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MUST READ: SpyBlog: “Anonymous media briefings to soften us up for even more Internet Snooping” #ccdp

2012/04/01 15:32:03 BST

Much important context is elided from the taster below. Go read the original. The anonymous media briefings ahead of next month’s Queen’s Speech are continuing today, lead by the Sunday Times and followed by the Press Association, with broadcasters like the BBC joining in, second hand. The Sunday Times has published a rather meagre front
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Nice to see the #Police using #Twitter to crowdsource crimefighting amongst themselves; shame if it was #censored

2012/04/01 15:12:57 BST

@OvertonPolice @HantsCrimestopp Same in Hartley Wintney and Farnborough. Speak to PC Ambler at RF for possible lead! — Farnborough Police (@FarnboroughCops) March 29, 2012 So all those scare stories about Twitter being only for rioters? Now you have a response…
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Can someone plz provide the URL for the tool which tracks changes to BBC News articles?

2012/04/01 15:02:48 BST

I’m sure I’ve seen a website that scrapes the BBC news website and then logs/highlights the changes to articles as they are updated. I saw this post this morning, and it’s very different to how it is now.
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“Email and web use ‘to be monitored’ under new laws” The BBC /finally/ spot that #CCDP is a story

2012/04/01 15:00:38 BST

The government will be able to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of everyone in the UK under new legislation set to be announced soon. Internet firms will be required to give intelligence agency GCHQ access to communications on demand, in real time. The Home Office says the move is key to tackling
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Twitter Updates for 2012-04-01

2012/04/01 06:00:00 BST

: Is it still "pre-loading" to enjoy a couple of cheap beers at home without going out? http://t.co/RsMSjzP0 #
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Is it still “pre-loading” to enjoy a couple of cheap beers at home without going out?

2012/03/31 18:26:20 BST

So I’m at home eating a couple of oeufs-en-cocote and some cheap Tesco Vratislav lager – which I am very happy to drink especially since Michael Jennings’ discovery that Vratislav is OEM‘ed Staropramen which is a very respectable beer indeed. But now I am looking at my bottle and wondering: at 99p per 500ml bottle,
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Twitter Updates for 2012-03-30

2012/03/30 06:00:00 BST

: Travel Agent: "Visit Historic Norwich!" http://t.co/02WDtnJb # : "Historic & Traditional Pub" – w/ en-suite kitten http://t.co/2h86TwxF #
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“Historic & Traditional Pub” – w/ en-suite kitten

2012/03/29 21:31:10 BST

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Travel Agent: “Visit Historic Norwich!”

2012/03/29 21:19:01 BST

…the Isle of Wight is £449
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Twitter Updates for 2012-03-29

2012/03/29 06:00:00 BST

: British Pie Week. May contain gunshot and small bones. http://t.co/hX0aXsoZ #
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British Pie Week. May contain gunshot and small bones.

2012/03/28 16:59:56 BST

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Twitter Updates for 2012-03-28

2012/03/28 06:00:00 BST

@suellewellyn compared to what? # QT Thursday night @moxie made a series of mistakes which culminated in … near-drowning: http://t.co/OxT47fEE # glad yr #alive # .@evgenymorozov I am now reading all your tweets as if suffixed #andThisProvesTheCyberUtopiansAreWrong Improves them immensely. 🙂 # @GelaSkins Any idea why a US$30 skin and US$20 S&H to the UK
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