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Henry Porter v Malcolm Rifkind: #surveillance and the free society - http://bit.ly/16x2ju1 porter makes all the right points #gchq

Bloomberg, Health Experts Denounce Obama's Gift to Big Tobacco in the #TPP - http://bit.ly/14R0HeS shameful cowardice again

David Miranda's detention is a threat to press freedom, say European editors - http://bit.ly/14R1wo5 too right #censorship

#NSA hacked into UN communications, leaks show - http://bit.ly/14R1GM2 given all this info, amazing how maladroit US foreign policy is

EU Data Retention Directive finally before European Court of Justice - http://bit.ly/16aQbz6 hugely important case (v @aral)

Investor-to-state dispute settlement: a threat to democracy - http://bit.ly/158JD3c few know about it (v @Engstrom_PP)#TAFTA/#TTIP #TPP

Surveillance and the state: this way the debate goes on - http://bit.ly/17dEh9W "ambition is to put entire populations under #surveillance"

"in Abkommen mit der Uno hat sich die USA verpflichtet, keine verdeckten Aktionen zu unternehmen." - http://bit.ly/172tjI2 (v @jwildeboer)

India government planning another sell out of farmers’ interest at the altar of the proposed India-EU FTA - http://bit.ly/15m84yr crazy

Brian May hits out at 'propaganda' war against RSPCA on eve of #badger cull - http://bit.ly/140tUnJ UK gov ignoring experts, playing dirty

When authorities confiscate your electronics - http://zd.net/12AVKt9 excellent; basically, chuck it all away, it's spyware (v @AnnieMachon)

Watch a Visualization of Every Protest Since 1979 - http://bit.ly/159vGsP nice little crescendo there (v @BiellaColeman @metronomephil)

Golden Rice: Lifesaver? - http://nyti.ms/1deVaXY problem is the greed of  #monsanto et al. have poisoned well for altruistic #GM research

New law 'needed to protect secrets - http://bbc.in/1dFKHmQ pathetic they always invoke debunked threat of "terruh" - http://bit.ly/159T6Oy

New lobbying bill affects charities' ability 2 campaign on political stuff - http://bit.ly/16za9mK at best a mess, at worst, cynical attack