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online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

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  • First Lady of Lumen

    First Lady of Turkey Emine Erdoğan demands takedown of negative news reports That’s according to the Lumen Database, a website that collects and analyses online takedown requests. In April, the site uploaded a Turkish court order complaint Erdoğan sent to Google and WordPress demanding the removal of news reports described as “damaging” to the “personality…

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  • Paparazzi Schätze

    British law firm claims copyright on paparazzi hot tub photos of pop star Rihanna with her billionaire Saudi boyfriend British law firm Carter-Ruck Solicitors is claiming copyright on paparazzi hot tub photos of pop star Rihanna cosying up to her new boyfriend, billionaire Saudi Toyota heir Hassan Jameel. That’s according to the Lumen Database, a…

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  • Arif Trumps WordPress

    WordPress blocks critical blog about Trump’s inner circle after Turkish court order from Trump’s Bayrock business partner Tevfik Arif Earlier this week I blogged about Bayrock Group CEO Tevfik Arif’s attempts to get news reports about his 2010 arrest for human trafficking removed from the Internet. Arif, a former Soviet commerce official, is best known for…

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  • Bad Day at Bayrock

    Trump’s Bayrock Group business partner Tevfik Arif demands takedown of news reports that he was arrested and charged with human trafficking According to the Lumen Database, which collects and analyses takedown requests of online content, Arif recently sent Turkish court orders to Google and Automattic (WordPress’ parent company) demanding the removal of a number of…

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  • When Authors Attack (Redux)

    Guardian deletes article about “batty” romance/sci-fi author Candace Sams after claims someone hacked her e-mails According to Google’s Transparency Report, the Texan author recently filed a copyright complaint for the search engine to delist a critical 2009 article published in the Guardian newspaper, “When Authors Attack” by multimedia books journalist Alison Flood. source Flood’s article said that the “wonderfully batty” Sams, using the pseudonym…

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  • Techdirt Skewers Turkey

    Techdirt publishes article based on my blog post re: Erdoğan’s takedown demand of “humiliating” news reports comparing him to Hitler source Via “Turkish President Demands Google Delist a Bunch of Websites Comparing Him to Hitler” by Tim Cushing, Techdirt, May 24, 2017: from the ‘Hitler-was-an-amateur-authoritarian,’-the-president-complained dept The world’s most thin-skinned “leader” is at it again. Perpetually-insulted…

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  • Adolf Erdoğan

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan orders takedown of “humiliating” news reports comparing him to Hitler The Turkish tyrant has ordered Google and other search companies to delist over 40 URLs, including a critical report by The Washington Times, plus an AOL image search for “Adolf Erdoğan,” because they allegedly link to “hurtful, humiliating” images and…

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  • Brittain Gets Streisanded

    Popehat and techdirt publish articles based on my blog post about “revenge pornster” and Dryvyng CEO Craig R. Brittain re: DMCA takedown requests Via “As A Dog Returns To His Vomit, Lunatic Revenge Porn Extortionist and Dryvyng CEO Craig Brittain Returns To Censorious Threats” by Ken White, Popehat, April 6, 2017: Thanks to Dean Sterling Jones…

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  • Hates Speech

    Former BBC Wales Head of Public Affairs Leighton Andrews calls for European regulation of Facebook and Google Leighton Andrews, the former Head of Public Affairs for BBC Wales, has called for European law makers to regulate U.S. Internet giants Facebook and Google. Former Head of Public Affairs for BBC Wales, Leighton Andrews (source) In two…

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  • Down by [Copyright] Law

    Are Massachusetts cops trying to censor local journalists? [UPDATE: Massachusetts cops says someone else filed the fraudulent DMCA requests] Earlier this month, ‘legal agent’ Mike Ferrell filed a copyright complaint with Google¹ on behalf of the Burlington Police Department, in Massachusetts, requesting the deletion of a number of local news articles regarding arrests made by the department. In his November…

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