradition of 8 fugitive troops Turkey said it protests Greek rejection of Turkish demand of extradition of eight fugitive troops, vowing it will evaluate the impacts of this decision on different aspects of bilateral ties between the two countries. Greece’s Top Court Rejects Extradition of Turkish Officers NYT > Turkey by … Read more
US judge blocks Trump’s order to ban Muslim travellers AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Ruling temporarily ends detention of those with valid documents and prohibits their removal from the US. Trump shuts the door on men and women who have sacrificed for America washingtonpost.com – Op-Ed Columns by Matt Zeller We are permanently harming … Read more
Journalists across the country are using a Slack channel to tackle Trump Mashable! by Marcus Gilmer In the new era of “alternative facts,” journalists will need all the help they can get in covering the Trump administration and administering the correct Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to hold the administration accountable. The future of journalism … Read more
Cybersecurity Experts Uncover Dormant Botnet of 350,000 Twitter Accounts MIT Technology Review A massive botnet secretly infiltrated the Twitterverse in 2013 but has lain mysteriously dormant since then, say researchers. Twitter and TV Superfans (Study) All Facebook by David Cohen How do “superfans” of television show behave on Twitter, and what should marketers do … Read more
Obama just freed whistleblower Chelsea Manning The Next Web by Bryan Clark President Obama just effectively freed Chelsea Manning from the 32 remaining years in her jail sentence, according to the New York Times. While it’s not a presidential pardon, the commutation of Manning’s sentence will see her go free in just five months. Chelsea Manning to … Read more
‘Is this a joke or has CENTCOM lost its senses?’ asks Turkish presidential spokesperson over tweet on SDF Presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has reacted against U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) after it posted a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on its Twitter account
CHP’s Fatma Kaplan: To Hell with Your Presidential System, to Hell with Your Ambition Bianet :: English Beaten while warning AKP MPs who weren’t complying with voting procedures during discussions on 3rd Article of constitutional amendment talks, CHP MP Fatma Hürriyet Kaplan has protested the incident on parliamentary rostrum. ‘That referendum will take place,’ vows President … Read more
Facebook Journalism Project: A Complete Guide All Facebook by David Cohen Facebook’s efforts to bolster its relationships with media and news organizations and journalists continued with Wednesday’s introduction of the Facebook Journalism Project. Director of product Fidji Simo introduced Facebook Journalism Project in a Newsroom post, saying that the initiative has three objectives: collaborative development of news products … Read more
With its subscribers Facebook group, The Boston Globe is mining the stickiest corners of the platform Nieman Journalism Lab by Shan Wang The Boston Globe’s Facebook page is approaching half a million likes. But for a regional outlet that’s staked its future on paying subscribers, glancing interest from Facebook users doesn’t then turn into a pipeline … Read more
Wikileaks considers exposing verified Twitter users’ data The Social Software Weblog WikiLeaks once claimed to stand for the people against the shadowy, truth-occluding governments of the world (primarily, the United States). But the last couple years saw the organization swerve into questionable territory as an Associated Press repo… Using real names online doesn’t improve behavior Boing … Read more