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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150717 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/07/150717.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

UK – High Court rules #dataretention legislation unlawful - http://mslods.com/2015/07/18/uk-high-court-rules-data-retention-legislation-unlawful/ so what does George Brandis say now?

Tim Farron avoids saying whether he sees gay sex as a sin - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/18/tim-farron-avoids-saying-whether-he-sees-gay-sex-as-a-sin great: Liberals have picked a religious bigot as leader

UK man accused of hacking spree on US government is arrested (again) - http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/uk-man-accused-of-hacking-spree-on-us-government-is-arrested-again/ ridiculous bullying

Cop who smashed 18-year-old woman's face on ground remains on regular duty - http://boingboing.net/2015/07/17/cop-who-smashed-18-year-old-wo.html what a shocking video

Large-scale online pirates to face up to 10 years’ jail under proposals - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/18/large-scale-online-pirates-face-10-years-jail-copyright-infringement & of course, will never be abused

The battle to reform 300-year-old #copyright law for the digital age - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/07/the-battle-to-reform-300-year-old-copyright-law-for-the-digital-age/ talking of obsolete monopolies...

Met’s helicopter snap of McIntyre is a wake-up call to all of us - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/17/michael-mcintyre-met-helicopter-snap-tweet snoopers can't be trusted 'cos they're people

Open consultation: Changes to penalties for online #copyright infringement - https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-penalties-for-online-copyright-infringement … "closes at 17 August 2015 11:45pm"