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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/04/190411.html’s tweets as a single page

From Distracted Boyfriend to Unhelpful Teacher, I love the twists of a meme’s journey - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/12/memes-distracted-boyfriend-unhelpful-teacher-hannah-jane-parkinson indeed; sad that #article13/17 will cause so much harm to this form, with its mindless, flawed automated #uploadfilters that don’t get the joke

Growing up in the Soviet Union made me fear EU Copyright Reform - https://thenextweb.com/podium/2019/04/12/growing-up-in-the-soviet-union-made-me-fear-the-eu-copyright-reform/ “Censorship and economic privileges for the few will not lead to digital prosperity. They are the new digital iron curtain and a path to disaster. We‘ve been there and it was not pretty.”

Justizministerin: Automaten können objektiver sein als Menschen - https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Justizministerin-Automatisierte-Entscheidungen-koennen-objektiver-sein-als-menschliche-4374761.html objective but wrong; woman’s clearly an idiot when it comes to technology

Open letter to Prime Minister of #Estonia and Members of Parliament on Internet Upload Filters - https://blog.ffii.org/open-letter-to-prime-minister-of-estonia-and-members-of-parliament-on-internet-upload-filters/

The Pinkertons’ plan for #climatechange: a mercenary army that guards one-percenters as the seas rise - https://boingboing.net/2019/04/12/guillotine-prevention-squad.html further proof we live in a sick society

#SouthKorea Wants To Allow Its #Copyright Protection Agency To Block Sites Allegedly Holding Infringing Material – No Judicial Review Required - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190411/07524441978/south-korea-wants-to-allow-copyright-protection-agency-to-block-sites-allegedly-holding-infringing-material-no-judicial-review.shtml