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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150604 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.se/2015/06/150604.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

How many leaks does it take to sink a dodgy ship? - http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2015/06/05/how-many-leaks-does-it-take-to-sink-a-dodgy-ship/ #TISA #TPP #NZ

Edward Snowden: The World Says No to #Surveillance - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/opinion/edward-snowden-the-world-says-no-to-surveillance.html wow, a Snowden editorial in @nytimes; how times have changed

#TISA Agreement Might Outlaw Governments From Mandating Open Source Software In Many Situations - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150604/06324931218/tisa-agreement-might-outlaw-governments-mandating-open-source-software-many-situations.shtml #chillingeffects

Distorted facts, blatant lies: business group's big push to get #ISDS through - http://ttip2015.eu/blog-detail/blog/BUSINESSEUROPE%20ISDS.html outrageous; pro-#TTIP camp desperate

Netflix Chief: Piracy Prepared Internet Users For Us - http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-chief-piracy-prepared-internet-users-for-us-150605/ of course, it's simple: "piracy" is actually just marketing...

American and German unions reject #ISDS - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/american-and-german-unions-reject-isds-315146 massive resistance on both sides of Atlantic #TTIP

OPM hack: China blamed for massive breach at US federal agency - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/04/us-government-massive-data-breach-employee-records-security-clearances er, maybe the #NSA shouldn't have done this to China

Berners-Lee Urges Britons To Fight The Snooper's Charter, But For One UK Tech Company It's Too Late - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150603/10525231208/berners-lee-urges-britons-to-fight-snoopers-charter-one-uk-tech-company-too-late.shtml #surveillance

MPs begin challenge against UK’s DRIPA data retention and #surveillance law - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/mps-begin-challenge-against-uks-dripa-data-retention-and-surveillance-law/ good to see

Privacy Is Not a Barrier to Trade - http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/06/trade_in_services_agreement_could_change_the_global_internet.html despite what trade agreements would have us believe #TTIP #TPP #TISA

4 countries are acting as safe havens for African elephants - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27665-four-countries-are-acting-as-safe-havens-for-african-elephants.html huge kudos to #Botswana, #Gabon, #Namibia & #Uganda.

Lange: I want citizens & SMEs to benefit from #TTIP, not BusinessEurope - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/lange-i-want-citizens-and-smes-benefit-ttip-not-businesseurope-315167 "not accept any private arbitration" #ISDS

#TTIP: The elephant in the room - http://classonline.org.uk/blog/item/ttip-the-elephant-in-the-room great analysis of why #ISDS is simply unjust

#Microsoft opens EU “Transparency Centre” to allay fears over #NSA backdoors - http://arstechnica.co.uk/security/2015/06/microsoft-opens-eu-transparency-centre-to-allay-fears-over-nsa-backdoors/ but still not as open as #opensource

Top FBI Official Says Tech Companies Need To 'Prevent #Encryption Above All Else' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150604/17404531229/top-fbi-official-says-tech-companies-need-to-prevent-encryption-above-all-else.shtml staggering demonisation

Confidential USTR Emails Show Close Industry Involvement In #TPP Negotiations - http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/06/05/confidential-ustr-emails-show-close-industry-involvement-in-tpp-negotiations/ great FOI work (v @mgeist)

interesting US survey on trade et al. - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/03/business/income-inequality-workers-rights-international-trade-poll.html only 30% in favour of free trade; 42% in favour of Fast Track... #TPP #TTIP

First Victory for Citizens against Surveillance: French Military Planning Act will go before Constitutional Court! - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/first-victory-for-citizens-against-surveillance-french-military-planning-act-before-constitutional-c

HSBC money-laundering procedures 'have flaws too bad to be revealed' - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/05/hsbc-money-laundering-procedures-flaws-too-bad-to-be-revealed not just too big to fail, too bad to fail

#ISDS: #FR proposals for a permanent international investment arbitration court - http://www.borderlex.eu/paris-proposals-permanent-investor-arbitration-court/ a pointless bodge (v @StevePeers)