<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br></div>dear icts members,<div><br></div><div>one of the more active digital rights groups in turkey is alternatif bilisim (alternative informatics).</div><div>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 the recent arrests of 38 twitter users in association with #occupygezi.</div><div>the text below is their statement about censorship, mass media, and social media from a couple of weeks ago, but since the events are continuing, i expect the statement to still be timely and relevant. please feel free to distribute to further networks.</div><div>thank you.</div><div>s.</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>EN:<br><a href="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/">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/</a><br><br>FR:<br><a href="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/">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/</a><br><br>DE:<br><a href="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/">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/</a></div></body></html>