On Greek corruption and financial ruin
[via:Waino]
Certain expressions not acceptable: UK right-wing MEP Nigel Farage reprimanded for criticizing Baroness Ashton, EU’s foreign minister, among others (Youtube).
Jerzy Buzek, The President of the European Parliament, was displeased with the “tone” Farage used in criticizing “important EU officials.”
[via:Piratismi.com]
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MEPs back ‘Soviet Internet’ plan
These pigfuckers really don’t want anything like a free Internet. More info by The Foundation for a Free Internet Infrastructure (FFII): 1, 2.
[via:Mummila]
U.S. and Europe Near Agreement on Private Data
We’ll be out of privacy soon. How cool isn’t that?
“The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. … The potential agreement … would represent a diplomatic breakthrough for American counterterrorism officials”