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Crowdfunded OpenSCHUFA Project Wants To Reverse-Engineer Germany’s Main Credit-Scoring Algorithm - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180316/10572439435/crowdfunded-openschufa-project-wants-to-reverse-engineer-germanys-main-credit-scoring-algorithm.shtml I predict this will be first of many such projects

Catastrophe’ as France’s bird population collapses due to pesticides - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/21/catastrophe-as-frances-bird-population-collapses-due-to-pesticides when will people wake up to the seriousness of this?

A judge asks basic questions about #climatechange. We answer them - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/21/a-judge-asks-basic-questions-about-climate-change-we-answer-them useful

EU’s Mandatory #Copyright Content Filter Is The Zombie That Just Never Dies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180317/01411139440/eus-mandatory-copyright-content-filter-is-zombie-that-just-never-dies.shtml does the EU really want to destroy the Internet as we know it in Europe? #article13

Chinese surveillance/tech giant #Alibaba joins ALEC, will start co-authoring US legislation - https://boingboing.net/2018/03/20/true-conservatives.html

Alabama Sheriff legally appropriated $750K from prison meal budgets to build himself a beach house, locked up his whistleblowing gardener - https://boingboing.net/2018/03/20/working-as-intended.html

Neue „Super-Überwachungsbehörde“ in China: Keine Dorflehrerin darf gegen Xi sein - https://netzpolitik.org/2018/neue-super-ueberwachungsbehoerde-in-china-keine-dorflehrerin-darf-gegen-xi-sein/

US electricity use drops, #renewables push fossil fuels out of the mix - https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/03/renewables-conservation-start-pushing-fossil-fuels-off-the-us-grid/ dump #dirtycoal

Time To ACT(A) On #Article13 - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/time-to-acta-on-article-13/ is it time to take to the streets to save the Internet in the EU from #copyright?

In Nafta Talks, U.S. Tries to Limit Junk Food Warning Labels - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/world/americas/nafta-food-labels-obesity.html this would inevitably be part of any post-#brexit UK-US trade deal…

MoD granted ‘List X’ status to #CambridgeAnalytica parent company - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/21/mod-cambridge-analytica-parent-company-scl-group-list-x dun-dun-duh…

Europe faces ‘biodiversity oblivion’ after collapse in French birds, experts warn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/21/europe-faces-biodiversity-oblivion-after-collapse-in-french-bird-populations slam the breaks on intensive farming now…

Appeals Court Says It’s Okay To Copyright An Entire Style Of Music - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180321/11202439470/appeals-court-says-okay-to-copyright-entire-style-music.shtml and this, children, is where #copyright madness leads…