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Archives: Internet

After Orlando: Twitter Recoils from Islamophobia, Takes Aim at Gun Laws

By Saif Shahin | ( Foreign Policy in Focus/ Lobelog) | - - An analysis of the Twitter conversation over 12 hours on the day of the shooting reveals deep animosity against…

In consumer victory over Telcoms, Fed Appeals court Upholds Net Neutrality

By Kit Walsh | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - In a crucial win for Internet users, today a federal appeals court upheld [PDF] clear net neutrality rules that will let us…

Why does Iran fear Kim Kardashian is a 007 Targeting Tehran?

Joya Mia Italiano and Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV2 Video Report) | - - "Iranian officials have reportedly accused Kim Kardashian West of working for Instagram as a secret agent. The Iranian Revolutionary…

ISIL to Trapped people of Mosul: No TV or Internet for You!

Niqash.org | (Mosul) | - - The Islamic State has issued orders banning satellite TV because it spreads false news. They’re also demanding all Internet users’ names to find spies sending information…

Syrian independent media offers bold challenge to extremism

By Julia Taleb | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - On January 10, the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Syria, stormed the headquarters of Radio Fresh in Kafranbel and…

The Evolution of Social Media use in Mideast 5 years after the Youth Revolts

By Damian Radcliffe | (The Conversation) | - - In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East. Regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya saw the departure of…

Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

By Cory Doctorow | ( Boing Boing | - - Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, an Iraqi/German artistic duo, covertly scanned a famous looted Egyptian treasure, the Bust of Queen Nefertiti,…

Daesh/ ISIL in the Digital Realm v2.0

By Michael Degerald | ( History X ISIS ) Not long ago I wrote a piece that explored various facets of how Daesh, the organization, relates to the internet most broadly. The…

Iraq: Facebook Group debunks hate-provoking Urban Legends on Social Media

Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | - - An extremist ‘hero’ with a mortar in his shoulder. A secret plot bringing the Iraqi Kurdish and the Islamic State together. Iraqi social media can…

Can Twitter be Sued for ‘Facilitating’ ISIL Terrorism?

By Bruce Baer Arnold | (The Conversation) | - - If ISIS and its supporters use Twitter to facilitate terrorist action or merely spread propaganda, is the social network liable? A lawsuit…

Annual Informed Comment Fundraiser: Support Indie Journalism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - It is that fundraising time of year again, folks. This year everyone who contributes $100 or more to Informed Comment by Paypal will…

Syria: When al-Assad Regime shuts off Internet, State Violence Spikes

By Sarah Myers West | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - - EFF has noted and protested when authorities deliberately cut off Internet access in times of unrest. As a restraint on the…

Young Middle East Millennials’ Digital Split From Fundamentalism (Cole Interview)

Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV Video Interview) | - - "Millennials in the Middle East are forming a clear generational gap between themselves and their elders, with the digital revolution effecting a sweeping…

TPP and Fast Track Harm Web Creativity and Users’ Rights: Tech Companies to Congress

By Maira Sutton | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - In a In a joint letter to Congress released this week, more than 250 technology companies and user rights organizations say that the…

What Islamic State learned from the mad men of the ad world

By Mike Marinetto | (The Conversation) | - John Bartle, Nigel Bogle and John Hegarty were the mad men of the 1980s. Their BBH ad agency was the marketing genius behind Levi’s…

Iraqis on Social Media Fight Extremists Online

By Ahmad Mohammed | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - The extremist Islamic State group has worked the Internet to it's advantage from the very start of its campaign in Iraq. Locals have…

Massive win for Internet Liberty as FCC Mandates Equal Access for All

By Jeremy Gillula and Mitch Stoltz | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | - As expected, the FCC’s new rules forbid ISPs from charging Internet users for special treatment on their networks. It…

Huge Win for the Open Internet! FCC Officially Embraces Title II

By Corynne McSherry | Electronic Frontier Foundation | -- Well done, Team Internet. After a year of intense activism, we may have finally convinced the Federal Communications Commission to change course and…

Saudi’s Barbaric Flogging for Blogging, explained by a Blogger

BBC News | --- "Blogger Raif Badawi has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for criticising Saudi Arabian clerics on his internet blog. British blogger Sunny Hundal said…

Twitter mirth Ensues after Steve Emerson’s nonsense on Fox about Birmingham as Muslim ‘no-go’ Enclave

Twitter mirth after Steve Emerson’s Fox Nonsense re: Birmingham as Muslim ‘no-go’ Zone

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- Steve Emerson, a major figure in the Islamophobic network on which our right wing billionaires spend roughly $10 million a year, and who has even…

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