in Turkey, Access banned number of sites hits a new record in 2013
More information here in Turkish. Official site of The Presidency of Telecommunication, communication (TİB) that authorizes access bans.
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Cyberculture roundup: “Turkey bans gay dating website, app Grindr… “Foursquare continues to focus on the little details…
Turkey bans gay dating website, app Grindr Gay and bisexual male dating website Grindr has been banned by Turkey’s Directorate of Telecommunication Foursquare continues to focus on the little details. Now tells you where the action is on any given day of the week. Someone must have given Foursquare a kick up the … Read more
Cyberculture roundup: “Most Influential Emotions On Social Networks Revealed…”Iran Unblocks Twitter and Facebook
Most Influential Emotions On Social Networks Revealed Anger spreads faster and more broadly than joy, say computer scientists who have analysed sentiment on the Chinese Twitter-like service Weibo Internet Freedom and Political Space The Internet has become a new battleground between governments that censor online content and those who advocate freedom to browse, … Read more
Cyberculture roundup: “Rich Get Richer Effect Observed in BitCoin Digital Currency Network..Top Tech Companies Join Forces for Global Connectivity…
Rich Get Richer Effect Observed in BitCoin Digital Currency Network Econophysicists studying the way people accumulate a new form of digital currency say they have observed the famous rich-get-richer effect for the first time Lawrence Lessig Strikes Back Against Bogus Copyright Takedown EFF Sues Liberation Music for Forcing Harvard Professor?s Video Off YouTube San Francisco … Read more
EFD Rights Watch: “Turkish President Gül ?sad? over former top commander?s conviction
Turkish President Gül ?sad? over former top commander?s conviction Turkey?s President has expressed sadness over the conviction of a former top commander in a coup plot court case Turkish Judicial System Takes Blow in Ergenekon Verdict Al-Monitor On Aug. 7, ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman Huseyin Celik responded cynically to reactions to Monday’s … Read more
Alternatif Bilişim: Reclaiming Our Rights on Social Media following the Gezi Park Protests
UN and some international organizations have declared Internet as the main tool of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Internet and social media are indispensable for the individual to progress, for the individual to take part in society and for a sustainable democracy. Around the whole world masses demand access to information, transparency and … Read more
Historic Win for the Pirate Party Movement in Iceland… a cyberculture roundup…
Pirate Party Enters Iceland?s National Parliament After Historic Election Win from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Founded in 2006, the Pirate party movement has scored some big and small victories over the years. Their biggest success came in 2009 when the party won two seats at the European Parliament. During the last year this was followed by … Read more
Cyberculture roundup: Insult over Twitter as criminal offense, The Court states…Stressful moments in gaming, political tech fails, big data issues… …
Turkish court recognizes insult over Twitter as criminal offense from Hurriyet Daily News An Istanbul court has judged a Twitter user?s insult toward a Turkish model to be a criminal offense. Russia’s #1 Netizen Heads to Trial from Global Voices Online by Kevin Rothrock Pussy Riot, eat your heart out. Later this week, on … Read more
Twitter suspends @theRedHack, Turkey based hacker group account #RedHackSUSTURULAMAZ
I hope the account will be back or I guess there will be many other accounts to pop up soon….For the moment the group uses this backup account: @KizilHackerLAR RedHack From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Redhack (Kızıl Hackerlar, Kızıl Hackerlar Birliği), is a Turkish Marxist computer hacker group which was founded in 1997. The group has claimed responsibility for hacking institutions … Read more