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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150903 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2015/09/150903.html  yesterday's tweets as a single page

Angry farmers hold massive tractor protest in Paris - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/agriculture-food/angry-farmers-hold-massive-tractor-protest-paris-317337 just wait until they realise what #TTIP will do to them...

Report: Piracy levels drop in Australia thanks to Netflix, Stan and Presto - http://mashable.com/2015/09/04/piracy-levels-australia/ just as we predicted they would...

2 North Carolina teens hit with child porn charges after consensual sexting - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/busted-in-north-carolina-you-can-have-sex-at-16-but-you-cant-sext/ more stupidity from the authorities

.@EU_Commission Admits Defeat In Trying To Improve #ISDS Chapter In #CETA - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150903/09515032155/european-commission-admits-defeat-trying-to-improve-corporate-sovereignty-chapter-ceta.shtml will allow US cos. to sue EU #canada

Open letter to Twitter to restore Politwoops access to API - https://www.accessnow.org/pages/open-letter-twitter-restore-politwoops-access-api

Rebekah Brooks' ex-security boss vows to blow whistle - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/sep/04/rebekah-brooks-ex-security-boss-vows-to-blow-whistle excellent; I can hardly wait...

#Corbyn: "I am concerned about the way the EU is...secretly negotiating #TTIP." - http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/03/jeremy-corbyn-cannot-envisage-sending-british-troops-overseas wise man

#Badger cull gets underway in Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/04/scientists-warn-against-cruel-and-pointless-badger-culls idiot farmers already lying about its "benefits"

.@USTradeRep's hilarious attempt to present failure to agree #TPP as a huge victory - https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/reports-and-publications/2015/update-trans-pacific-partnership talk about re-writing history

FTC Commissioner Says The Public Needs Strong #Encryption, Not Backdoors - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150903/17322932164/ftc-commissioner-says-public-needs-strong-encryption-not-backdoors.shtml that's good

.@twitter Suspends Accounts For 'Infringement' Despite Not Linking To Any Infringing Works - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150902/15513232148/twitter-suspends-accounts-infringement-despite-not-linking-to-any-infringing-works.shtml very troubling

Google will comply with censorship laws to get Play store into China, says report - http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2015/09/report-google-will-comply-with-censorship-laws-to-get-play-into-china/ China 1, Google 0

California passes bill to kick coal out of pension funds - http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/09/california-passes-bill-to-get-its-pension-funds-out-of-coal/ "nearly half a trillion dollars in assets." #divestment

Ecuadorians can sue Chevron in Canada, Supreme Court rules - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ecuadorians-can-sue-chevron-in-canada-supreme-court-rules/article26225413/ long saga

The Shape of Space Telescopes to Come - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=33957 fab post: long, detailed, exciting... #science

Can You Really Be A Copyright Expert If You Think #Copyright Should Last Forever? - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150903/17225232163/can-you-really-be-copyright-expert-if-you-think-copyright-should-last-forever.shtml evidence says no...