Tuesday 2 February 2016

160202


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160201 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/02/160201.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

True origins of #TPP lie in protecting profits - http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11583470 the roots of TPP in the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)


Interview: #SafeHarbour 2.0 will lose again, argues Max Schrems - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/interview-safe-harbour-2-0-will-lose-again-argues-max-schrems/ lots of interesting points


Improving the Armenian Wiktionary with the help of students - https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/01/wikicamp-armenia-student-editors/ great initiative #am

Ships' noise is serious problem for killer whales and dolphins, report finds - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/02/ships-noise-is-serious-problem-for-killer-whales-and-dolphins-report-finds shipping big polluter in many ways

UN expert urges Pacific Rim countries not to sign the #TPP without committing to human rights and development - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17005&LangID=E

Welcome to EPOnia, the strange land of European patents that is outside the law
- http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/welcome-to-eponia-the-strange-land-of-european-patents-that-is-outside-the-law/ EU #UnitaryPatent means it matters

European Parliament will vote on #TISA, the evil global services sibling of #TTIP - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/european-parliament-will-vote-on-tisa-the-evil-global-services-sibling-of-ttip/ write to your MEPs now...

Welcome to EPOnia, the strange land of European patents that is outside the law
- http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/welcome-to-eponia-the-strange-land-of-european-patents-that-is-outside-the-law/ EU #UnitaryPatent on its way?

Push to stop #AU Parliament ratifying #TPP - http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/push-to-stop-parliament-ratifying-the-transpacific-partnership-20160202-gmjiay.html "60 community organisations are calling for an independent assessment"

Last gasp #SafeHarbour “political deal” struck between Europe and US - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/last-gasp-safe-harbour-political-deal-struck-between-europe-and-us/ more of a paper-thin face-saving deal...


.@maxschrems on "Privacy Shield": "I am not sure if this system will stand the test before the Court of Justice." - http://europe-v-facebook.org/PS_update.pdf

Welcome to EPOnia, the strange land of European patents that is outside the law
- http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/welcome-to-eponia-the-strange-land-of-european-patents-that-is-outside-the-law/ EU patent craziness

#TPP faces a rocky road through #AU Parliament - http://www.theage.com.au/comment/transpacific-partnership-faces-a-rocky-road-through-parliament-20160202-gmjjj8.html "Strong popular opposition to the TPP in the US"

European Commission defence of EU rights sinks in an unsafe harbour - https://edri.org/european-commission-defence-of-european-rights-sinks-in-unsafe-harbour/ "waiting for new stop-gap solution to fail"

Palestinian families homeless as #Israel's military demolishes West Bank houses - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/palestinian-families-homeless-as-israeli-military-demolishes-west-bank-houses such callousness & contempt

"The Intercept recently discovered a pattern of deception in the actions of a staff member." - https://theintercept.com/2016/02/02/a-note-to-readers/ whoa; but it happens

.@Yahoo’s Brain Drain Shows a Loss of Faith Inside the Company - http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/11/yahoos-brain-drain-shows-a-loss-of-faith-inside-the-company.html & who can blame them...?

EU And US Come To 'Agreement' On Safe Harbor, But If It Doesn't Stop Mass Surveillance, It Won't Fly - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160202/06464733490/eu-us-come-to-agreement-safe-harbor-if-it-doesnt-stop-mass-surveillance-it-wont-fly.shtml

#TPP Being Sold With Bogus Economic Models - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-fletcher/trans-pacific-partnership_b_9140948.html good detailed analysis of why


Ravens can imagine being spied on, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/02/ravens-can-imagine-being-spied-on-study-finds see? NSA/GCHQ surveillance is making even the birds worried...

'Robust' deal reached to preserve privacy of EU-US data sharing - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/02/robust-deal-reached-to-preserve-privacy-of-eu-us-data-sharing @guardian being disappointingly wide-eyed here...


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