Turkey’s Free Press Withers Under Erdogan’s Crackdown New York Times – Rod Nordland – Nov 17, 2:40 AM The jailings are the most obvious example of an effort to muzzle not just the free press, but free speech generally. More than 3,000 Turks have faced charges for insulting the president, including a former Miss Turkey, … Read more
The site announced the censorship in a post.
The Zone9 bloggers are in jail because of their writings and efforts to better inform the public about policy issues and their constitutional rights. Ethiopian authorities have promoted a narrative about the Zone9 bloggers suggesting that these activities, and the bloggers’ efforts to learn about digital security, are criminal. Blogging is not a crime. Learning … Read more
South Korea says North Korea has 6,000-member cyberarmy Mashable! South Korea said on Tuesday that North Korea has a 6,000-member cyberarmy dedicated to disrupting the south’s military and government. This figure is a dramatic increase from its earlier estimate that North Korea had a cyberwarfare staff of 3,000 people. Turkey’s AKP found the magic number first: … Read more
You can access particular entries through https:// but not through http:// ……… The Anatomy of Vagina Censorship in Turkey Bianet :: English Wikipedia’s entry in Turkish for “vagina” has been censored. However, both service provider, telecommunication authorities and service providers union deny the situation, leaving the actor and reason of the censorship as mystery. ******************************* Columnist Acquits … Read more
Alternative Informatics Association’s Censorship and Digital Surveillance in Turkey Country Report September-2014 There is Censorship on the Internet and Freedom of Expression is Restricted in Turkey. With the central filter implemented and public access points being arbitrarily censored/filtered, the blocking of Internet access in Turkey has turned into an escalating mechanism for the censorship/control of Internet … Read more
Turkey: Strike Down Abusive Internet Measures hrw.org – Sep 15 – The retention of metadata by the Telecom Directorate is deeply worrying because it gives the body the direct capacity to conduct surveillance on people’s internet use. The Turkish government very publicly champions the privacy rights of politicians… Related articles Turkey: Strike Down Abusive Internet … Read more
The Struggle for Turkey’s Internet PDF version Turkey is a battleground state for Internet regulation, according to a Freedom House report released in advance of the Internet Governance Forum. The report shows how a young population, improving technology and international connections could result in a free Internet the world might envy, or that government … Read more
TunnelBear ?@theTunnelBear Welcome #Turkey back to Twitter! TunnelBear will be here for you next time! rawr! #twitternotblockedinturkey Here are two serious analyses: http://www.bortzmeyer.org/dns-routing-hijack-turkey.html https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/a-ripe-atlas-view-of-internet-meddling-in-turkey Turkey lifts Twitter ban after court ruling World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk Two-week-old ban is lifted after Turkey’s constitutional court rules that it breaches freedom of expression laws US Representatives introduce resolution against Turkey?s ban on Twitter … Read more
@LatuffCartoons http://t.co/zRQZ0z0Pzr (https://twitter.com/kivanceliacik/status/447345356234571776) uzaymekiği tamircisi (@_exclusive_____) saat +9:43 AM on Cmt, Mar 22, 2014 gibi tweetledi: Bütün dünya Duble yolları konuşuyor http://t.co/bDmIlnmc6a (https://twitter.com/_exclusive_____/status/447277269208145920) CK (@cngzkync) saat +11:08 AM on Cmt, Mar 22, 2014 gibi tweetledi: Yine hortladı…kuş gribi http://t.co/HaFt84kObF (https://twitter.com/cngzkync/status/447298792723730432) Turkish tweeps fight Erdogan with memes Storified by The Stream Following a ban on Twitter, Turks defied government ruling to send a reported … Read more
Ironically he informed the public that he approved the new law by tweeting… He is just a good cop who approves the bad cop’s law. Hopefully they will go down together…
Turkish police break up protest against law curbing Internet Riot police fired plastic bullets, tear gas and water cannons at hundreds of people in Istanbul protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of the Internet on Jan. 18 I will probably be around in Taksim and will switch to my … Read more
AKP’li vekillerin imzasıyla Meclis Başkanlığına sunulan “İnternet Ortamında Yapılan Yayınların Düzenlenmesi ve Bu Yayınlar Yoluyla İşlenen Suçlarla Mücadele Edilmesi Hakkında Kanunda Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Kanun Teklifi ve Gerekçesi” birçok konuda endişe verici bir metindir. Torba değişiklikle son derece özensiz bir şekilde yasalaşması beklenen teklif, mevcut sorunları çözmek bir tarafa, problemleri katmerleştirecek öneriler içermektedir. Öncelikle, önergenin gerekçe bölümünde … Read more
Facebook Censures BDP Again Facebook closed down the page of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) General Headquarters, an intervention that was preceded by the closure of BDP Istanbul Administration last week. Facebook shuts BDP page for using ?Kurdistan? Only days after closing down the BDP?s Istanbul province?s page due to the use of the word … Read more
Yet another case politically conscious users in Turkey are upset with Facebook practices. News in Turkish here. Facebook Hypocritical, We Must Form Our Social Network? ?We must use alternative means of communication. Political groups must form their own channels,? said Alternatif Bilişim Association Chair Keleş, reacting upon Facebook?s decision to close down the page of BDP … Read more