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#TurkeyCensorGoogle- If AKP gains any prestige from the Gaza flotilla incident, all is lost fast by the Google incident in the domestic front…

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Although AKP is not the only culprit.. Wikipedia site on (Internet) Censorship in Turkey Minister’s approach to the ban: Will Google govern this country? Honestly, Google would be more efficient… Binali Yıldırım, the Minister of Transport of Turkey, who is also responsible for Communication Affairs, declared that despite several meetings Google refused to cooperate. Mr. … Read more

Turkish crusade against Google (#TurkeyCensorGoogle)

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Turkey continues to embarrass herself. update: The latest ban comes through Atatürk Thought Association‘s appeal: It appealed the court because of a Google Site that insulted Atatürk. The Court decided to ban all Google Sites:) (Source) A list of 6400 banned site with court decision numbers can be found here. A circulating open letter to … Read more

Turkish judiciary wages war against Google and What to do?

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There have been more than 50 ongoing trials against YouTube and it seems that Turkish authorities stepped up war against Google. Google’s Public DNS numbers are banned now. That means many Google products cannot be accessed: Google Analytics, YouTube, Google Documents, Feedburner, Google Sites, Google Translate. There is a rumor that access to Google itself … Read more

Damn! It looks like ban on Youtube and Google Docs (and probably others) taken to a higher level…

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For two days now we cannot access Youtube. Open DNS and Google Public DNS do not seem to work.. We are looking for new ways to bypass the censorship… p.s. Tor seems to be great for secure communication but not particularly good to access YouTube due its security measures. Maybe one should look into that.. … Read more

Open Graph: A major step forward by Facebook…

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Facebook?s Open Graph Personalizes the Web

from Mashable! by Samuel Axon

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Fancy Facebook related e-cards from “someecard”

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found here.

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PEW report: The economics of online news

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The economics of online news

Overview

Editor?s note: These are excerpts from material contributed by the Pew Internet Project to the Pew Research Center?s Project for Excellence in Journalism ?State of the News Media 2010? report. Read the full report at journalism.org »

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We have another ban: No “insemination trips

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Turkey ban on insemination trips

from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
A new law in Turkey makes it a criminal offence for a woman to go abroad and get pregnant via artificial insemination.

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Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (6)- Cinema related blogs, Censorship news and more…

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Nominations for Turkish Blog Awards Turkish Blog Awards started. Check out an interview (in Turkish) with Hasan Yalçınkaya, a pioneer in Turkish blogger… An ambitious Football Manager online game, Efsane Ol [Be a Legend], in Turkish is launched here. I guess I will start playing, too:) Two old time bloggers: http://nahnu.org/ http://ferruh.mavituna.com/ News.Az – 23 … Read more

Support the World Day against Cyber-Censorship

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Support the World Day against Cyber-Censorship, 12 March? Global: World Day Against Cyber Censorship from Global Voices Online by Diego Casaes Internet censorship is still a major issue in many countries worldwide. With that in mind, the Paris-based international organization Reporters without Borders (RSF) is promoting its yearly World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March … Read more

from Ethan: how to fight net-censorship

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Beyond breaking firewalls: how to fight net-censorship

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

Ethan Zuckerman’s new piece on Worldchanging, “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention,” looks at the technical and social limitations of circumvention of censoring firewalls that we love so much as a tool for helping people in repressive regimes liberate themselves. It’s an excellent and thought-provoking piece that raises more questions than it answers, but it points to some very meaty research problems that people who care about technology and freedom need to attend to.

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Italy vs. Google

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Wired.com: Does Italy?s Google Conviction Portend More Censorship?

from CyberLaw Blog

Google Hit With Antitrust Investigation in Europe

from Mashable! by Adam Ostrow

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DVDs vs. Pirate copies..

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http://friendfeed-media.com/a16d7ef68be15b34f6e7f5be0d914ae9a846fc6c

via: Infographic: buying DVDs vs pirating them

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