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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140804 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/08/140804.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Volunteers in metadata study called gun stores, strip clubs, & more - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/volunteers-in-metadata-study-called-gun-stores-strip-clubs-and-more/ "only" metadata? (v @kim_weatheral @doc_andy_w)

How Commission ‘blocked’ key environmental plans - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/science-policymaking/how-commission-blocked-key-environmental-plans-304834 yet again,@EU_Commission puts profits before people; disgraceful

Sky TV Bans ‘VPN’ Ads on Copyright Grounds - http://torrentfreak.com/sky-tv-bans-vpn-advert-on-copyright-grounds-140805/ slippery slope....

Russia, India to ink $40 bn gas deal - http://thebricspost.com/russia-india-to-ink-40-bn-gas-deal-reports/ first China, now India: see the pattern? #BRICS

Germany seeks to limit investor protection to save trade deal - http://www.bilaterals.org/?germany-seeks-to-limit-investor but is that even possible? #CETA #ISDS

Corporate Sovereignty Tribunal Makes $50 Billion Award Against Russia - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140801/05242228082/corporate-sovereignty-tribunal-makes-50-billion-award-against-russia.shtml still think #ISDS is a good idea?

Rote Karte für #TTIP und #Ceta - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/argumente-gegen-das-freihandelsabkommen-rote-karte-fuer-ttip-und-ceta-1.2076407 good explanation of issues in @SZ; nothing UK press, of course (v @SkaKeller)

Blue Future: Maude Barlow, Water Rights, Investor Clauses, and Trade Deals - https://medium.com/@DrRimmer/blue-future-maude-barlow-water-rights-investor-clauses-and-trade-deals-8d2cd4a8adb8 why #TTIP, #TPP & #CETA are immoral

Evidence during FOI disputes can be provided in SECRET - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/05/evidence_during_foi_disputes_can_be_provided_in_secret/ more secret "justice"; terrible tendency here...

$149 networking security gizmo runs Snort on OpenWRT - http://linuxgizmos.com/networking-security-appliance-runs-snort-on-openwrt/ looks interesting

Russian regulator ready to block BBC website, reports say - http://gigaom.com/2014/08/05/russian-regulator-ready-to-ban-bbc-website-reports-say/ just the start, I'm sure....

What do free trade agreements have to do with your ability listen to music online? - http://infojustice.org/archives/33084 policy laundering in #TTIP, #TPP

Good news! UK's new environment ministers aren't climate change deniers - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2014/aug/05/uks-new-environment-ministers-arent-climate-change-deniers sadly, that's real progress...

Big Pharma Given Control Of New .pharmacy Domain; Only Available To 'Legitimate' Online Pharmacies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140802/03175328088/big-pharma-given-control-new-pharmacy-domain-only-available-to-legitimate-online-pharmacies.shtml sounds legit...

The Most Transparent Admin Evah™ Boasts of Declassifying 6.2% of Torture Report - http://www.emptywheel.net/2014/08/05/the-most-transparent-admin-evah-boasts-of-declassifying-6-2-of-torture-report/ well put

Crazy contentious #copyright challenges constraining community creativity - https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Crazy_Contentious_Copyright_Challenges_Constraining_Community_Creativity interesting talk at #wikimania2014

The Capture of International Intellectual Property Law Through the U.S. Trade Regime - http://infojustice.org/archives/33106 exactly

School of Open #Africa to launch in September - http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/43400 great news

Corporate wolves dressed as local sheep - http://www.iatp.org/blog/201408/corporate-wolves-dressed-as-local-sheep "right to farm" votes are utterly dishonest #factoryfarms #animalwelfare