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act as curators, instead of having slightly related ʻoutsidersʼ maintain the archives. The
fact that the communities rely mainly on verbal communications is another point that
video creates a lot more insight into the different cultures.
Future plans with this initiative are to attract more sponsors like repositories, institutes,
museums and participatory media (especially now the Canadian government has cut the
budget), as well as to add crowd-source (subtitling or voice-over) features as well as
further improving the network its accessibility.
Internet Censorship in Turkey and Online Video
By Diana Soto de Jesús
Ebru Baranseli - 'Internet Censorship in Turkey and Online Video'.
Photo by Anne Helmond.
As if the Internet Gods had planned it all along, Ebru Baranseli gave a report on the
current situation of Internet censorship in Turkey right on the World Day Against Cyber
Censorship.
According to Baranseli, a professor of graphic design at Anadolu University, until 2001
Turkeyʼs government had a “hands off” approach to Internet regulation: “It was thought
that the general legal system regulating speech related crimes was adequate.” But that
line of thinking wouldnʼt last long. From 2001 onwards the government started to
intervene.
Still, “until 2005, the Internet in Turkey was a largely free medium,” said Baranseli, who
also works as a digital activist against Internet censorship. It is after this year that the so
called “Internet Law of Turkey” (Law 5651, passed in 2007) gets introduced and online
content starts being regulated more rigorously.
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