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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/09/180910_10.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Japan launches bid to end ban on commercial whaling - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/japan-launches-bid-to-end-ban-on-commercial-whaling shame shame shame on #japan

What developers need to do to save the internet from the EU's looming copyright disaster - https://boingboing.net/2018/09/11/developers-developers-develope-3.html #opensource will be seriously impacted by flawed upload filters #article13

Europe's New 'Plan S' For #OpenAccess: Daft Name, Great News - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180907/09420940600/europes-new-plan-s-open-access-daft-name-grea... big win

You Wouldn’t Steal A Meme: The Threat From #Article13 - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/you-wouldnt-steal-a-meme-the-threat-from-article-13/ problem: there is no blanket exemption across the EU for meme-like material

Chongqing Man Throws Golden Retriever and Cat from 21st Floor - https://www.whatsonweibo.com/chongqing-man-throws-golden-retriever-and-cat-from-21st-floor/ “#China currently has no laws preventing animal abuse. The voices calling for legal protection of animals in China have gotten louder over the past years.”

Copyright Update #5: Vor Entscheidung im EU-Parlament trägt Wikipedia schwarz - https://netzpolitik.org/2018/copyright-update-5-vor-entscheidung-im-eu-parlament-traegt-wikipedia-schwarz/ “Die deutschsprachige Wikipedia-Community fürchtet Verschlechterungen und versperrt symbolisch die Startseite.” #article13

The Han-opticon - https://chinachannel.org/2018/09/11/han-opticon/ clever title #china #surveillance #xinjiang

#Article13: Putting Flawed Upload Filters At The Heart Of The Internet - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-putting-flawed-upload-filters-at-the-heart-of-the-internet/ upload filters are inevitable fallible, and will overblock legal material

Copyright takedown notices are completely Baroque-en - https://thenextweb.com/eu/2018/09/11/copyright-takedown-notices-are-completely-baroque-en/ ha! great title… #article13

Legislating with blinkers: the EU’s #copyright reform is up for the vote - https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/legislating-with-blinkers-the-eus-copyright-reform-is-up-for-the-vote/

#Article13: Making Copyright Unfit For The Digital Age - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-making-copyright-unfit-for-the-digital-age/ it takes exactly the wrong approach

time is running out: big EU vote on #copyright with huge risks for the Internet as we know it. please write to MEPs now. sample short email - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/quick-letter-to-meps-about-article-13.html sample longer email - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html #article13

EU copyright reform will spell disaster for sports fans - https://juliareda.eu/2018/09/copyright-sports-fans/ creating yet another copyright monopoly that will harm honest activities of millions of sports fans

Save The Internet As We Know It: Stop The Copyright Ratchet - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/save-the-internet-as-we-know-it-stop-the-copyright-ratchet/ why does copyright only change in favour of big companies, never in favour of the general public?

Creators Supporting Link Taxes And Mandatory Filters Are Handing The Internet Over To The Companies They Hate - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180910/12365140609/creators-supporting-link-taxes-mandatory-filters-are-handing-internet-over-to-companies-they-hate.shtml #article13 #article11

EU’s decision on Copyright Reform tomorrow could be a turning point for the web - https://thenextweb.com/eu/2018/09/11/eu-parliamen-copyright-reform-internet-censorship-machines-link-tax/ now would be a good time to write to MEPs - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/09/quick-letter-to-meps-about-article-13.html

urgent: please write to/ring your MEPs now if you have them - the big vote on the pernicious copyright directive is tomorrow. some background here - https://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2018/06/please-write-to-your-meps-to-stop-eu.html #article13 #article11 #article3

Illegal animal trade uncovered on Facebook in Thailand - https://mashable.com/article/illegal-animal-trade-facebook-thailand/ yet another #facebook fail

The EU’s copyright plans will let anyone mass-censor the internet - https://boingboing.net/2018/09/11/free-expression-v-big-content.html no pro-#article13 politician has even begun to address this huge problem