web censorship

Registering a revolution. Hail to the brave people of Egypt. A roundup.

by

Egypt: Too soon to analyze, so here?s my outbox from …My heart’s in Accra by Ethan Protesters stop for prayer during January 28th demonstrations in Cairo (possibly 6th October Bridge.) Twitpic posted by @ollywainwright What Role Did Social Media Play in Tunisia, Egypt Protests? from MediaShift As the protests are playing out in the streets … Read more

A website in tribute to murdered Journalists in Turkey; two more websites censored in the mean time…

by

A Turkey based gaming site Sanalika banned now. Grou.ps is also banned. Toplumsal Bellek [Social Memory]  is a website dedicated to murdered journalists. here is the link for English version. Gerçekler ortaya çıksın, kim incinecekse incinsin!

Banned Fizy wins the Mashable award

by

Banned Turkish website wins international award from Hurriyet Dailynews Though banned at home, a popular music- and video-sharing Turkish website walked away with an award for best music search engine at the Mashable Awards. 2011 Flash Points: Open vs. Closed, Google vs. Apple from MediaShift Social Media content on MediaShift is sponsored by the John … Read more

EFF’s trend watch reports on global internet censorship, social networking privacy and more…

by

Online Censorship Grows in 2010, Showing Power of Netizens from MediaShift Despite some good PR for online freedom this year, online censorship grew and became more subtle in 2010. Online propaganda remains strong within countries like China and Iran, where media censorship is everywhere and the governments have mastered online censorship tools. These countries are … Read more

Fizy found responds back to MÜYAP

by

Fizy founder, Ercan Yaris, responded to MÜYAP’s claim that they did not pay copyright fees. It is also quoted here.  A letter to MÜYAP from users here.

MÜYAP now kills Fizy.com/ BIA Media Monitoring Report released

by

via I woke up to learn that popular music service Fizy.com is banned due to copyright issues. MÜYAP, a copyright violation hunter, is behind it. News in Turkish here. a discussion in Friendfeed here. http://twitter.com/tinca/statuses/19736397254492160 http://twitter.com/SenolEfendi/statuses/19731607174774784 Saturday Mothers to raise issue of missing persons again Today’s Zaman The Saturday Mothers decided to accelerate their efforts … Read more

Boing Boing presents Courtroom sketches of Julian Assange; An anthro prof. writes about Anonymous vs. The Guardian…

by

Courtroom sketches of Julian Assange from Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza English judges are less inclined to allow cameras, recording devices and other newfangled distractions into courtrooms than their American counterparts. This point was highlighted in recent days by Justice Ousley’s unprecedented decision to temporarily allow reporters to hammer away on Twitter as Julian Assange’s … Read more

kiss kiss banned banned…

by

… by Sevcan We were trying to organize an event to celebrate the removal of the ban on YouTube in Turkey. But we changed the event topic as DNS Solution instead of YouTube complexity. (We were joking..) So many people were using social media tools to spread their reaction and when I saw @ardaerdik?s twit … Read more

YouTube ban lifted for the moment after 2,5 years…

by

Four videos that insult Atatürk have been removed and the ban is lifted for the moment. It is a just a matter of time. Upload a video again and Turks will apply for the ban and they will continue to embarras themselves… news in Turkish Turkey lifts its ban on YouTube: agency from Yahoo news … Read more

Belated congrats to İstanbul Şehir University

by

Istanbul gets a new and ambitious reserch university project. A few weeks ago Istanbul Şehir University was officially opened. Several of my friends with great academic credentials begin to teach there. In some respects, this new university reminds me the early years of Bilgi U as it hired so many free spirited academicians. However, we … Read more

Mr. Yıldırım is likely to make history by a possible Facebook ban…

by

He must be suffering from not getting enough attention from the giants of web…. Facebook should appeal to court, Turkish minister says from Hurriyet Dailynews The Turkish minister responsible for communications urged Facebook Inc. on Wednesday to appeal against Turkish court rulings.

Turkey has no shame: Vimeo censored now… #vimeobannedinturkey #censorshipinturkey #turkey #vimeo

by

Turkey Adds Video-Sharing Site Vimeo to List of Blocked Websites

Read more

President Gül’s unfortunate statement on web censorship

by

from Turkey’s Gul says pleased with increasing consencus on new .. President Gul attended the World Leaders Forum at the Columbia University in New York and delivered a speech “What Next? Turkey’s Global Vision for a Prosperous Future”. Referring to the blocked access to some global sites, President Gul said, “I want to reiterate once … Read more

EFF provides the 2nd volume of E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2

by

EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2 Can they keep track of book searches? Google Books Yes Logs all search data with IP address. Will also associate searches with user’s Google Account if logged in. Will not associate searches with users account if not logged in. Amazon Kindle Yes Logs data on products viewed and/or … Read more