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Thursday, June 23, 2016

Eurosphere agenda: EU referendum under downpours and flooding…

Stoical Londoners battle downpours and flooding to vote in the EU referendum

Mashable! by Gianluca Mezzofiore

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Downpours and thunderstorms greeted British voters in southeast England on the day they cast their votes in the historic referendum on the UK’s membership in the European Union.

Brexit: all bad options

open Democracy News Analysis – by Fernando Betancor

From its inception, the referendum has suffered from a fundamental misalignment: it is not asking the right questions. “Leave” and “Remain” are stark contrasts in a world that never presents binary choices.

A thin win of the Remain camp means Britain will remain in uncertainty for EU

EurActiv.com by George Friedman

Polls open in historic British vote on EU

Millions of Britons began voting on June 23 in a bitterly-fought, knife-edge referendum that could tear up the island nation’s EU membership and spark the greatest emergency of the bloc’s 60-year history

Why the Brits should calm down about Turkey’s possible EU membership

Ideas on Europe

Turkey is not going to join the European Union any time soon; then what is this noise about Turkey acceding into the EU and Turkish people coming into the United Kingdom? And so what if Turks come to the United Kingdom, there are already more than 100,000 people of Turkey live in the UK. Plus why would Turks want to come to the UK; the sun is not shining in the grey and wet UK and the Turkish economy growing better than the UK’s. Yes it is right to say that significant section of people in Turkey look up to the European culture and life style, but the rest of the Turkish population see EU as a threat to their Islamic traditions and conservatism.

Beyond the Brexit debate

Eurozine articles by Kenan Malik

Whatever the result of today’s UK referendum, neither popular disaffection with mainstream political institutions, nor the sense among large sections of the electorate of being politically voiceless, is likely to subside. Nor will it, argues Kenan Malik, until the reasons for that disaffection are directly addressed.

Why the Brexit Campaign Is Obsessed With Nazis and Hates Facts

The Intercept by Robert Mackey

In the last, frantic days of campaigning before Britons vote in a referendum on Thursday to decide if they will remain in the European Union or leave, there seem to be Nazis everywhere — at least, that is, in the imaginations and rhetoric of those dreaming of a British exit.

The ‘Brexit’ referendum and ‘Game of Thrones’ aren’t all that different

Mashable! by Rachel Thompson

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LONDON — As people cast their votes in the referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union, the nation is bracing itself for what could be a future-defining result. To remain or not to remain, that is the question.

Anger, confusion as EU vote divides Britain

EurActiv.com by frederic.simon

Breaking down in tears, Anthony Dunn recalled being branded a traitor and told he should leave the country for campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union ahead of Thursday’s vote (23 June).

Five Things to Watch For on EU Referendum Day

Ideas on Europe by Anthony Salamone

After years of speculation, months of campaigning and weeks of intense focus, the UK’s referendum on EU membership has finally arrived. As voters cast their ballots across the UK and Gibraltar, here are the key things to watch for as the results come in:

Five Things to Watch For on EU Referendum Day

EU Referendum Poll Card, Abi Begum, CC-BY-2.01. Voter turnout

Debate: In or out? Europe on tenterhooks

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46.5 million registered British voters will decide today whether their country remains in the EU or leaves. The polling stations close at 10 p.m. local time, and the results aren’t expected until Friday morning. Brexit or Bremain? While the answer to this question clearly makes some commentators nervous, others urge everyone to stay calm.

#BritainStrongerInSouthAmerica

open Democracy News Analysis – by #VoteMove

In an example of the best acid British humor, and in a parody of the Brexit campaign that has revolted many in Britain, the #VoteMove campaign puts a smile upon a dramatic decision today. Español

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Brexit in context

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)

The goal should be to restore a sense of control and responsibility to the electorates.

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Monday, May 16, 2016

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Kışın Bükreş, Romanya… via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Cyberculture agenda: “the Planned New Google and Apple Headquarters “Campuses” in Silicon Valley as Modern Digital Eden Projects…

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Postmodernism Counterculture & the Planned New Google and Apple Headquarters “Campuses” in Silicon Valley as Modern Digital Eden Projects

EU Pundit by Andis Kaulins

What do we make of the events in Europe? or in the USA? Are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders inevitable products of an era dominated by a cultural evolution that is labeled post-modernism?

Nikil Saval at the New York Times titles his article on the new headquarters “campuses” being planned by Google and Apple as Google and Apple: the High-Tech Hippies of Silicon Valley. Back to the future?

11 Shakespeare Tragedies Mapped Out with Network Visualizations

Open Culture by Josh Jones

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Every story has its architecture, its joints and crossbeams, ornaments and deep structure. The boundaries and scope of a story, its built environment, can determine the kind of story it is, tragedy, comedy, or otherwise. And every story also, it appears, generates a network—a web of weak and strong connections, hubs, and nodes.

How Influence Has Changed in the Digital Age

All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison

Influencer marketing is all the rage right now, and according to a Tomoson study, it has become the fastest growing customer acquisition method online. A report from TapInfluence, a marketplace connecting brands with influencers, outlines the history and the impact of the rise of digital influencers.

The Apple-FBI Battle Is Over, But the New Crypto Wars Have Just Begun

Wired Top Stories by Brian Barrett

At least everyone knows about encryption now. The post The Apple-FBI Battle Is Over, But the New Crypto Wars Have Just Begun appeared first on WIRED.

Secure Your WordPress Site Before It’s Too Late [Infographic]

Social Media Today by Cent Muruganandam

Is your WordPress site locked down? Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as 100% safe and secure, but there are some things you can do to keep the hackers out.

3 location-based technologies reinventing data security

The Next Web by Roman Foeckl

Today’s complicated data security landscape has begun to look a lot like a modern legend or fairytale. Just like King Arthur gathered his knights to fight against enemies and supernatural forces to find the Holy Grail, organizations are constantly fighting hackers, malicious individuals and human error, seeking the “Holy Grail” of data security – making themselves virtually “un-hackable.” In security, there’s a dangerous triad of motives formed by money, power and pride. This is because information is today’s currency and the power one can get with the right information is priceless. According to Security Intelligence, the average total cost of…

For Donald Trump, internet bullying is a highly effective campaign tactic

Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin

Donald Trump waves during a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Feb. 1, 2016. REUTERS

Donald Trump is the Gamergater of U.S. politics. He and his social media team uses Twitter in abusive ways that few might have predicted a serious contender for President of the United States would employ. But no blow is too low for Trump, and no smear too sexist, racist, or hate-filled.

Apple’s lawyer: An FBI win is the beginning of a ‘police state’

The Next Web by Bryan Clark

With Apple set to argue its case against the FBI on March 22, Apple attorney Ted Olsen warned that the case is about more than meeting government demands to help break into an iPhone, it’s about fending off government agencies that seek ‘limitless’ powers to ‘listen to [our] conversations.’ You can imagine every different law enforcement official telling Apple we want a new product to get into something. Even a state judge could order Apple to build something. There’s no stopping point. That would lead to a police state. With the FBI admitting the Apple ID of a suspect in the San Bernadino

Code as microorganism

FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau

Taking a step beyond 2-D glyphs, Codeology depicts GitHub user activity based on what they have contributed as 3-D objects made of ASCII characters.

FBI vs. Apple Establishes a New Phase of the Crypto Wars

The Intercept by Dan Froomkin

For over two decades, the battle between privacy-minded technologists and the U.S. government has primarily been over encryption. In the 1990s, in what became known as the Crypto Wars, the U.S. tried to limit powerful encryption — calling it as dangerous to export as sophisticated munitions — and eventually lost.

Eight Memorable Passages From Apple’s Fiery Response to the FBI

The Intercept by Jenna McLaughlin

It’s a legal motion for the ages.

The response Apple lawyers filed Thursday to a court order that the company write software to defeat its own security protocols is exhaustive, fiery, accessible, and full of memorable passages.

The lawyers were asking a federal magistrate judge to vacate what they called her “unprecedented and oppressive” order demanding that Apple design and build software to hack into an iPhone used by San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook.

Content ID and the Rise of the Machines

EFF.org Updates by Elliot Harmon

Copyright Bots Aren’t Always Bad, But They Shouldn’t Be in Charge

In 2007, Google built Content ID, a technology that lets rightsholders submit large databases of video and audio fingerprints and have YouTube continually scan new uploads for potential matches to those fingerprints. Since then, a handful of other user-generated content platforms have implemented copyright bots of their own that scan uploads for potential matches.

Pirates Spend Much More Money on Music, Study Shows

TorrentFreak by Ernesto

cassette Over the past several years numerous studies have looked at the effects of piracy on the music industry.

One very consistent result seems to be that pirates are not by definition cheapskates. On the contrary, they tend to spend more money on merchandise, theater visits and concerts.

Apple to Court: FBI’s Failure Should Not Force Apple to Undermine Global Security

EFF.org Updates by Shahid Buttar

On Thursday, Apple filed its motion to vacate last week’s controversial judicial order requiring it to undermine device security for its iOS operating system. The company’s filing explains in compelling and forceful terms not only how thegovernment demands to which it responds would undermine national security and place millions of people at risk, but also why the FBI has chosen an inappropriate process through which to seek a groundbreaking new power that Congress has sensibly never granted.

You Want a Dislike Button? Here’s Why Facebook Isn’t Giving You One

All Facebook by Justin Lafferty

Earlier this week, Facebook launched Reactions globally — allowing users to select which emotion a post evokes: like, love, haha, wow, sad or angry.

What’s missing in that list? Dislike.