Wednesday, 10 December 2014

141209


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141208 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.de/2014/12/141208.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Secretive #TPP 'dangerous and undemocratic' — Senator Whish-Wilson - https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/secretive-tpp-trades-away-future-says-whish-wilson,7172 very (v @fta_oz)

Inside @YikYakApp, an #anonymous sharing app sweeping through colleges - http://digiday.com/platforms/inside-yik-yak-anonymous-sharing-app-sweeping-colleges/ interesting (v @smwatchblog @netzpolitik)

Heatwaves likely 'every other year' by 2030s, says Met Office study - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-environment/heatwaves-likely-every-other-year-2030s-says-met-office-study-310670 and tens of thousands will die #climatechange

ISDS clause: a gateway to future trade deals - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/ttip-and-arbitration-clause/isds-clause-gateway-future-trade-deals-310648 naive: #China will want #ISDS so it can sue EU and US govs.

STOP TTIP, CETA, TISA For a citizen’s trade agenda: livestreaming now - http://eventstream.streamovations.be/stop-ttip-ceta-tisa-for-a-citizens-trade-agenda.php new leak to show #ACTA coming back in #TISA??

The True Cost Of Corporate Sovereignty For The EU: €3.5bn Already Paid, €30bn Demanded - Even Before #TTIP - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141204/09371129329/true-cost-corporate-sovereignty-eu-35bn-already-paid-30bn-demanded-even-before-taftattip.shtml #ISDS



why we don't need #ISDSinTTIP: EU investment in US: €1.65 trillion; US investment in EU - €1.53 trillion; source: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/united-states/



hugely important leak: spells out all big projects for whole EU - eg 3 #nuclear power stations in UK. don't miss - https://twitter.com/michelreimon/status/542316067272810496

Broadcasters make sweeping demands on scope and rights in new WIPO treaty - http://keionline.org/node/2140 too much is never enough


Kick Polluters Out Of The UN Climate Talks - http://act.350.org/sign/hagupit/ "so world leaders can take action for our future" #COP20

IFC Center Rejects MPAA's 'R' Rating On Snowden Documentary, Says It Should Be 'Essential Viewing' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141208/08351629353/ifc-center-rejects-mpaas-r-rating-snowden-documentary-says-it-should-be-essential-viewing.shtml kudos

"we already have stranded oil assets in #Canada without a global climate change deal" - https://www.environmental-finance.com/content/analysis/roundtable-investors-face-up-to-a-future-of-stranded-assets.html (v @CarbonBubble)#tarsands

CIA's brutal & ineffective use of #torture revealed in landmark report - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/09/cia-torture-report-released but what role did other countries play? #UK

"U.S. firms have launched far more #ISDS cases than firms from any other country in the world" - http://citizen.org/documents/EU-ISDS-liability.pdf #TTIP #CETA

"would invite launch of >100 US #ISDS cases against those [19 EU] countries in early years of #TTIP implementation" - http://citizen.org/documents/EU-ISDS-liability.pdf

Feinstein On CIA's 'Interrogation Program' Report Contains Plenty Of #Torture - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141209/09122129369/feinsteins-summary-paper-cias-interrogation-program-report-contains-plenty-torture.shtml summary of a summary of a summary

.@CSU stellt #TTIP unter Vorbehalt - http://www.merkur-online.de/aktuelles/politik/stellt-ttip-unter-vorbehalt-4510473.html wow, that's amazing (v @MichaelEfler)#ISDS


Anlasslose Massenüberwachung: EU-Kommission arbeitet an neuer Richtlinie zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/anlasslose-massenueberwachung-eu-kommission-arbeitet-an-neuer-richtlinie-zur-vorratsdatenspeicherung/ </facepalm>

The Global #OpenData Index 2014 is now live! - http://blog.okfn.org/2014/12/09/the-global-open-data-index-2014-is-now-live/ UK, DK, FR top 3 FWIW

QC: #RIPA codes of practice will not protect journalists from police surveillance - http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2014/12/09/qc-ripa-codes-of-practice-will-not-protect-journalists-from-police-surveillance/ complete overhaul needed

Men who groom vulnerable young girls will be dealt with ‘severely’, judge says - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/09/men-who-groom-vulnerable-girls-dealt-with-severely damn right: abusive, cowardly scum

#TTIP: "information flowing online as easily as goods" - http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/226358-breathing-new-life-into-the-us-eu-trade-talks IOW, no silly EU #dataprotection nonsense (v @sdonnan)

When Is A Terrorist Not A Terrorist? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141203/08461429311/when-is-terrorist-not-terrorist.shtml nail-bomb? what nail-bomb? #UK


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