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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150614 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/06/150614.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

The Muddled Case for Trade Agreements - https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/regional-trade-agreement-corporate-capture-by-dani-rodrik-2015-06 "The time for secrecy is past, if it ever existed." #TPP #TTIP

Let me be clear – Edward #Snowden is a hero - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/14/edward-snowden-hero-government-scare-tactics Shami Chakrabarti is right: let's say it loud & clear #surveillance

End of transparency? Paving way for #tradesecrets in #TTIP - http://europolitics.info/end-transparency-paving-way-trade-secrets-ttip important stuff

#Belgium’s Privacy Commission takes #Facebook to court for #privacy violations - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/belgiums-privacy-commission-takes-facebook-to-court-for-privacy-violations/ will others now follow suit?

German Investigation Into #NSA #Surveillance Of Angela Merkel Dropped - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150613/06360431335/german-investigation-into-nsa-surveillance-angela-merkel-dropped.shtml don't imagine German public will be happy

.@Falkvinge's next startup - net-generation reporting - http://falkvinge.net/2015/06/15/launching-new-reporting-service-682-writers-editors-managers-wanted-for-part-time-yes-youll-get-paid-and-paid-well-launch-now-operational-in-q3/ interesting; I hope it succeeds

Elefanten im Zirkus: Tierschützer warnen vor "tickenden Zeitbomben" - http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/elefanten-im-zirkus-tierschuetzer-warnen-vor-zeitbomben-a-1038844.html stop this barbarism now

Mega Publishes First Transparency Report - http://torrentfreak.com/mega-publishes-first-transparency-report-150615/ fascinating stats

Coal crash: how pension funds face huge risk from climate change - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/15/coal-crash-how-pension-funds-face-huge-risk-from-climate-change good analysis of huge, looming problem

EU-US trade talks: the trojan horse treaty trips up as opposition grows - http://www.equaltimes.org/eu-us-trade-talks-the-trojan-horse?lang=en and how... #TTIP

Postponing the European Parliament’s #TTIP resolution is not what consumers want to hear - http://www.beuc.eu/blog/postponing-the-european-parliaments-ttip-resolution-is-not-what-consumers-want-to-hear/ indeed

Hillary Clinton Urges Obama to Listen to Democrats on Trade Deal - http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/06/14/hillary-clinton-urges-obama-to-listen-to-democrats-on-trade-deal/ seems unlikely... #TPA #TAA #TPP

Privacy and Data Protection under threat from EU Council agreement - https://edri.org/press-release-privacy-and-data-protection-under-threat-from-eu-council-agreement/ @edri spells out the problems #EudataP

EU takes important step towards agreeing updated data protection rules - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/06/eu-takes-important-step-towards-agreeing-updated-data-protection-rules/ but lots of haggling still to come #EudataP

The Pulitzer Prize In Bullshit FUD Reporting Goes To... The Sunday Times For Its 'Snowden Expose' - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150614/23490431337/pulitzer-prize-bullshit-fud-reporting-goes-to-sunday-times-snowden-expose.shtml great analysis

Pope's encyclical: "Il clima è un bene comune, di tutti e per
tutti." - http://speciali.espresso.repubblica.it/pdf/laudato_si.pdf he's not wrong (v @rtcc_megan @carlzimmer)

Last call to save #copyright reform - There are some issues on which it will come down 2 every single vote - https://juliareda.eu/2015/06/last-call-to-save-copyright-reform/ pl. act

News Corp. Sends DMCA Notice Over Greenwald Trashing The Sunday Times' Ridiculous #Snowden Story - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150615/09463331342/news-corp-sends-dmca-notice-over-glenn-greenwald-trashing-sunday-times-ridiculous-snowden-story.shtml how not to do it

The FLOK Society Project - http://floksociety.org/2015/06/15/the-flok-society-project/ book coming soon

IMF team in #China to assess reserve-currency status for #yuan - http://thebricspost.com/imf-team-in-china-to-assess-reserve-currency-status-for-yuan/ it's getting close....

Stellenausschreibung für die Organisation der Großdemonstration gegen #TTIP und #CETA im Oktober - http://www.mehr-demokratie.de/ttip-demo-stellenausschreibung.html should be fun...

Helen Mirren and John Oliver Definitively Debunk Notion that #Torture Ever Works - http://www.alternet.org/video/watch-helen-mirren-and-john-oliver-definitively-debunk-notion-torture-ever-works seriously genius

International widget campaign against EU ‘Link Tax’ that threatens to chill free expression - https://openmedia.org/news/international-network-mobilizes-widget-campaign-against-eu-%E2%80%98link-tax%E2%80%99-threatens-chill-free #copyright #eu

Guy Who Inspired The Term 'Patent Troll' May Be Leaving Patent Trolling Business - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150610/11364231294/guy-who-inspired-term-patent-troll-may-be-leaving-patent-trolling-business.shtml NB: getting into #tradesecrets

Reporter Who Wrote Sunday Times '#Snowden' Propaganda Admits That He's Just Writing What UK Gov't Told Him - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150615/11565531344/reporter-who-wrote-sunday-times-snowden-propaganda-admits-that-hes-just-writing-what-uk-govt-told-him.shtml painful