Burcu S. Bakioglu

Postdoctoral fellow in New Media at Lawrence University

bbakiogl@gmail.com

Pirates of Yesteryear: The King Is Dead. Long Live the King!

@KimDotcom: Hollywood had a plan, the copyright Taliban, hired the White House clan & John the fan, sending 72 armed men to Megauploadistan I admit: I am fascinated with Kim Dotcom. I know, this is a highly problematic confession to make. My fascination with him isn’t because of his cool last name (though it helps) […]

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Limits of Freedom of Speech: Reddit’s Child Pornography problem

Several weeks ago, the popular message board Reddit announced that it was making a policy change to ban all “suggestive or sexual content featuring minors.” Owned by Advanced Publications, Reddit has made a name for itself in part by its hands-off, pro-free-speech, let-the-users-decide, and self-police approach. In fact, before the policy change, the only rules of […]

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