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Yesterday, I wrote a post asking people to write to their MEPs about the imminent vote in the European Parliament on the Copyright Directi...

Back in June, I wrote a long post about the proposed update to EU copyright law. As I explained, there are some bad ideas being proposed , ...

Tomorrow the European Parliament will vote on whether to send its version of the Copyright Directive text to "trilogues" for fina...

A couple of weeks ago, I urged people to write to their MEPs about an important vote in the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parl...

Next week, a crucial vote will be held by the Legal Affairs committee of the European Parliament (JURI). It concerns the proposed copyrigh...

There's an important series of Brexit votes taking place tomorrow.  The UK government will seek to overturn some sensible amendments ma...

I will soon have spare slots in my freelance writing schedule for regular weekly or monthly work, and major projects. Here are the ma...

By now, many people have probably heard about the company Cambridge Analytica .  By its own admission, it played a major role in the succes...

Bad things could happen in the European Parliament next Thursday, when an important committee of MEPs votes on proposals ...

The UK government seems to be pressing ahead with its idiotic plans to backdoor crypto. There is a (secret) consultation on the subject tha...

The is a crucial year for the Internet in Europe, because 2017 will see key decisions made about the shape of copyright law in the EU. Tha...

Next Wednesday, the European Parliament will have its final vote on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement , or CETA. If you were h...

There's an important vote by MEPs on the ENVI committee tomorrow about CETA, the trade deal between the EU and Canada . Background on w...

I may soon have spare slots in my freelance writing schedule for regular work, or for larger, longer-term projects. Here are the ma...

It's is now clear that the incoming Trump government will be the most environment-hostile, and fossil fuel-friendly US administration i...

TTIP is dying : According to the research, "In the United States [today], opinion is split, with 15 percent in favour [of TTIP] and...

Last week, the UK government published a revised Investigatory Powers Bill, aka the Snooper's Charter.  Surprisingly, it took no notic...

It's been a couple of months since my last TTIP update .  That hiatus reflectes the talks themselves, which feel strangely suspended.  ...

In the last TTIP update I wrote about two important leaks, both dealing with regulatory matters.  One of those came from the Greens MEP ...

As is widely appreciated by now, TTIP is about regulatory harmonisation rather than about lowering tariffs, since the latter are already ex...