“The Internet’s Own Boy”: How the government destroyed Aaron Swartz A film tells the story of the coder-activist who fought corporate power and corruption — and paid a cruel price NSA Fallout: Germany Ends Contract With Verizon Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai The German government has decided not to renew a contract with Verizon out of fear … Read more
Don’t ask for your privacy. Take it back: http://resetthenet.org ************************ 8 Thought-Provoking Quotes From the Surveillance vs. Privacy Debate Mashable! by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Wikipedia tweaks mobile design to put emphasis on contributors The Next Web by Owen Williams Wikimedia has been thinking hard about how to better humanize it?s editable encyclopedia, with a project kicking … Read more
Nymphomaniac (2013) – IMDb www.imdb.com/title/tt1937390/? Rating: 7.7/10 – ?8,431 votes … Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf. A self-diagnosed nymphomaniacrecounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating. Turkey bans ‘Nymphomaniac’ film for sex scenes Al-Arabiya? Turkey bans ‘Nymphomaniac’ for sex scenes AFP? Nymphomaniac Official Trailer on Vimeo Nymphomaniac (film) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphomaniac_(film)? … Read more
The newsonomics of measuring the real impact of news Hello there! It?s me, your friendly neighborhood Tweet Button. What if you could tap me and unlock a brand new source of funding for startup news sources of all kinds? What if, even better, you the reader could tap that money loose with a single click? … Read more
Wikipedia Shows the Value of a Vibrant Public Domain In the week leading up the two-year anniversary of the SOPA blackout protests, EFF and others are talking about key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day, we’ll take on a different piece, exploring what?s at stake and and what we need to do to … Read more
New members of UN rights council draw criticims China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Algeria win seats on the UN Human Rights Council
Turkey fined 2.3 mln euros for killing of 33 villagers in 1994 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to pay 2.3 million euros to the 38 people ***************** Court lifts headscarf ban for attorneys The Council of State has approved the removal of the headscarf ban for lawyers Trial of Gezi … Read more
Guardian multimedia feature, ‘NSA files decoded: Edward Snowden’s surveillance revelations explained’ The Guardian, which first broke revelations of widespread warrantless NSA surveillance via leaks from former contractor Edward Snowden, has published a big multimedia feature online today. What the revelations mean for you. [theguardian.com] Russian Internet Surveillance: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: NSA spying on Internet companies | 31/10/2013 The NSA intelligence agency also infiltrated the main communication links of Internet giants Google and Yahoo around the globe, secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by the Washington Post on Wednesday reveal.The spying programmes testify to a pathological desire for control, some commentators say. … Read more
“Assault, Detention, Resignation, Unemployment” Police forces left 153 journalists injured, 39 detained within Gezi Resistance protests as of September 30. On the other hand, 22 journalists resigned and 14 were laid off for reasons associated with Gezi Resistance. ***************** Fugitive suspect of Hrant Dink murder case captured Erhan Tuncel, the suspected instigator of the murder … Read more
You can watch it online here at CNN TURK. 12:08 PM Erdoğan did his PR for 50 minutes. Package announcement lasted 10 minutes…. 12:00 As expected this is another Erdoğan show… 11:29 I am switching to Twitter:) @sakaerka 11:26 in Diyarbakır… via @Faruk_Ayyildiz 11:22 “This is not the last package” So don’t expect much. PM Erdoğan … Read more
Yerleşim yeri adları Müzakere edileceğine paket üzerine paket çıkartılıyor. Sonuncusu, pazartesi vezir-i azam tarafından açıklanacak. Bahşedilecek yeni hak ve hürriyetleri coşkuyla bekliyoruz. Paket servisinin başlangıcından beri Kürtçe yerleşim yerlerinin adlarından söz edilir. Sembolik ama önemli bir girişimdir, herşeye rağmen. Cumhurbaşkanı, zamanında Bitlis Güroymak?ın Ermeniceden devşirme Norşin esas adını kullanmış idi. Darısı bütün Türkeli ve Güzelyurtların başına. Buram buram fütuhat hakkı kokan … Read more
Source in Turkish here. It seems that the budget share already increases annually: Here is the yearly amount allotted to Diyanet in Turkey’s budget in the last decade (milyon= billion) 2003 ? 771 MİLYON TL 2004 ? 1 MİLYAR TL 2005 ? 1 MİLYAR TL 2006- 1.3 MİLYAR TL 2007- 1.6 MİLYAR TL 2008 ? … Read more
Japan’s Murakami favourite for Nobel prize Japanese literary superstar Haruki Murakami is favourite for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, betting odds showed Medical terminology named after Nazis Surprisingly, there are a good half-dozen medical eponyms that come from Nazi doctors who performed experiments on unwilling human subjects or used bodies of executed prisoners in … Read more
Anonymous Turkey, RedHack and #OccupyGezi For governments there is no difference between the two groups/collectives, both are (cyber) terrorist. Maybe this is also the reason why hacktivist and activist show solidarity and ?support? each other. Its clear that the ideologies of both groups have nothing to do with their support and solidarity. Coordinated hacks during #opTurkey, … Read more