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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 150208 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2015/02/150208.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

costs of Australia’s ‘free trade’ agreement with US - http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2015/02/08/the-costs-of-australias-free-trade-agreement-with-america"AUSFTA diverted trade away from the lowest cost sources" #TPP

Show your love for Free Software - https://fsfe.org/news/2015/news-20150209-01.en.html "focus especially lies on the small contributions to the big picture"

Docteur #TTIP et Mister Tafta. Que nous réserve vraiment le traité transatlantique Europe/États-Unis ? - http://www.lespetitsmatins.fr/collections/docteur-ttip-et-mister-tafta-que-nous-reserve-vraiment-le-traite-transatlantique-europeetats-unis/

We Need a Manhattan Project for Cyber Security - https://medium.com/backchannel/we-need-a-manhattan-project-for-cyber-security-76e6d8fc6447 "cyber" </facepalm>. ridiculous hyperbole much?

Waterboarding Whistleblower Released From Prison, Two Months After Torture Report's Release Vindicated His Actions - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150208/16464529952/waterboarding-whistleblower-released-prison-two-months-after-torture-reports-release-vindicated-his-actions.shtml

"need #ISDS as part of #TTIP. It’s about the rule by law." - http://www.svensktnaringsliv.se/english/transatlantic-partnership-why-we-need-it_609926.html ISDS = 3 lawyers with arbitrary power, not rule of law

China proposing to establish free trade zone with Eurasian Economic Union - http://www.bilaterals.org/?china-proposing-to-establish-free why using #TTIP to bully china won't work

Chinese Internet Company Sets Domain Name Record With USD17 Million Purchase - http://www.chinatechnews.com/2015/02/09/21397-chinese-internet-company-sets-domain-name-record-with-usd17-million-purchase bonkers, but shows global ambitions

Samsung's Smart TVs Are Collecting And Storing Your Private Conversations - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150206/04532329928/samsungs-smart-tvs-are-collecting-storing-your-private-conversations.shtml good analysis

MEP Marietje Schaake calls for input on report Human rights and technology - http://www.marietjeschaake.eu/2015/02/call-for-input-on-report-human-rights-and-technologies/ deadline 16 March

#Baidu Restructures Into Three Major Business Groups - http://www.chinatechnews.com/2015/02/09/21395-baidu-restructures-into-three-major-business-groups makes sense #china

After #Android: Ubuntu, Xiaomi, Meizu or Tencent? - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/after-android-3597316/ lots of excitment in the #opensource smartphone sector #linux

100 Million Pennies For Your Thoughts? DEA Hands MuckRock A $1.4 Million Estimate For Responsive Documents - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150206/15434529942/100-million-pennies-your-thoughts-dea-hands-muckrock-14-million-estimate-responsive-documents.shtml #FOI

Response of Indian Patient and Civil Society Groups to the Prime Minister’s Statement on IPRs - http://infojustice.org/archives/33828 this looks troubling

Copyright Policy and the Right to Science and Culture - http://infojustice.org/archives/33890 interesting

"Snowden revelations damaged impressions of Germans with respect to the U.S. government" - http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/uk-usa-spying-obama-idUKKBN0LD22D20150209 *impressions*???? hahaha

#TPP might be a no-go in New Zealand - http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trade-agreement-might-be-a-no-go-in-new-zealand/2015/02/08/2500c372-ae24-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html #pharmac too precious to give up for such small gains #NZ

The Re-Colonization of #Africa - http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/06/re-colonization-africa *this* is the real problem with GM seeds #intellectualmonopolies

CIA Wanted To Throw The CFAA At Senate Staffers For Unauthorized Googling - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150207/16043229949/cia-wanted-to-throw-cfaa-senate-staffers-unauthorized-googling.shtml pure bullying

Google's dog robot looks too real for comfort when getting kicked - http://mashable.com/2015/02/09/boston-dynamics-spot-robot/ kicking robots: is that really wise...?

Left Shark Bites Back: 3D Printer Sculptor Hires Lawyer To Respond To Katy Perry's Bogus Takedown - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150209/11373729960/left-shark-bites-back-3d-printer-sculptor-hires-lawyer-to-respond-to-katy-perrys-bogus-takedown.shtml

Temperature data is not “the biggest scientific scandal ever” - http://arstechnica.com/staff/2015/02/temperature-data-is-not-the-biggest-scientific-scandal-ever/ why @Telegraph is talking nonsense, again...

"Apple chinesa": #Xiaomi anuncia chegada ao Brasil em página no Facebook - http://idgnow.com.br/mobilidade/2015/02/09/apple-chinesa-xiaomi-anuncia-chegada-ao-brasil-em-pagina-no-facebook/ building the empire

Police Federation votes for Tasers for uniformed officers - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/police-federation-votes-tasers-uniformed-officers how to lose the respect of the public in one easy move

As defections rise, ISIS faces suicide bomber shortage - http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/02/09/As-defections-rise-ISIS-faces-suicide-bomber-shortage.html yeah, strange how people never volunteer twice...