Tag Archive | Turkey
Internet Censorship: Turkey Blocks Web Pages Touting Darwin’s Evolution Theory
The blocking by Turkish state authorities of Web pages advocating the theory of evolution has put the focus on wider concerns by teachers and academics that the ideas of Darwin increasingly are being undermined by the Islamic-rooted government. Numerous web pages advocating the theory of evolution recently were deemed unsafe for children by Turkey’s regulatory [...]
Turkey Backtracks on Controversial Internet Filtering Plans
In the face of increasing concerns from the public over a planned Internet filtering system to be imposed in late August, Turkey‘s Internet watchdog decided not to oblige Internet users to choose a filtering option and postponed the introduction of the system until November. Turkey’s Internet watchdog, the Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK), has [...]
US Joins 30 Countries in Recognizing Libyan Rebels
The United States joined 30 other countries Friday in formally recognizing Libya’s opposition Transitional National Council as the “legitimate governing authority.” The decision announced at a meeting of the international Libya Contact Group in Turkey, will increase pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and allow the transfer of impounded Libyan funds to the rebels. The [...]
On Censorship, Art and WikiLeaks
This article is republished in its entirety with permission from Wikileaks-Movie.com, Written by Meltem Arikan. Censorship is not just about forbidding discussion of certain facts or limiting the freedom of thought. Our very patterns of thought, emotions, and beliefs can be molded in ways beyond our control, both directly and indirectly. Censorship is indirectly imposed through instilling feelings [...]
Syrian Troops Ransack Northern Border Village
Syrian troops have reportedly ransacked a border village that had provided help to thousands of people fleeing a military crackdown on anti-government dissent. Refugees and activists say that soldiers in the village of Bdama set fire to crops and buildings and shut down the village’s only bakery. They say troops were setting up checkpoints to [...]
Internet Activist Group Anonymous Warns Turkish Government About Censorship (Video)
Anonymous, an internet activist group supporting freedom of expression online, sends a warning to the Turkish Government ahead of a new internet censorship filter planned to be implemented in August 2011. The Turkish AKP (Justice and Development Party) is scheduled to deploy the internet filter on August 22, 2011. “Harmful elements on the web” possibly [...]
Three Acts Of Comic Book Censorship
Source: Bleeding Cool How does it feel to be a cartoonist or a caricaturist when the state can ban even the concept? Welcome to an the new Press Freedom Caricature Exhibition in Turkey, opened with the panel, “Press Freedom in the Light of Humour and Comics”, with some very intriguing historical notes, and a reminder [...]
Online Censorship Now Bordering on the Ridiculous in Turkey
Source: Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is both amused and shocked to learn that the High Council for Telecommunications (TIB), Turkey’s Internet regulator, has issued Internet service providers and website hosting companies with a list of 138 keywords that are henceforth to be banned from Turkish Internet. The list was sent out on 27 [...]
Net Censors Use UK’s Kid-Safety Frenzy to Justify Clampdown
Source: The Register – By Jane Fae Ozimek An obsession with child protection in the UK and throughout the EU is encouraging a cavalier approach to law-making, which less democratic regimes are using to justify much broader repression on any speech seen as extreme or dangerous. That was the accusation made by academic and online [...]
