190227

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190226.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Economy could be 9% weaker under no-deal #Brexit, government says - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/26/economy-could-shrink-by-9-percent-under-no-deal-brexit-government-says I’m sure this is perfectly normal…

#China Extends Its #Censorship To Australian Books, Written By Australian Authors For Australian Readers - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190225/07002641667/china-extends-censorship-to-australian-books-written-australian-authors-australian-readers.shtml pretty extraordinary #australia

Anriette Esterhuysen Interview - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/anriette-esterhuysen-interview/ illuminating perspectives on the benighted #eucopyright directive and #article13: “It starts from the wrong place.”

190226

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190225.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

SaveYourInternet.eu – Citizens set to prevent upload filters in the EU - https://edri.org/saveyourinternet-eu-citizens-set-prevent-upload-filters-eu/ "The final vote in the European Parliament may take place as early as March" #article13

‘Beyond insane’: why one woman fears no-deal Brexit could kill her - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/26/beyond-insane-why-one-woman-fears-no-deal-brexit-could-kill-her there will be many like her

‘Half-Naked and Barefoot:’ Chechens, Ingush Recall 1944 Deportations - https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-chechens-soviet-deportations/29791754.html heart-breaking stuff, deserves to be better-known what happened

Oberster Datenschützer warnt vor Uploadfiltern - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/oberster-datenschuetzer-warnt-vor-uploadfiltern/ wichtig #artikel13

Beaker: the Decentralized Read-Write Browser - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/beaker-decentralized-read-write-browser this looks very interesting

Piracy Is Driven By Availability & Price, People Prefer Not to Break the Law, ISP Study Says - https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-is-driven-by-availability-price-isp-says-190226/ as do many others

Surprise: #Uganda's New Social Media Tax Seems To Have Led To Fewer People Using The Internet, And Total Value Of Mobile Transactions To Drop - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190219/09155241630/surprise-ugandas-new-social-media-tax-seems-to-have-led-to-fewer-people-using-internet-total-value-mobile-transactions-to-drop.shtml

Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy - https://www.blog.google/technology/ai/machine-learning-can-boost-value-wind-energy/ sensible #AI #renewables

“In recent years, discussions in #Italy about automation have increased both at the institutional level and by the public at large.” - https://algorithmwatch.org/en/automating-society-italy/ useful survey #ai

A “Compromise” that Fails to Deliver – Our Overall Assessment of the Directive Remains Negative - http://infojustice.org/archives/40874 “As long as #Article13 remains part of the package, the only sensible way forward it to make sure that Directive will be rejected by the European Parliament”

A finance industry group is pushing an intentionally broken cryptography “standard” called ETS - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/26/monumental-recklessness.html whoa, what a bad move

Renewable energy policies actually work - https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/renewable-energy-policies-actually-work/ interesting

190225

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190224.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Japan battles worst measles outbreak in a decade - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/25/japan-battles-worst-measles-outbreak-in-a-decade yes, idiot antivaxxers strike again; “Measles is a highly contagious disease that can cause severe diarrhoea, pneumonia and loss of vision. It can be fatal in some cases”

Costa Rican measles outbreak traced to unvaccinated French tourists - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/24/invasive-species.html “poor countries should institute a policy of turning away visitors who have not received the MMR and other vaccines.” my thought too - let’s do it

Artists against #Article13: when Big Tech and Big Content make a meal of creators, it doesn’t matter who gets the bigger piece - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/24/lucy-and-football.html artists: you were used. maybe write to your MEPs pointing out that fact…

New EU Directive threatens the Internet as we know it - https://www.technollama.co.uk/new-eu-directive-threatens-the-internet-as-we-know-it no, this is not hyperbole; here’s why… #article13

Theresa May increasingly likely to accept article 50 extension, minister suggests - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/feb/25/brexit-latest-news-developments-theresa-may-increasingly-likely-to-accept-article-50-extension-minister-suggests-politics-live?page=with:block-5c73a81ee4b0cc09362e2eaa#block-5c73a81ee4b0cc09362e2eaa #brexitchaos

Spare Rib digital archive faces closure in event of no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/25/spare-rib-digital-archive-no-deal-brexit-british-library i don’t understand this: isn’t the plan to roll over EU legislation in the event of #brexit? won’t UK have orphan works exception as now?

“The assembly vote in 2017, following the Brexit referendum, showed that the UK’s international influence was on the wane, with many EU countries failing to support a fellow member state and even traditional allies such as Canada abstaining.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/25/un-court-rejects-uk-claim-to-sovereignty-over-chagos-islands #brexit

Who Needs #Article13: Italian Court Finds Facebook Liable For Hosting Links - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190223/21163941660/who-needs-article-13-italian-court-finds-facebook-liable-hosting-links.shtml hugely important point; maybe worth pointing out to your MEPs… #italy

Citing parental freedom, Arizona lawmakers move ahead with anti-vaccine bills - https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/02/three-anti-vaccine-bills-move-ahead-in-arizona-despite-measles-outbreaks/ no one has a right to harm others through their stupidity

Three major music labels make $19 million a day from streaming while artists count their pocket change - https://mashable.com/article/major-music-labels-19-million-per-day-streaming/ this is the problem - not people uploading stuff to sites

190224

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190223.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Fear grows in UK car industry that Honda is just first domino to fall - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/24/honda-swindon-plant-brexit-industrial-strategy “Fears are growing about possible reductions at facilities such as Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich site and the Toyota plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire” #brexit

Home Office gives green light to first drug testing clinic - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/24/drug-test-clinics-open-support-home-office-police at last, a sensible initiative on drugs; now roll it out nationally…

#China says ‘preventive’ work in #Xinjiang detention camps should be applauded - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/24/china-says-preventive-work-in-xinjiang-detention-camps-should-be-applauded “China says it is brainwashing and torturing #uyghurs in concentration camps” #TFTFY

Badgers, stoats and otters stage ‘incredible’ revival - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/24/britain-carnivore-badger-stoat-otter-pine-marten-numbers-increasing good news for a change: “recovered often unexpectedly quickly after a reduction in harmful human activities – hunting, trapping and the use of toxic chemicals”

Theresa May postpones meaningful vote on final Brexit deal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/24/theresa-may-postpones-meaningful-vote-on-final-brexit-deal next thing we know, she’ll postpone it until next year… #brexitchaos

Brexit could be delayed until 2021, EU sources reveal - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/24/brexit-could-be-delayed-until-2021-eu-sources-reveal “Replacing the 21-month transition period with extra time as a member state would allow the UK and the EU to develop their plans for the future relationship”

Campaigners furious after pope’s ‘defensive’ speech on child abuse - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/24/pope-francis-calls-for-all-out-battle-against-abuse-of-children to be frank, frank, this isn’t good enough: "The pope has undone the tiny bit of progress that possibly was achieved this week."

Thirty-million-page backup of humanity headed to moon aboard Israeli lander - https://www.cnet.com/news/backup-of-humanity-on-its-way-to-the-moon-aboard-israeli-lander/ this is a good idea…

190223

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190222.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Confidential emails sent by #Facebook executives leaked online - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/22/facebook-new-emails-leaked-six4three-lawsuit-user-data more embarrassing stuff

The battle to save Lapland: ‘First, they took the religion. Now they want to build a railroad’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/23/battle-save-lapland-want-to-build-railroad solution is simple: if they really want a railway, build it underground all the way… #ArcticRailway

The latest twist on adding backdoors to encryption is spooky – and dangerous - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/02/the-latest-twist-on-adding-backdoors-to-encryption-is-spooky-and-dangerous/ if it quacks like a backdoor…

190222

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190221.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Venezuela crisis threatens disease epidemic across continent - experts - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/21/venezuela-crisis-threatens-disease-epidemic-across-continent-experts “no man is an island…”

Academics Issue ‘Emergency’ Statement Over #Japan’s Proposed Download Law - https://torrentfreak.com/academics-issue-emergency-statement-over-japans-proposed-download-law-190221/ this is the deranged end station for #copyright maximalists: criminalisation of every unauthorised download, no exceptions

How life begins - https://memex.naughtons.org/archives/2019/02/11/26598 “A six-minute time-lapse video of how a single cell turns into a tadpole in three weeks.” can’t see this system working, personally…

Facebook Ups Surveillance Of Users To Keep Tabs On People Who Don’t Like Facebook - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/10394141613/facebook-ups-surveillance-users-to-keep-tabs-people-who-dont-like-facebook.shtml that seems like a really bad precedent…

European Journalists Point Out That Article 11 Will Enrich Publishers At The Expense Of Journalists - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/00102741608/european-journalists-point-out-that-article-11-will-enrich-publishers-expense-journalists.shtml I’m a journalist; I’m also against #article11. it’s bad in itself, and certainly won’t benefit me in any way…

wichtig: Immer mehr Demonstrationen gegen Uploadfilter schon vor dem großen Aktionstag - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/immer-mehr-demonstrationen-gegen-uploadfilter-schon-vor-dem-grossen-aktionstag/ “Mit wenig Aufwand kann die jetzt aufzubauende Upload-Infrastruktur auch für ganz andere Zwecke missbraucht werden” #artikel13

Trump’s climate expert is wrong: The world’s plants don’t need more CO2 - https://mashable.com/article/trump-climate-panel-william-happer-plants-co2/

Does Twitter Have An Anti-Conservative Bias, Or Just An Anti-Nazi Bias? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190221/16154641652/does-twitter-have-anti-conservative-bias-just-anti-nazi-bias.shtml discuss…

190221

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190220.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

The Independent Group will at last give us real opposition to #Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/20/independent-group-real-opposition-brexit which others have signally failed to provide

TTIP reloaded: big business calls the shots on new EU-US trade talks - https://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2019/02/ttip-reloaded-big-business-calls-shots-new-eu-us-trade-talks #ttip2

EU trade with Trump would undermine international climate commitments - https://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2019/02/eu-trade-trump-would-undermine-international-climate-commitments risk of disgraceful sellout by @EU_Commission

Two senior Tories ready to resign if May fails to change #Brexit direction - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/21/two-senior-tories-ready-to-resign-if-may-fails-to-change-brexit-direction

Witze übers eigene Versagen - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/angela-merkels-digitalpolitik-witze-uebers-eigene-versagen-a-1254205.html “Soso, Axel Voss, es gibt keine Uploadfilter, jedenfalls nicht im Text, und trotzdem verteidigt Merkel die #Uploadfilter , natürlich wieder mit einem köstlichen Premiumscherz.” #artikel13

Greta Thunberg tells EU: your greenhouse gas targets are too low - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/21/greta-thunberg-tells-eu-your-greenhouse-gas-targets-are-too-low brava

Immer mehr Demonstrationen gegen Uploadfilter schon vor dem großen Aktionstag - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/immer-mehr-demonstrationen-gegen-uploadfilter-schon-vor-dem-grossen-aktionstag/ “Mit wenig Aufwand kann die jetzt aufzubauende Upload-Infrastruktur auch für ganz andere Zwecke missbraucht werden” #artikel13

No-deal #Brexit ‘could disrupt London commuter trains’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/21/no-deal-brexit-could-cause-staff-shortages-and-passenger-delays-warns-train-operator “potential future shortage of bus drivers, revealing that job applications from Europe had dried up since the UK’s EU referendum in 2016.”

Theresa May faces ministerial revolt over no-deal Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/21/theresa-may-faces-ministerial-revolt-over-no-deal-brexit come on, MPs, you can do it…

190220

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190219.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

German Politician Thinks Gmail Constituent Messages Are All Faked By Google - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190216/01212441610/german-politician-thinks-gmail-constituent-messages-are-all-faked-google.shtml these people should be disqualified from making laws about technology, about which they are clueless #article13

European farms could grow green and still be able to feed population - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/20/european-farms-could-grow-green-and-still-be-able-to-feed-population let’s do it, then

Light my fire: does the Queen really need a ‘fendersmith’? - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2019/feb/19/does-queen-really-need-fendersmith of course one does - we all do…

Jeremy Hunt urges Germany to rethink Saudi arms sales ban - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/20/jeremy-hunt-urges-germany-to-rethink-saudi-arms-sales-ban remember this appalling move when hunt throws his hat into the ring to become PM… #yemen

Three Tory MPs defect to fledgling Independent Group - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/20/tory-mps-defect-independent-group-soubry-allen-wollaston whoa, isn’t life interesting at the moment…? #brexitchaos

EU Commission Decides To Mock The Public; Insists Fears About EU Copyright Directive Are All Myths - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190215/18005841607/eu-commission-decides-to-mock-public-insists-fears-about-eu-copyright-directive-are-all-myths.shtml superb debunking of that "5 million EU citizens are just a mob paid by #google" post from @EU_Commission, from the inimitable @mmasnick #article13

Joint statement on the Directive of the European Parliament and Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market - https://www.permanentrepresentations.nl/permanent-representations/pr-eu-brussels/documents/policy-notes/2019/02/20/joint-statement-regarding-the-copyright-directive “fails to strike a balance between protecting right holders and the interests of individual citizens” #article13

“Allen said she had been driven out of the party not only by Brexit but by the Tory record on austerity.” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/20/tory-mps-defect-independent-group-soubry-allen-wollaston which is interesting…

Agribusiness’s secretive plans to unravel food safety and worker protections - https://www.iatp.org/blog/201902/agribusinesss-secretive-plans-unravel-food-safety-and-worker-protections

190219

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190218.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

How the world got hooked on #palmoil - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/19/palm-oil-ingredient-biscuits-shampoo-environmental many years ago, I flew over Borneo. unbroken tropical forest for an hour or more. Now…

Vestager ranked best EU Commissioner, favourite to succeed Juncker - https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-elections-2019/news/vestager-ranked-best-eu-commissioner-favourite-to-succeed-juncker/ that would be good

#Brexit: Labour rift proves it cannot be relied on, Hunt tells EU - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/19/brexit-labour-jeremy-hunt-eu stupid argument; may has already shown she is completely in thrall to ERG, and also cannot be relied on, & that’s much more serious

Carta Abierta a la Comisión Europea. Somos la mafia, ¿te unes a nosotros? - https://www.internautas.org/html/10237.html from Asociación de Internautas #article13

Brexit causing ‘palpable decline’ in UK influence at the UN - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/19/brexit-deline-uk-influence-un well done, #brexiters, trashing everything that you touch…

EU Commission Decides To Mock The Public; Insists Fears About EU Copyright Directive Are All Myths - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190215/18005841607/eu-commission-decides-to-mock-public-insists-fears-about-eu-copyright-directive-are-all-myths.shtml superb debunking of that "5 million EU citizens are just a mob paid by #google" post from @EU_Commission, from the inimitable @mmasnick; pl. RT #article13

Oldest skull mudlarked from Thames belongs to neolithic male - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/19/oldest-skull-mudlarked-from-thames-belonged-to-neolithic-male amzing what old Father Thames is still producing…

Wir fordern eine Antwort auf unseren offenen Brief - https://correctiv.org/in-eigener-sache/2019/02/19/wir-fordern-eine-antwort-auf-unseren-offenen-brief “Im Oktober 2018 haben wir in Zusammenarbeit mit 18 internationalen Medien den größten Steuerraub Europas aufgedeckt.”

Hier sind die Memes gegen #Artikel13 und die EU-Urheberrechtsreform - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/hier-sind-die-memes-gegen-artikel-13-und-die-eu-urheberrechtsreform/

190218

Der Mob bist Du. - https://www.getrevue.co/profile/anncathrin/issues/der-mob-bist-du-issue-29-159774 “Als “Mob” hat die Europäische Kommission all diejenigen bezeichnet, die sich gegen die in der Urheberrechtsreform befindlichen #Artikel11 und #Artikel13 aussprechen”

Donald Trump talks of ‘retribution’ after Alec Baldwin sketch on SNL - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/18/donald-trump-talks-of-retribution-after-alec-baldwin-parody-on-snl poor diddums

Spanish warship orders Gibraltar boats to leave British waters - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/17/spanish-warship-orders-gibraltar-boats-to-leave-british-waters another #brexit dividend: conflict over #gibraltar

Good Luck, Japan: Government About To Make All Copyright Infringement A Criminal Offense - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190214/09520741595/good-luck-japan-government-about-to-make-all-copyright-infringement-criminal-offense.shtml #japan wants to make the intellectual monopoly of #copyright even more one-sided, unfair and harsh

5G Has Become The Magic Pixie Dust Of Tech Policy Conversations - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190213/10535041587/5g-has-become-magic-pixie-dust-tech-policy-conversations.shtml indeed, pushed by cynical marketing people, and clueless politicians who want to appear one of the cool kids

EU trade with Trump would undermine international climate commitments - http://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/cso_statement_on_eu-us_trade_feb_2019.pdf guaranteed…

Swedish student fined for anti-deportation protest that went viral - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/18/swedish-student-elin-ersson-fined-after-broadcasting-plane-protest-against-asylum-seeker-deportation badly done, #sweden, very badly done…

EU Commission Deletes #Article13 Post Because ‘Mob’ Understood it Incorrectly - https://torrentfreak.com/eu-commission-deletes-article-13-post-because-mob-understood-it-incorrectly-190218/ “The piece was later deleted with a note implying that people simply aren’t capable of understanding the subtle nuances of the English language.”

Chinese surveillance company tracking 2.5m Xinjiang residents - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/18/chinese-surveillance-company-tracking-25m-xinjiang-residents it’s not just the concentration camps, the whole region is a prison… #china #uyghurs

Why Trump and his team want to wipe out the EU - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/18/trump-pompeo-bolton-eu-eastern-european-states and stupid #brexiters have aided and abetted him…

Study Reinforces How Much The Internet Has Enabled Content Creators To Make Money - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190213/17391941590/study-reinforces-how-much-internet-has-enabled-content-creators-to-make-money.shtml #article13

Is Russia behind climate change protests in EU? ‘Definitely yes’, says Ukraine - https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/is-russia-behind-climate-change-protests-in-eu-definitely-yes-says-ukraine/ twists: the demos are against all fossil fuels - including Russian gas - do wake up…

Fast 5 Millionen Unterschriften gegen Uploadfilter an Justizministerin Barley übergeben - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/fast-5-millionen-unterschriften-gegen-uploadfilter-an-justizministerin-barley-uebergeben/ and she doesn’t give a dman #artikel13

Moscow To Equip City Streets With Facial Recognition Cameras In 2019 - Mayor - https://www.urdupoint.com/en/world/moscow-to-equip-city-streets-with-facial-reco-527271.html et tu, moscow?

Torpedieren einzelne EU-Staaten die Brexit-Verhandlungen? - http://www.spiegel.de/plus/wie-sich-die-eu-staaten-auf-einen-harten-brexit-vorbereiten-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000162407643 “Deutschland und andere Mitgliedsländer rüsten sich mit umfangreichen Gesetzen für einen harten Brexit” they need us more than we need them…riiiiiiiiiiiiight

190214

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190213.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Labour MPs warn Corbyn: back a second referendum or we quit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/13/labour-mp-submits-plan-for-referendum-on-brexit-deal #brexitchaos

Bavaria campaigners abuzz as bees petition forces farming changes - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/bavaria-campaigners-abuzz-as-bees-petition-forces-farming-changes more initiatives like this needed

Exposure to weed killing products increases risk of cancer by 41% – study - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/14/weed-killing-products-increase-cancer-risk-of-cancer time to sue #monsanto and #bayer into the ground #glyphosate

EU approves ban on electric pulse fishing from 2021 - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/eu-approves-ban-on-electric-pulse-fishing-from-2021/ at last

Final Version of the EU’s Copyright Directive Is the Worst - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/13/the-final-version-of-the-eus.html “filters will subject all communications of every European to interception & arbitrary censorship if a black-box algorithm decides their text, pictures, sounds or videos are a match”

#EU's New ‘Open By Default’ Rules For Data Generated By Public Funding Subverted At The Last Minute - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190211/07433841568/eus-new-open-default-rules-data-generated-public-funding-subverted-last-minute.shtml #PSI

“Als Aktionstag ist nun der 23. März geplant. Erste Demonstrationen werden jetzt gerade angemeldet.” - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/uploadfilter-jetzt-hilft-nur-noch-protest-auf-der-strasse/ stop #article13

Nein zu Uploadfiltern! - https://www.weidenholzer.eu/2019/02/14/nein-zu-uploadfiltern/ “Die SPÖ-EU Abgeordneten werden gegen das Ergebnis der Verhandlungen über die Copyright-Richtlinie stimmen.” huge news #article13

EU’s Chilling Copyright Crackdown An ‘Attack On #Openness’ - https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?e=d7aa0b92a2&u=7a6e180a47e074eb500fa7549&id=9a22143d91 “Open data and content must be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone, and this move goes against that principle.”

“Britain has received demands to roll back its human rights standards in exchange for progress on post-Brexit trade deals” - fox is desperate, of course he’ll agree; #brexit lowering our standards, just as we warned…

New #AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/14/elon-musk-backed-ai-writes-convincing-news-fiction won’t work, chaps: if you can do it, others can - not least because you just told them it’s possible…

Kann die umstrittene Urheberrechtsreform noch scheitern? - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/uploadfilter-und-leistungsschutzrecht-kann-die-urheberrechtsreform-noch-scheitern-a-1253216.html garantiert… #artikel13 #artikel11

YouTuber wollen gegen #Artikel13 auf die Straße gehen - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/eu-urheberrechtsreform-youtuber-wollen-gegen-artikel-13-auf-die-strasse-a-1253001.html Es gehe “nicht um ‘Filtern’, wie das von Unterstützern rechtsfreier Räume im Internet propagiert wird.” yes it does: here’s why - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/why-article-13-is-not-just-dangerous-law-making-but-deeply-dishonest-too/

Backing a Tory Brexit could wipe out Labour, warns Clive Lewis - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/14/backing-tory-brexit-could-wipe-out-labour-warns-clive-lewis could? Could???

190213

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190212.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Presse Et Agrégateurs De Contenus, Concurrents Ou Compléments? - https://www.fondationconcorde.com/presse-et-agregateurs-de-contenus-concurrents-ou-complements/ #article11 won’t work…

EU says ’no contingency plans‘ for data flows in case of no-deal Brexit - https://netzpolitik.org/2019/eu-says-no-contingency-plans-for-data-flows-in-case-of-no-deal-brexit/ hear that, UK businesses? that’s the sound of data flows to and from EU drying up… #brexitchaos

#Taiji #dolphin hunt: activists to launch unprecedented legal challenge - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/13/taiji-dolphin-hunt-activists-to-launch-unprecedented-legal-challenge time to stop #japan's shameful butchery

Brexit: UK has rolled over just £16bn out of £117bn trade deals - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/13/brexit-uk-trade-deals-eu a small price to pay for that hallowed blue passport…

Anti-terror checks deliver fresh Brexit threat for UK hauliers - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/13/freight-industry-fears-security-check-chaos-under-no-deal-brexit I somehow suspect #brexit isn’t very popular with lorry drivers these days…

Buy organic food to help curb global insect collapse, say scientists - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/13/buy-organic-food-to-help-curb-global-insect-collapse-say-scientists interesting suggestion

A Line in the Sand - https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/line-sand as for the #GDPR issues, fixes are coming through, slowly but surely #privacy #surveillance

190212

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190211.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

How #Facebook’s Tiny #China Sales Floor Helps Generate Big Ad Money - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/technology/facebook-china-internet.html

Nearly a fifth of the EU’s budget goes on livestock farming, says Greenpeace - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/nearly-a-fifth-of-eu-budget-goes-on-livestock-farming-greenpeace madness that must end

Building a more open world: thoughts from our new CEO Catherine Stihler - https://blog.okfn.org/2019/02/11/building-a-more-open-world-thoughts-from-our-new-ceo-catherine-stihler/ #openness

#Article13 Is Not Just Criminally Irresponsible, It’s Irresponsibly Criminal - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-is-not-just-criminally-irresponsible-its-irresponsibly-criminal/ #eucopyright directive will lead to a new flood of near-risk-free online crime; here’s why…

“Theresa May would gain seats and win a tiny majority if there were a general election now” - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/feb/12/brexit-latest-news-developmens-mays-statment-mps-need-to-hold-our-nerve-may-to-tell-mps-as-leadsom-hints-uk-softening-call-for-deal-to-be-rewritten-politics-live?page=with:block-5c629b14e4b04a6f567ddc7b#block-5c629b14e4b04a6f567ddc7b of course: no point voting for @UKLabour while it supports #brexit…it won’t get my vote

💃😂 ✊: How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat everyone at Twitter in nine tweets - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-social-media good analysis of @AOC’s digital savvy

Climate and economic risks ‘threaten 2008-style systemic collapse’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/12/climate-and-economic-risks-threaten-2008-style-systemic-collapse dealing with this must become a priority

Welsh sheep farmers fear post-Brexit British branding - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/12/welsh-sheep-farmers-fear-post-brexit-british-branding probably true generally: #brexit has trashed the UK brand so badly that everything will be viewed as tainted…

Theresa May asks MPs to hold their nerve on Brexit talks - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/12/theresa-may-asks-mps-to-hold-their-nerve-on-brexit-talks for what? more bluffing? she’s got a, er, nerve…

Zero Rating Actually Costs Broadband Customers More, EU Study Finds - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190211/08033941569/zero-rating-actually-costs-broadband-customers-more-eu-study-finds.shtml just as we warned

‘Love Jez, h8 Brexit’: billboard graffiti show ire at Corbyn’s stance - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/12/brexit-billboard-graffiti-jeremy-corbyn-labour

#Article13 Is Not Just Criminally Irresponsible, It’s Irresponsibly Criminal - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-is-not-just-criminally-irresponsible-its-irresponsibly-criminal/ #eucopyright directive will lead to a new flood of near-risk-free online crime. another reason to bin it

190211

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190210.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

UK’s carmakers face twin concerns of global upheaval and Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/11/uk-car-industry-twin-concerns-brexit-global-upheaval well, we know how that is going to pan out… #brexitchaos

Probleme der EU-Urheberrechtsreform bleiben bestehen - https://blog.wikimedia.de/2019/02/11/probleme-der-eu-urheberrechtsreform-bleiben-bestehen/ and how… #article13 #article11 #article3

German Data Protection Authority Says #GDPR Requires Email To Use At Least Transport Layer Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190207/07565141547/german-data-protection-authority-says-gdpr-requires-email-to-use-least-transport-layer-encryption.shtml this could be big…

Watch a low flyover of Jupiter’s moon Europa - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/11/watch-a-low-flyover-of-jupiter.html wow; tell me again why we spend trillions on wars instead of doing more stuff like this…

190210

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190209.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

China’s treatment of Uighurs is ‘embarrassment for humanity’, says Turkey - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/10/chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-is-embarrassment-for-humanity-says-turkey significant move from leading turkic nation #xinjiang #uyghurs

A hidden government is preparing for Brexit… by keeping us in the dark - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/09/a-hidden-government-is-preparing-for-brexit-by-keeping-us-in-the-dark “An army of civil servants has been engaged to hide the terrible truth for as long as possible” taking back control…? Hardly

Glyn Moody sur l’article 13 – Mensonges et mauvaise foi - https://framablog.org/2019/02/09/glyn-moody-sur-larticle-13-mensonges-et-mauvaise-foi/ #article13 “a été combattu par des associations en France telles que La Quadrature du Net, dénoncé pour ses effet délétères par de nombreuses personnalités”

Glyn Moody sur l’article 13 – Les utilisateurs oubliés - https://framablog.org/2019/02/09/glyn-moody-sur-larticle-13-les-utilisateurs-oublies/ “surtout la nécessité de faire entrer dans la loi de larges exceptions pour ne pas oublier tous ceux et celles qui utilisent Internet” after all, there are only hundreds of millions of us in EU…

Here’s What US Lobbyists Want Donald Trump To Get From A Post-Brexit Trade Deal - https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/us-lobbyists-brexit_uk_5c5b26c6e4b00187b5579f64 here comes that dirty meat to our plates - #yum: https://www.theguardian.com/animals-farmed/2018/feb/21/dirty-meat-shocking-hygiene-failings-discovered-in-us-pig-and-chicken-plants

‘Corbyn has let us down on Brexit, the defining issue of my generation’ - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/feb/10/bristol-students-betrayed-labour-corbyn-brexit students don’t have much of a future with #brexit - and neither does @UKLabour…

Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/10/plummeting-insect-numbers-threaten-collapse-of-nature “there are plain, bare fields that are treated with synthetic fertilisers and pesticides”

190209

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190208.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

‘Wiped out before our eyes’: Hawaii offers bold plan to stop shark killings - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/08/hawaii-law-shark-ray-ban-ocean sounds good; we need sharks

why are the rights and needs of 500 million EU citizens always forgotten in #copyright laws? - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/fix-the-gaping-hole-at-the-heart-of-article-13-users-rights/

“The phrase “as open as possible, as closed as necessary” had always been there in the non-binding preamble to the legislation but lobbyists wanted to see it in article 10, and appear to have succeeded.” another shameful sell-out by @EU_Commission for their chums in industry

as you know, all Google+ accounts are going away on 2 April 2019
FYI I will post on:
twitter - @glynmoody
Diaspora - glynmoody@joindiaspora.com
identi.ca - glynmoody@identi.ca

Increasing Number Of Rightholders Reject Eu Copyright Reform - https://ancillarycopyright.eu/news/2019-02-08/increasing-number-rightholders-reject-eu-copyright-reform Que la bête meure #eucopyright #article13

People and publishers start to turn against micro-targeted advertising and its harms to #privacy - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/02/people-and-publishers-start-to-turn-against-microtargeting/ it doesn’t have to be this way…

Glyn Moody sur l’article 13 – Mensonges et mauvaise foi - https://framablog.org/2019/02/09/glyn-moody-sur-larticle-13-mensonges-et-mauvaise-foi/ #article13 "a été combattu par des associations en France telles que La Quadrature du Net, dénoncé pour ses effet délétères par de nombreuses personnalités "

Glyn Moody sur l’article 13 – Les utilisateurs oubliés - https://framablog.org/2019/02/09/glyn-moody-sur-larticle-13-les-utilisateurs-oublies/ “surtout la nécessité de faire entrer dans la loi de larges exceptions pour ne pas oublier tous ceux et celles qui utilisent Internet…”

190208

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190207.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

That German-French Deal to “Rescue” the EU Copyright Directive? Everyone Hates It. EVERYONE. - https://boingboing.net/2019/02/07/universally-loathed.html bin the thing #article13

End uncertainty over no-deal Brexit, says ex-civil service chief - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/08/end-uncertainty-over-no-deal-brexit-says-ex-civil-service-chief-lord-kerslake “calls for fresh referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU”

Second referendum necessary if no Brexit agreement, says John McDonnell - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/feb/08/second-referendum-necessary-if-no-brexit-agreement-says-john-mcdonnell-politics-live?page=with:block-5c5b03b4e4b04a6f567da0eb#block-5c5b03b4e4b04a6f567da0eb is @UKLabour finally getting there…?

Brexit ‘no-deal’ crisis command centre starts hiring civilians - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/08/brexit-no-deal-crisis-command-centre-starts-hiring-civilians " military-style operation could stay open for two years" martial law, here we come… #brexitchaos

World’s biggest intelligence headquarters opens in Berlin - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/08/worlds-biggest-intelligence-headquarters-opens-berlin-germany-bnd I’m sure they won’t engage in any kind of over-reach as a result of the gigantism…

Fix The Gaping Hole At The Heart Of #Article13: Users’ Rights - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/fix-the-gaping-hole-at-the-heart-of-article-13-users-rights/ why is the general public never considered in new #copyright laws? time to redress the balance of #eucopyright directive

Heathrow stockpiling rubber gloves from EU for post-Brexit searches - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/08/heathrow-stockpiling-rubber-gloves-from-eu-for-post-brexit-searches sounds painful…

German Data Protection Authority Says #GDPR Requires Email To Use At Least Transport Layer Encryption - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190207/07565141547/german-data-protection-authority-says-gdpr-requires-email-to-use-least-transport-layer-encryption.shtml betcha didn’t see that one coming…

190207

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190206.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Europe’s palm oil strategy is fading - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/europes-palm-oil-strategy-is-fading/ france leads the way

Germany’s Bundeskartellamt prohibits #Facebook from combining user data from different sources - https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2019/07_02_2019_Facebook.html looks big… #privacy

Four men with a ladder: the billboard campaigners battling Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/07/billboard-campaigners-brexit-led-by-donkeys much more british than #brexit; fwiw I’ve just given some dosh: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/by-donkeys

EU #copyright Reform: Where Italy Makes Sense And The Germans Cave In - https://copybuzz.com/copyright/eu-reform-where-italy-makes-sense-and-the-germans-cave-in/ it’s a rum old world… #article13 #article11

No-deal Brexit: UK exporters risk being locked out of world’s harbours - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/07/no-deal-brexit-uk-exporters-risk-being-locked-out-of-world-harbours come on - people knew that this was exactly what they were voting for, #amirite…?

Theresa May says she rebuked Donald Tusk over his anti-Brexiter ‘hell’ comment - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/feb/07/brexit-latest-news-developments-theresa-may-brussels-talks-corbyn-faces-backlash-from-labour-pro-europeans-after-sending-brexit-plan-to-pm-politics-live?page=with:block-5c5c4e11e4b04a6f567dad29#block-5c5c4e11e4b04a6f567dad29 says Theresa “queue jumpers” “citizens of nowhere” May…

UN tells UK: stop using terror charges against peaceful protesters - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/07/un-tells-uk-stop-using-terror-charges-against-peaceful-protesters #brexit hasn’t happened yet, and already we’re a mickey mouse country

#Article13 Disaster For Music Biz, Joy For Youtube, As Labels Call For EU Copyright Bill To Be Cancelled - https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/article-13-disaster-for-music-biz-joy-for-youtube-as-labels-call-for-eu-copyright-bill-to-be-cancelled/ look, even the copyright industry wants it dropped - so do it

Copyright Holders Still Don’t Support EU’s Already Awful Upload Filter Proposal; Demand It Be Made Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190207/12463641553/copyright-holders-still-dont-support-eus-already-awful-upload-filter-proposal-demand-it-be-made-worse.shtml #article13

Labour will be punished by voters if it gives any backing at all to Brexit - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/07/labour-punished-voters-backing-brexit--jeremy-corbyn you bet…

A no-deal Brexit won’t result in a siege. The EU will be more clinical than that - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/07/no-deal-brexit-medieval-siege-eu-britain-industries interesting analysis

190206

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190205.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

After Plan S, Here’s Plan U: Funders Should Require All Research To Be Posted First As A #Preprint - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190130/06480841494/after-plan-s-heres-plan-u-funders-should-require-all-research-to-be-posted-first-as-preprint.shtml sounds good; let’s do it

Trump to visit UK in December for Nato summit - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/feb/06/brexit-latest-news-developments-pmqs-theresa-may-faces-further-backlash-after-backstop-comments-in-belfast-speech-politics-live?page=with:block-5c5ab3f3e4b00ef6acc683ee#block-5c5ab3f3e4b00ef6acc683ee start planning those protests, people…

190205

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/02/190204.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

We will deliver a Brexit that MPs and Northern Ireland can support, PM to say - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/04/we-will-deliver-a-brexit-that-mps-and-northern-ireland-can-support-pm-to-say the woman is an idiot; she totally ignores the fact NI voted to remain in EU - writing them & half the country out of history, no wonder it’s divided

#article13 stitch-up between france and germany leaked - https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Mandate-Romania-February-8.pdf this will destroy the digital ecosystem in EU… #copyright

#Japan's deputy PM blames women for nation’s falling population - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/05/japans-deputy-pm-blames-women-for-nations-falling-population lovely man; i’m sure insulting women will encourage them to have more children

Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/05/super-tall-super-skinny-super-expensive-the-pencil-towers-of-new-yorks-super-rich fascinating and totally insane

After Plan S, Here’s Plan U: Funders Should Require All Research To Be Posted First As A Preprint - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190130/06480841494/after-plan-s-heres-plan-u-funders-should-require-all-research-to-be-posted-first-as-preprint.shtml #preprints are the future… #openaccess

Belgian minister backtracks on school-strike conspiracy claims - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/05/belgian-environment-minister-joke-schauvliege-claimed-children-climate-protests-a-set-up she should resign - not fit to hold office #be

“officials are haunted by what government ministers still can’t or won’t admit: that any Brexit is going to hurt the country, but a no-deal #Brexit is going to rip our arms off, disrupting almost every aspect of British public life” - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/05/civil-servant-no-deal-brexit-operation-yellowhammer

#PalmOil Giant Golden Agri-Resources Removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index after Bribery and Corruption Scandal - https://foe.org/news/palm-oil-giant-golden-agri-resources-removed-dow-jones-sustainability-index-bribery-corruption-scandal/