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Senate's report on CIA torture

lundi 20 octobre 2014 à 14:00

The Senate's still unpublished report on CIA torture intentionally disregards the role of higher officials in the Bush regime.

Finnish parliament won't consider petitions

lundi 20 octobre 2014 à 14:00

Finland has a system for the public to propose revised laws by petition; then the parliament is supposed to vote on these changes. A petition for small relaxation in harsh copyright law was rejected by a committee as too radical.

So far, parliament has rejected all six of the petitions without voting on any of them.

The TPP

lundi 20 octobre 2014 à 14:00

The US wants to use the TPP to impose criminal penalties on access to trade secrets through a computer, with no protection even for journalists investigating dangerous or unjust practices.

This calls to mind the "Ag-Gag" bills designed to criminalize undercover investigations of shameful or illegal farm practices.

UK gov't want to collect data without warrant

lundi 20 octobre 2014 à 14:00

The UK government wants to be able to collect data from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube automatically (without a warrant, of course).

New Pun

lundi 20 octobre 2014 à 14:00

New pun: geometer.

I'm richer than you! infinity loop