An analysis by the Turkish Association of Alternative Informatics on #OccupyGezi:
-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: alternatif bilisim's statement on #occupygezi, censorship and surveillance Datum: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 19:39:07 +0200 Von: Seda Guerses <sguer...@esat.kuleuven.be> An: Seda Gurses <sguer...@esat.kuleuven.be> dear friends and colleagues, as you are probably aware, over the last 6 weeks people in turkey have participated in peaceful street protests, and ensuing neighborhood forums, that became popularly known as #occupygezi or #direngezi. the protests are a reaction to the government's introduction of increased constraints' on people's fundamental rights, as well as their building/investment-driven economic policies that decrease the quality of life in already congested public spaces all around turkey. although the protesters have insisted on peaceful demonstrations and made only what could be seen as very simple political demands, the government has opted to counter #occupygezi with police violence, arrests, and dubious legal measures. the text below is a statement from the association of alternative informatics on the #occupygezi with a focus on censorship, mass media, and social media. alternatif bilisim (alternative informatics) is one of the more prominent digital rights groups in turkey. throughout the last years they have been following up on censorship activities, challenging dpi and filtering practices, demanding a proper data protection law, and also taking a critical stance towards increased surveillance and criminalization of internet use, as evident also in the recent arrests of 38 twitter users in association with #occupygezi. the statement was released about two weeks ago, but since everyday further actions associated with #occupygezi occur and their participants all around turkey are continuing to be subject to violence and criminalization, i expect the statement to still be timely and relevant. i also expect that the analyses they offer, which are informed by the local situation, is likely to have relevance also internationally. please do feel free to distribute this statement to your networks. thank you. s. EN: http://yenimedya.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/the-power-of-social-media-the-helplesness-of-traditional-media-and-direngeziparki-direnankara-direnizmir-an-analysis-of-the-alternative-informatics-association/ FR: http://yenimedya.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/le-pouvoir-des-medias-sociaux-limpuissance-des-medias-traditionnels-direngeziparki-direnankara-direnizmir-une-evaluation-de-lassociation-des-informations-alternatives/ DE: http://yenimedya.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/die-macht-von-social-media-und-die-hilflosigkeit-der-traditionellen-medien-und-direngeziparki-direnankara-direnizmir-eine-einschatzung-des-vereins-alternatif-bilisim-alternative-informatik/ -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
