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With the #ControlledDigitalLending #CDL case coming on Monday (3/20) @jziskina and I are excited to announce the release of “The Publisher Playbook: A Brief History of the Publishing Industry’s Obstruction of the #Library Mission.” [link at end of thread] /1 
The purpose of this paper is to outline the legal & other obstructions that #libraries have encountered from the publishing industry. Libraries have continued to perform their routine activities or made advancements to increase #access to the public in innovative ways... /2
...yet, #libraries and their readers have routinely engaged in lengthy battles to defend the ability for libraries to fulfill their mission and serve the #publicgood.
1/5 #Greencrime2021 @CEDATURV
Do you want to know why #Spain is threatening the environment🌍?
Here my ongoing research exploring the #RevolvingDoors as a form of #StateCorporateCrime.
#QualitativeResearch media coverage, gray/academic lit. & secondary data.
A thread⬇️
Do you want to know why #Spain is threatening the environment🌍?
Here my ongoing research exploring the #RevolvingDoors as a form of #StateCorporateCrime.
#QualitativeResearch media coverage, gray/academic lit. & secondary data.
A thread⬇️
2/5 #Greencrime2021
The ‘revolving doors’ phenomenon is widespread across #Europe (and political parties), even though, this research is framed within a Spanish context.
A little background of the #revolvingdoors phenomenon in Spain.
The ‘revolving doors’ phenomenon is widespread across #Europe (and political parties), even though, this research is framed within a Spanish context.
A little background of the #revolvingdoors phenomenon in Spain.
3/5 #Greencrime2021
State-corporate crime (Lynch et al. 2010):
Unethical actions/agreements between the #State and the #CorporateSector against the law or at the edge of crime.
Actions against the spirit of governance.
🇪🇸 politicians impacted climate&energy policies (e.g.)
State-corporate crime (Lynch et al. 2010):
Unethical actions/agreements between the #State and the #CorporateSector against the law or at the edge of crime.
Actions against the spirit of governance.
🇪🇸 politicians impacted climate&energy policies (e.g.)
Judge Collins:
Citizens had been left to become “private law enforcers”, going to court to make the State apply the laws “often at considerable risk to their own financial safety”.
“Access to justice is a major issue in Ireland.” independent.ie/news/environme…
Citizens had been left to become “private law enforcers”, going to court to make the State apply the laws “often at considerable risk to their own financial safety”.
“Access to justice is a major issue in Ireland.” independent.ie/news/environme…
As @codohertynews notes, ‘His comments come at a time when the Government is considering restrictions to make it *more difficult* to take legal challenges.’
Incredible but true.
Incredible but true.
It is a constant wonder to observe the power of certain lobby groups over our legislature. Their needs are rapidly met while others objectively more pressing are delayed.
Rinse and repeat.
The presence of the Green Party makes no visible difference afaics.
Rinse and repeat.
The presence of the Green Party makes no visible difference afaics.
So let's be clear: @ICOnews began a formal investigation into "#DataAnalytics for #PoliticalPurposes" in May 2017:
ico.org.uk/action-weve-ta…
putting out an "update" in July 2018:
ico.org.uk/media/action-w…
and a report to Parliament in November 2018:
ico.org.uk/media/action-w…
ico.org.uk/action-weve-ta…
putting out an "update" in July 2018:
ico.org.uk/media/action-w…
and a report to Parliament in November 2018:
ico.org.uk/media/action-w…
And in January 2019, @ICOnews was still 'chasing' the (now insolvent) SCL Elections Ltd, i.e. Cambridge Analytica, for failure to respond to an enforcement notice on a DSAR:
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
while clearly stating that its 'investigation' was still ongoing:
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
while clearly stating that its 'investigation' was still ongoing:
Through 2019, @ICOnews handed out a few more related fines 👇 & even managed to get @facebook to cough up... £500k:
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
It consulted (briefly) & "reminded" political parties to behave in #GeneralElection2019:
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
But has pretty much...
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
It consulted (briefly) & "reminded" political parties to behave in #GeneralElection2019:
ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…
But has pretty much...
Sick of #Golfgate? This long thread will (I hope) make u question this Gov & shout #DitchPippaHackettsBill It's on what's wrong with her bill & to urge u make a sub b4 5pm Fri 28th August if u care about #climate #nature #water #AccessToJustice #Forestry #community #HenHarrier
So @pippa_hackett announced late Friday of the Aug Bank Hol, as the Dail arose for summer recess... a very short consultation (28 days) over the peak summer hols.. so many will miss it. .. So this was me 🤔 as I always worry when someone burys a consultation with its timing & ...
this one isn't even published on the Agri Dept's main web page so out with the old 🧐 to see what's up ? In short the bill proposes to : .. wait for it ..its bad ..
A headline speaker for the Annual Conference of @NigBarAssoc #NBAAGC2020, is Kaduna State Governor, @elrufai
The Association's motto is #PromotingTheRuleOfLaw
So, pls, join us on a brief journey to discover why many lawyers are now asking @NigBarAssoc to #CancelElRufai2020
The Association's motto is #PromotingTheRuleOfLaw
So, pls, join us on a brief journey to discover why many lawyers are now asking @NigBarAssoc to #CancelElRufai2020
In June 2020, @CivicMediaLab declared Kaduna the most dangerous state in #Nigeria. Its record of 493 persons killed between Jan & June, is higher than reported deaths in the #BokoHaram/ISWAP terrorised territories of Borno; 290, Adamawa; 37 and Yobe; 5.
saharareporters.com/2020/07/05/kad…
saharareporters.com/2020/07/05/kad…
In Dec, 2019, @qzafrica named @elrufai at the head of a list of "powerful" #Nigerian govs who "now regularly use security agents to arrest & intimidate journalists & activists who dare to question their actions or attempt to hold them accountable."
qz.com/africa/1764021…
qz.com/africa/1764021…
A [Thread] on @CDEIUK's "Addressing trust in public sector data use" report:
gov.uk/government/pub…
(Likely in bursts)
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Good point on #evaluation. So why aren't ALL public sector & Government contractors under #FOI, and #required to provide such data? Hiding behind 'commercial confidentiality' shouldn't be allowed.
"Sharing" is a two-way activity!
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"Sharing" is a two-way activity!
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While it may be implicit, any 'sharing' of #PersonalData must above all be #lawful - which means #necessary (for a particular, specified #purpose) and #proportionate. Individual #consent may provide one lawful basis; the notion of "public consent" is rather more hazy!
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