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A Link Tax Won’t Bring Back Journalists; It Will Do Even More Harm To Them - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180828/10184740528/link-tax-wont-bring-back-journalists-it-will-do-even-more-harm-to-them.shtml wise words from @mmasnick #article11 #copyright

Beyond the #GDPR: here comes the EU’s #ePrivacy regulation – but not yet - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/beyond-the-gdpr-here-comes-the-eus-e-privacy-regulation-but-not-yet/ big stuff, but the lobbyists are fighting it… #privacy

After call to implant microchips in people awaiting trial, are they about to become the next threat to our #privacy? - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2018/08/after-call-to-implant-microchips-in-people-awaiting-trial-are-they-about-to-become-the-next-threat-to-our-privacy/ from a couple of weeks ago; still troubling

Honest Government Ad | #Article13 (Internet Censorship Bill) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=89ZkydX0FPw it’s not often #copyright law makes you laugh; this does… #copyrightdirective

#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 will destroy the Internet as we know it - and greatly harm freedom of speech

Out-of-control #censorship machines removed my article warning of out-of-control censorship machines - https://juliareda.eu/2018/08/censorship-machines-gonna-censor/ this is precisely what #article13 will make a commonplace happening #copyright

Franken-algorithms: the deadly consequences of unpredictable code - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/29/coding-algorithms-frankenalgos-program-danger “Franken-algorithms”??? puh-lease…

#Article13: Making #Copyright Unfit For The Digital Age - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/article-13-making-copyright-unfit-for-the-digital-age/ #uploadfilters are simply anti-internet

“Hollywood has already given us an inkling of why sending asteroids near Earth could be a bad idea” - https://www.cnet.com/news/sending-asteroids-to-almost-hit-earth-for-minerals-could-be-a-thing-says-engineers/ but hey, think of the profits… <facepalm/>

Study estimates 500,000 EU workers are in low-skilled UK jobs - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/30/employers-will-struggle-to-fill-low-skilled-job-vacancies-after-brexit-study good luck filling those after #brexit

Where the animals go: wildlife tracking secrets revealed - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/30/where-the-animals-go-wildlife-tracking-secrets-revealed

Why the copyright reform is useless for publishers - https://radiobruxelleslibera.com/2018/08/30/why-the-copyright-reform-is-useless-for-publishers/ #article11 #Eucopyright

Kenyan president rebukes Theresa May on last day of Africa trip - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/30/kenya-president-rebukes-theresa-may-last-day-africa-trip a small taster of the general scorn that most countries will display to the newly-diminished post-#brexit UK

That Time Telco Lobbyists Sent Me All Their Talking Points About Trying To Shift The Blame To Internet Companies - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180829/18030740541/that-time-telco-lobbyists-sent-me-all-their-talking-points-about-trying-to-shift-blame-to-internet-companies.shtml whoops… #netneutrality