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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130607 - http://bit.ly/12xyQW1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD (& what a day it was....)

NSA Spying Revelations Start To Cause Outrage In Europe; China Next? - http://bit.ly/13kpY0U they're mostly spying on us, not Usians

MT @davidgerard So what does the UK do about #PRISM? Sends out a D-notice ... which leaks - http://bit.ly/11LGULh >> UK gov is pathetic

#PRISM: Here's how the #NSA wiretapped the Internet - http://zd.net/11yEgMZ plausible, especially in light of this: http://to.pbs.org/13MNiF6

Technical review of draft legislation on UK #copyright exceptions - http://bit.ly/198Ar5O important consultation and public meetings

We are shocked, shocked… - http://bit.ly/17wAND1 this is nonsense, because the writer clearly doesn't understand implications of scale #NSA

RT @kevinmarks i diffed them - http://bit.ly/13rJ9aL comparing Larry and Mark word-for-word #Prism

US surveillance revelations deepen European fears of Web giants - http://reut.rs/14I6Ut5 come on, Europe do something: strong DP laws now

#Tobacco industry report: large decline in EU consumption, almost no change in illegal trade - http://bit.ly/198E8Zi #plainpackaging now

Obama-Backed #TPP Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits - http://bit.ly/19RjjjW same for #TAFTA/#TTIP

#netneutrality in #EU: "we mean to propose a full ban on blocking and throttling" - http://bit.ly/14l6ITC "we" =@NeelieKroesEU & her team

Civil liberties: GCHQ and the American data trough - http://bit.ly/11yHAaR 2should urgently be debated in parliament" #prism #nsa

G8 Hunger Summit demo - http://bit.ly/18eOyao Cameron's neocolonial approach to poverty: "Civil society in #Africa is not being consulted"

On #Prism - http://bit.ly/116lsSm "Stop thinking of PRISM as a calamity but as an opportunity for the EU to exploit." great stuff

Audiovisual Materials in the Classroom and the WIPO treaty for the blind - http://bit.ly/14ImmVY disgusting that deaf were excluded #MPAA

Google fires back against allegations of a selective, ‘drop box’ system for sharing users’ data - http://tnw.co/18eQXlh a developing story

MT jamie_love @glynmoody Yeah, I am stunned that this is happening. And, it is 100 percent the fault of the #MPAA . >> let's say it loud

Locals can now veto windfarms: so what about fracking? - http://bit.ly/116n91X my first thought: sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander

"The FBI wants a new law that will make it easier to wiretap the Internet." - http://bit.ly/13MZmpV easier??? #prism wasn't enough???

Obamas PRISM och EU’s datalagringsdirektiv - http://bit.ly/17wUzOO yes, let's not forget about EU's data retention directive here...

.@EDRI's excellent Comments on DPR Amendments in LIBE [pdf] - http://bit.ly/11qFvuq #prism should change everything here #privacy

lesson from history for those who strive to bring intelligence agencies to account - http://bit.ly/ZAil7t important points #Echelon #Prism

BTW, regarding that last link, turns out that @benjrooney is an unsung hero of the #Echelon story - kudos     

NSA mistakenly intercepted emails, phone calls of innocent Americans - http://nbcnews.to/1bgB2iP no - surely not...? (v @manhack @NewsBreaker)

Tech Companies Concede to Surveillance Program - http://nyti.ms/11qHq2m "to erect a locked mailbox and give the government the key" #prism

Why Canadians Should Be Demanding Answers About Secret Surveillance Programs - http://bit.ly/13saM3k detailed reasons to be worried #canada

#PRISM: Computer Security Expert Gene Spafford Weighs In - http://tcrn.ch/13N8FGg with a provocative point about the timing of leak...

Maya Decipherment - http://bit.ly/10Y32q4 oooh, exciting: "devoted to ideas and developments in ancient Maya epigraphy and related fields"

"could face up to 10 years behind bars—far more than 1-  and 2-year sentences doled out to Steubenville rapists" - http://bit.ly/13lfUVx

Confidential chat & file transfers with end-to-end strong encryption  - http://bit.ly/14IHH1n says it will be #opensource (v @mpesce)

Growing support for Spain ministry process tool made #opensource - http://bit.ly/1bh7OA5 that's good

lovely: Obama says China's industrial espionage more serious than his spying on world - http://bit.ly/11zkVLy "important … to distinguish"