Tuesday 21 April 2015

150421


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150420 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/04/150420.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Ombudsman: EU must interrogate US on #TTIP #transparency - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/ombudsman-eu-must-interrogate-us-over-ttip-transparency-313928 good interview; shows pressure works (v @olivierhoedeman)

Progressive Coalition: 'Don't Trade Away Our Future' with Fast Track - http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/20/progressive-coalition-tells-lawmakers-dont-trade-away-our-future-fast-track "absurd so little transparency" #FTA #TPP

Parliament’s opposition to #TTIP arbitration on the rise - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/parliaments-opposition-ttip-arbitration-rise-313935 1/2 of EP committees have rejected #ISDS (v @mwarhurst)

WHO Opens Its Database Of Medicines Side Effects To The Public - http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/04/20/who-opens-its-database-of-medicines-side-effects-to-the-public/ good, should have been done earlier, though

Canada’s most sacred cows under attack as #TPP takes aim at agriculture - http://www.ipolitics.ca/2015/04/19/canadas-most-sacred-cows-under-attack-as-tpp-takes-aim-at-agriculture/ paying the price...

Freihandelsabkommen: 99 Probleme mit #TTIP - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-freihandelsabkommen-von-eu-und-usa-kommt-wohl-spaeter-a-1029439.html "Der Zeitplan für das Handelsabkommen ist kaum noch einzuhalten."

PLEN2, the world’s first printable open-source humanoid 142% funded on Kickstarter - http://www.open-electronics.org/plen2-the-worlds-first-printable-open-source-humanoid-142-funded-on-kickstarter/

Under Fire In India, Facebook’s Internet.org Launches In #Indonesia - http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/20/internet-dot-org-indonesia/ #netneutrality

Berlin to finally call 1915 slaughter of Armenians '#genocide' - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/berlin-finally-call-1915-slaughter-armenians-genocide-313937 at last #am

Hosting Companies Threaten To Leave France Over (Yet Another) Surveillance Law. But Where Could They Go? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150420/08144830729/hosting-companies-threaten-to-leave-france-over-yet-another-surveillance-law-where-could-they-go.shtml tricky

Citizens' groups from around the world call on EC to defend #privacy - https://edri.org/files/DP_letter_Juncker_20150421.pdf is @JunckerEU reneging on promises?

The EU claims that #TTIP won’t reduce EU food safety standards – but is this true? - http://www.chemtrust.org.uk/the-eu-claims-that-ttip-wont-reduce-eu-safety-standards-but-is-this-true/ nope; here's why

#TTIP - denial in face of defeat - https://opendemocracy.net/ournhs/john-hilary/ttip-denial-in-face-of-defeat good summary of growing, now massive, rejection by public

Young Republicans drafted in from US to boost Conservative election bid - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/21/young-republicans-drafted-us-conservatives-election-campaign because people want right-wing US policies?


#Opentrials: open knowledge announce plans for open, online database of clinical trials - http://blog.okfn.org/2015/04/21/open-trials-open-knowledge-announce-plans-for-open-online-database-of-clinical-trials/ glad we made this happen

#Geoblocking and #copyright reform outlined in EU document leak - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/geo-blocking-and-copyright-reform-outlined-in-eu-document-leak/ good to have, but more details needed

French Intelligence Bill: French President Hollande to shut down public debate - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/french-intelligence-bill-french-president-hollande-to-shut-down-public-debate France, come on, stop this...

Major Record Labels Use Lawsuit Against MP3Skull To Try To Backdoor In #SOPA - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150421/00181730734/major-record-labels-use-lawsuit-against-mp3skull-to-try-to-backdoor-sopa.shtml important analysis

Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150420/22284530731/our-response-to-sony-sending-us-threat-letter-reporting-companys-leaked-emails.shtml @techdirt shows how


#Israel adds name of murdered Palestinian boy to cemetery wall - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/israel-adds-name-murdered-palestinian-boy-cemetery-wall-mount-herzl small, but good gesture



Anglican and Catholic bishops urge transparency on #TPP - http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/anglican-and-catholic-bishops-urge-transparency-tpp/5/219267 everyone wants to be in at the death

Sony Execs Freaked Out That Its Marketing People Wanted To Use Torrents For Marketing - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150418/07295130710/sony-execs-freaked-out-that-marketing-people-wanted-to-use-torrents-marketing.shtml clueless

#Mexico's 'false' Green party changes political climate for the worse - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/mexico-green-party-corruption-claims-environment incredible

#Mozilla Global Digital Campaign Manager - https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/oIyN0fwN "We are living in a tipping point for the web. You can help shape that."


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