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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140928 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/09/140928.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Malmström under the spotlight as hearings begin - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/malmstrom-under-spotlight-hearings-begin-308759 must explain what she will do with #ISDS in #TTIP & #CETA

British firm Ineos accused of ‘bribes and bulldozers’ approach to fracking - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/british-firm-ineos-accused-bribes-bulldozers-approach-fracking getting #fracking desperate...

Big brother’s little helper inside the European Commission - https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/09/27/big-brothers-little-helper-inside-the-european-commission serious implications for #TTIP

De Gruyter Open converts eight subscription journals to #OpenAccess megajournals - http://degruyteropen.com/de-gruyter-open-converts-eight-subscription-journals-open-access-megajournals/ interesting move

backroom 'trade' deals under fire - https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/jurgen-maier/battle-royal-in-brussels-backroom-%27trade%27-deals-under-fire "Trade negotiations are kept more secret than disarmament negotiations" #TTIP

#TTIP: No to backroom deals that would imperil our health, environment and welfare - http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2014/09/ttip-no-backroom-deals-would-imperil-our-health-environment-and-welfare #RaceToTheBottom

Neue EU-Kommission: Junckers Handelschefin im Kreuzfeuer - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ttip-junckers-handelschefin-malmstroem-in-der-kritik-a-994247.html "Die Schwedin verwirrt mit unklaren Aussagen" #TTIP

Strong concerns about EU-US trade deal raised in Poland - http://www.bilaterals.org/?strong-concerns-about-eu-us-trade & remember that #poland started the #ACTA fightback.. #TTIP

Cecilia Malmström EP hearing now live - http://www.elections2014.eu/en/new-commission/hearing/20140917HEA64702 Portfolio: Trade; #TTIP #ISDS key issues

 “Trading away access to medicines: How the European trade agenda continues to undermine access to medicines” - http://haieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Trading-Away-Access-to-Medicines-Revisited.pdf

Workers Uniting condemns EU-Canada trade agreement - http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/workers-uniting-condemns-eu-canada-trade-agreement/ the resistance grows #CETA

hearing of #Oettinger about to start - http://www.elections2014.eu/en/new-commission/hearing/20140917HEA64706 important questions for new digital commissioner #EPhearings2014

.@davidmartinmep:#ISDS "not necessary between two countries with developed legal systems" - http://www.eurolabour.org.uk/cecilia-malmstrom-trade-commissioner-nominee-hearings #TTIP

As Hong Kong protests escalate, FireChat sees a surge in off-grid messaging - https://gigaom.com/2014/09/29/as-hong-kong-protests-escalate-firechat-sees-a-surge-in-off-grid-messaging/ uses peer-to-peer Bluetooth

New 'Company' Claims It Uses Algorithms To Create Content Faster Than Creators, All Future Creations 'Infringing' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140929/08500728662/new-company-claims-it-uses-algorithms-to-create-content-faster-than-creators-can-making-all-future-creations-infringing.shtml

Pivotal Moment - http://www.pivotal-moment.eu "launched in 2013 to support social movements in Europe and the USA"

How the European Commission is trying to smother debate on TTIP - https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/michael-efler/how-european-commission-is-trying-to-smother-debate-on-ttip "should be negotiated without public intervention"

Osborne targets benefits and tax credits in new squeeze on working poor - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/29/george-osborne-benefits-tax-credits-conservative how shameless & callous can you get?

#CETA: "We have all - and those we represent - committed to it" - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/26/eu-canada-trade-idUSL2N0RR1LJ20140926 no, we didn't, matey... this is #democracy?

How The Rule Of Law Is Actually Undermining Human Rights - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140821/16400628278/how-rule-law-is-actually-undermining-human-rights.shtml interesting