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Internet Censorship In Turkey

Istanbul: Turkey’s government Tuesday lifted its ban on YouTube following last week’s verdict by the country’s apex court which said the ban violates the basic right of freedom of speech.

The announcement was made by the telecommunications directorate, which had blocked access to YouTube earlier in March after a leaked voice recording of a high-level security meeting on Syria on the website, according to Xinhua.

In the voice recording, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, National Intelligence Organisation Undersecretary Hakan Fidan, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu and Deputy Chief of General Staff General Yasar Guler were heard discussing possible intervention into Syria.

Turkey also blocked access to Twitter in March due to alleged violation of personal rights and privacy.Read More!

Women show it all to protest against internet censorship (Viewer Discretion)

Scout Willis, the daughter of Hollywood actor, Bruce, has started a movement just by walking bilaz on the streets of New York.

Scout exposed her br3@sts on a walk through a Manhattan street to protest the censorship of n!ppl3s by Instagram and she has now inspired others to do the same.

A number of t0pl3$$ women (and men) walked the streets under the umbrella of a group called “Free The Nipple” in a bid to protest internet censorship of nudity. Read More!

Internet Society Joins Opposition to Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Policies mandating DNS filtering undermine the open architecture of the Internet and raise human rights and freedom of expression concerns

[Washington, D.C. and Geneva, Switzerland – 12 December 2011] – The Internet Society Board of Trustees has expressed concern with a number of U.S. legislative proposals that would mandate DNS blocking and filtering by ISPs to protect the interests of copyright holders. While the Internet Society agrees that combating illicit online activity is an important public policy objective, these critical issues must be addressed in ways that do not undermine the viability of the Internet as a platform for innovation across all industries by compromising its global architecture. The Internet Society Board of Trustees does not believe that the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are consistent with these basic principles.

Specifically, the Internet Society is concerned with provisions in both bills regarding Domain Name System (DNS) filtering. DNS filtering is often proposed as a way to block illegal content consumption by end users. Yet policies to mandate DNS filtering will be ineffective for that purpose and will interfere with cross-border data flows and services undermining innovation and social development across the globe.

Filtering DNS or blocking domain names does not remove the illegal content – it simply makes the content harder to find. Those who are determined to download filtered content can easily use a number of widely available, legitimately-purposed tools to circumvent DNS filtering regimes. As a result, DNS filtering encourages the creation of alternative, non-standard DNS systems.

From a security perspective, DNS filtering is incompatible with an important security technology called DNSSEC. In fact, DNSSEC would be weakened by these proposals. This means that the DNS filtering proposals in SOPA and PIPA could ultimately reduce global Internet security, introduce new vulnerabilities, and put individual users at risk. Read More!