Thursday 24 October 2013

131023


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 131022 - http://bit.ly/162GZRw yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Facebook removes beheading video - http://bit.ly/19tY5YT episode represents a massive failure of judgment by #facebook...

Scientists’ Ties to Food Industry Raise Questions in EU - http://nyti.ms/17f8337 #EFSA's appalling conflicts of interest (v @marianne_falck)

European Commission: #ACTA Is Dead, Long Live ACTA? - http://bit.ly/16uBkRc  are they trying to be sneaky here?

US Free Trade Agreements Are Bad Not Just For The Economy, But For The Environment, Too - http://bit.ly/19u1maK so what are they good for?

Naïve, Crazy Idealists Make Good - http://bit.ly/Ha8oYM the Eisens on PLoS #openaccess

‘We need #whistleblowers’ says Web inventor @timberners_lee - http://bit.ly/HeoW23 and he's quite right (v @wikileaks)#snowden

so what have these food companies got to hide if they fought against labelling in California? - http://bit.ly/17f9leh

Leaked memo threatens ‘end of European conservation as we know it’ - http://bit.ly/HaaiIO insane

 Don’t trust VPNs? Create your own with a friend and a browser extension - http://bit.ly/1gE9nQI interesting approach

Battle for the future of #Italy’s internet: Protests build against site-blocking law - http://bit.ly/162MjnN hugely important #copyright

"new global norms 4 protection of broadcasting organizations & for establishment of sui generis sports rights" - http://bit.ly/1h7ynxn no..

#TAFTA/#TTIP Corporate Empowerment Map - http://bit.ly/19u97NV "75,000 Companies. that Could Attack Clean Water, Green Energy Policies"

Demanding accountability for the #NSA's breach of #SWIFT financial agreement - http://bit.ly/17aPbzY the trust is gone #EU

Is #Mozilla on the Bridge of Khazad - or on the Fence? - http://bit.ly/1a8EBrM time for it to defend the #openweb again #DRM

"revelations about #NSA interception of #SWIFT data make a mockery of the EU's agreement with the US" - http://bit.ly/1gEL6Kp

 EU leaders: Halt mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/1ag3m7s alas, that's a call to them, not by them... #snowden

Energy bills pushed up by green tariffs, says David Cameron - http://bit.ly/1fV4Nwf short-term thinking; ignores long-term savings #uk

UK Intelligence & Security Committee holds Open Evidence Session - http://bit.ly/1fV4Sjv great; but why "print journalists only"? #gchq

New court documents detail abuse of pregnant woman in UK-US Libya renditions - http://bit.ly/18bh3zV shame on UK: sunk so low? (v @jmcest)

#Indonesia to prioritize palm oil in talks with EU - http://bit.ly/HeOQTr needs to stop deforestation palm oil plantations causes, then...

#Ecuador for alternatives to bilateral investment treaties - http://bit.ly/1cdEzEq understandably, given #ISDS; will others follow?

#Badger cull: illegal shooting & gassing reported to police in trial counties - http://bit.ly/1fV6mtZ a shambles (etymologically speaking)

Unhappy meal. #EFSA's independence problem - http://bit.ly/16t0Ifp "122 experts out of 209 (58.37%) have at least one conflict of interest"

#Openaccess: six myths to put to rest - http://bit.ly/1idKtTw useful & accessible stuff from @petersuber

#NSA & Mexico: missing facts, reporters are puppets on Snowden's string - http://zd.net/1bWhwtR "Russia-running Snowden": what? (v @sjvn)

Gov't Contractor Uses Copyright, Fear Of Hackers To Get Restraining Order Against #OpenSource Developer - http://bit.ly/18bDYeo insane

Public Interest Coalition Opposes Fast-Track Authority for #TPP - http://bit.ly/1h8vcWh important: fast track=no oversight or control

Landmark #CETA & mining industry - http://bit.ly/1aGfATG " 'Ok, if you do this, we will be suing you for compensation.'” #ISDS

presumably the US doesn't monitor Merkel's communications, it just stores all the #metadata... #NSA

Will the Ombudsman rise to the occasion? - http://bit.ly/1aGgm2Y what's the point of having an #EU ombudsman if she won't act here? #ACTA

#India Wants Students And Researchers To Have The Right To Photocopy Books - http://bit.ly/1djuxS3 makes sense: first medicines, now this

#Greenpeace activists have piracy charges dropped by Russia - http://bit.ly/1ah9ZX0 classic: put the frighteners on, then do lesser charge

Kanzler-Handy im US-Visier? Merkel beschwert sich bei Obama - http://bit.ly/1a7OkCs ah, makes clear he said nothing about past spying

"US is not monitoring Merkel" - http://bit.ly/1h97h9e but NB: "spokeswoman did not wish to specify whether this applied to the past." #nsa

"Mandatory cameras in bedrooms could be OK [with] rules governing when government could look at the recordings." http://bit.ly/1ced2Tj

#Google censure Numerama et coupe ses vivres, pour une photo - http://bit.ly/1a16r7j #google is becoming an arbitrary & dangerous censor

Clapper Plays More Word Games In The Official Denial Of French Phone Data Collection Leak - http://bit.ly/1ahqgvi nobody believes a word

Badger cull: Attenborough condemns UK government for 'ignoring' science - http://bit.ly/1bXertk #defra scientists have zero credibility now

Internet begins its move beyond .com, .net, and .edu - http://cnet.co/1cYFHIZ watch phishing get worse in the wake of these... #icann

map that shows China’s coming shale gas boom - http://bit.ly/16vVESd good job #china has huge reserves of spare water for this. oh wait...

US reveals red lines for 2015 climate change deal - http://bit.ly/1h9xUea basically, it will be as useless as ever (v @jconnoroz @DrRimmer)

spies, not leaks, that threaten our security - http://bit.ly/1gG4p62 "national security is a catchphrase so elastic as to be meaningless"

#Horsemeat: the mystery 'Polish beef trimmings' at the heart of a scandal - http://bit.ly/1dk1rBO fascinating but appalling tale...

.@ggreenwald & the Future of Leaks - http://bit.ly/1gG7gMl “I have written about maybe 300 of the tens of thousands of documents I have"

 America Snoops on Italian Emails, Text Messages and Conversations - http://bit.ly/1cewK1k spain must be next (v @cfarivar)#italy

In #London, a Rising Silicon-Upon-Thames - http://nyti.ms/17Jw38N UK gov should take note and update laws accordingly


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