Jillian York

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I am a writer, blogger, and activist based in Boston. I work at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and blog at jilliancyork.com.

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2 November 2010

Turkey Unblocks YouTube, but Will Ban Be Short-Lived?

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YouTube has been banned in Turkey since 2007. Now, for the first time in two years, the popular video-sharing site is once again accessible in Turkey. Since the site was unblocked, however, videos that were the initial impetus for the censorship have been restored. Will the unblocking be short-lived or will Turkey stand by this step toward Internet freedom?

12 August 2010

Facebook Responds to Activists

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I’ve been writing about Facebook woes for nearly four months, so imagine my surprise yesterday when I received an e-mail from a Facebook staffer in response to my blog posts. Since I don’t have said staffer’s express permission to use his name or post his e-mail in its entirety, I will instead post the most remarkable excerpts with my own notes.

7 May 2010

Facebook: Interested in Palestine? Not anymore.

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When Facebook rolled out its latest feature, “Connections,” in April 2010, many users were confused by the changes. The opt-in feature, intended to create a broader sense of community around...

8 April 2010

Facebook Deactivations

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This post originally appeared on Jillian C. York's blog. Over the course of the past week, I've gotten reports from a number of people whose personal Facebook pages have been...

14 March 2010

Facebook Removes Moroccan Secularist Group and its Founder

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Note: The group has once again become accessible after several days, as pointed out in the comments.  El Ghazzali created a new profile for himself, and was able to do...

16 February 2010

YouTube Bans Tunisian Site Nawaat from Uploading Videos

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Yesterday, Advocacy Director Sami Ben Gharbia, who is also co-founder of the Tunisian news site Nawaat, reported that Nawaat was no longer able to upload YouTube videos to their site,...

8 February 2010

SourceForge Removes Blanket Block

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In late January, on the same day as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Net freedom, open source community SourceForge blocked access to users from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Cuba, and North Korea, in an effort to keep in line with U.S. Treasury export restrictions on those countries. On Sunday, SourceForge announced that they had revoked the ban, unveiling their new strategy for complying with U.S. law.