150115

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150114 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/01/150114.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

#NetNeutrality Under Threat In India - https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150103/03574529583/net-neutrality-under-threat-india.shtml as in so many other countries

why did England's privatised hospital deal REALLY collapse? - https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/caroline-molloy/hinchingbrooke-why-did-england%27s-privatised-hospital-deal-really-collapse important analysis of Circle fiasco #NHS

Satellite images reveal devastation of Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/satellite-images-reveal-devastation-boko-haram-massacre-nigeria awful

The Myth Behind Defensive Gun Ownership - http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/defensive-gun-ownership-myth-114262.html important analysis of pernicious lie (v @markfollman @BernardKeane)

Threat Landscape of Internet Infrastructure - https://www.enisa.europa.eu/activities/risk-management/evolving-threat-environment/iitl "securing Internet infrastructure from Important Specific Threats"

Unlisted Publishing And The Burner Account: Responses To Online Surveillance? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150108/12052229637/unlisted-publishing-burner-account-responses-to-online-surveillance.shtml the birth of a meme

.@Europarl_EN briefing on #TTIP - http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/544564/EXPO_BRI(2015)544564_EN.pdf contains lots of links to other background dox; useful

Cameron seeks cooperation of US president over encryption crackdown - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/15/david-cameron-ask-us-barack-obama-help-tracking-islamist-extremists-online still clueless

UK Government propaganda defence on #TTIP - http://www.waronwant.org/news/press-releases/18266-government-launches-propaganda-defence-on-ttip includes usual debunked claims about boost to economy; a disgusting move

France & Germany to form united front against #ISDS - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/france-and-germany-form-united-front-against-isds-311267 looks promising, but not really clear what they want here #TTIP

Engaging with oil companies on climate change is futile - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/15/engaging-with-oil-companies-climate-change-futile-admits-leading-environmentalist “hydrocarbon supremacists” take over; #divestment now

Revealed: Only 28 detainees from secret CIA torture program remain in #Guantánamo Bay - http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/01/15/28-detainees-secret-cia-torture-program-guantanamo-bay/

"2014 will be remembered for the enormous backlash against #ISDS in free trade agreements" - http://justinvestment.org/newsletter/ #TTIP

"Labour does not think #ISDS, as proposed in #TTIP in its current form, is either necessary nor desirable." - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2015/jan/15/nick-clegg-hosts-his-call-clegg-phone-in-politics-live-blog#block-54b7eb60e4b06c06b3d99e14 hmmm

"No to #ISDS: our opposition is in danger of being ignored." - http://www.no2isds.eu/en/news here's what you can do... #TTIP

‘Corporate wolves’ will exploit #TTIP trade deal, MPs warned - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/15/corporate-wolves-warning-ttip--trade-deal at last, MSM wakes up; only took 18 months #ISDS

Secret US cybersecurity report: encryption vital to protect private data - http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/15/-sp-secret-us-cybersecurity-report-encryption-protect-data-cameron-paris-attacks good timing,@jamesrbuk #snowden

"People say the world is robust and that’s true, there will be life on Earth, but the Earth won’t be robust for us" - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/15/rate-of-environmental-degradation-puts-life-on-earth-at-risk-say-scientists

CJEU: owner of an online database not protected by copyright or sui generis right may restrict its use by contract - http://ipkitten.blogspot.nl/2015/01/breaking-cjeu-says-that-owner-of-online.html

Tony Blair and the corporate capture of #Palestine - http://dvcronin.blogspot.nl/2015/01/tony-blair-and-corporate-capture-of.html Blair's pernicious influence at work yet again

Mass surveillance not effective for finding terrorists - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26801-mass-surveillance-not-effective-for-finding-terrorists.html when will they get this?