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Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2018/11/181105.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

#China doubles spending on security-related building in #Xinjiang – report - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/china-human-rights-xinjiang-un-council appalling oppression of #uyghurs

Ivanka Trump to get 16 new China trademarks, including one for ‘voting machines’ - https://boingboing.net/2018/11/05/trump-brand-voting-machines.html er, wut?

Of Hypocrisy and Democracy - http://copybuzz.com/copyright/of-hypocrisy-and-democracy/ copyright companies are shocked that Internet users dare to write to their MEPs about #eucopyright directive and its harms, instead of meekly accepting yet more loss of freedoms

Arron Banks’s firm and Leave.EU face £135k fines over data misuse - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/06/arron-banks-firm-and-leave-eu-face-135k-fine-over-data-misuse more abuse and cheating by #brexiters…

European 'clearing house' to bypass US sanctions against Iran - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/european-clearing-house-to-bypass-us-sanctions-against... should have been done years ago

BHP Billiton facing £5bn lawsuit from Brazilian victims of dam disaster - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/bhp-billiton-facing-5bn-lawsuit-from-brazilian-victims-of-dam-disaster quite right: sue them into the (polluted) ground