Daily Archives: 26. März 2019


26.03.2019 - 18:06 [ DailyMail.co.uk ]

Did Graham Brady give May her marching orders? Tory backbench leader at No 10 amid rumours the PM could resign to secure Brexit – as MORE hardliners climb down and the DUP distances itself from rogue spokesman who trashed deal

– Sir Graham, the 1922 Committee chairman, was seen entering No 10 at lunchtime today to see Mrs May
– DUP‘s Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson says ‚ the Withdrawal Agreement itself means no Brexit‘
– But a DUP spokesman later clarified: ‚ Our position remains unchanged and as previously set out‘
– Came after Jacob Rees-Mogg made u-turn saying: ‚The choice seems to be Mrs May‘s deal or no Brexit‘

26.03.2019 - 17:49 [ BBC ]

Live – Reaction as MPs take control of Brexit process

– MPs vote to take control of the Brexit process
– Thirty Tory MPs voted against the government, including three ministers
– So-called indicative votes will now be held on Wednesday to try to find a majority for a form of Brexit
– The options MPs will vote on are yet to be announced

26.03.2019 - 17:47 [ ORF.at ]

Nach Parlamentsvotum: Brexit-Chaos bekommt neue Dimension

Die weitere grundsätzliche politische Frage ist: Wer hat noch was im Griff? Denn die Zeit drängt: Sollte weiterhin keine Einigung auf einen Vertrag gelingen, muss Großbritannien nunmehr am 12. April die EU verlassen. Mit einem Abkommen gilt eine Frist bis zum 22. Mai.

26.03.2019 - 17:44 [ Boing Boing ]

How #Article13 is like the Inquisition: John Milton Against the EU #CopyrightDirective

Fundamentally, policing of speech can happen at one of two points: before content disseminates, or after. Policing content after it disseminates involves human agents seeing and reporting content and taking action or requesting action. This can happen on a huge scale or a tiny one: Facebook’s content flagging system, obscenity law in much of the EU and USA, parents who object to books assigned in schools, and China’s 50 Cent Army of two million internet censors, all these act to silence content after it disseminates.

26.03.2019 - 17:42 [ nst.com.my ]

Three UK ministers resign

(26.3.2019) MPs voted by 329 to 302 to back the Letwin amendment, led by former ministers Oliver Letwin and Dominic Grieve, which effectively allowed the Parliament to take control of the Brexit process, and delivered another blow to Prime Minister Theresa May.

The Guardian reported that 30 MPs from May’s party including three ministers voted for the amendment. The three ministers were also reported to have resigned.

26.03.2019 - 17:12 [ Express.co.uk ]

Brexit SHOCK: Kate Hoey forces Bercow to admit EU law still OVERRULES British Parliament

During a point of order, the Brexiteer MP questioned: “The position would be constitutionally, if this statutory instrument comes before us, changing the date which we have already in our legislation was not accepted by this House – does EU law overrule our Parliament?” The Speaker replied: “As a matter of general practice it is well established that EU law trumps UK national law, I am not saying anything controversial there.

26.03.2019 - 17:09 [ Independent.co.uk ]

Brexit news – live: European parliament chief hails ‚real Brexit revolt‘ taking place in Britain, as Brexiteers turn on each other over Theresa May deal

The European Parliament‘s top Brexit official, Guy Verhofstadt, has said „a real Brexit revolt“ is currently underway in the United Kingdom.

It comes amid an online petition to revoke Britain‘s decision to leave the EU, which has been signed by more than five million people, and hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to stay in the EU.

Mr Verhofstadt said he felt especially encouraged by the vote in the House of Commons seizing more control over the stalled Brexit process.

26.03.2019 - 17:05 [ New York Times ]

Europe Adopts Tough New Online Copyright Rules Over Tech Industry Protests

Now that the copyright bill has been approved, each country in the European Union will have two years to adopt the new rules. Legal challenges are expected.

26.03.2019 - 16:55 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next?

In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety.

26.03.2019 - 16:38 [ Fefe ]

Laut Livestream hat das EU-Parlament mit überwiegender Mehrheit Artikel 13 und co durchgewunken. Bald ist Wahl. Ihr wisst, was zu tun ist.

Update: Julia Reda hat die Liste, wer wie gestimmt hat

26.03.2019 - 16:24 [ Netzpolitik.org ]

#CopyFail: EU-Parlament beschließt Uploadfilter

Das EU-Parlament hat heute die umstrittene Reform des Urheberrechts beschlossen. Sie enthält in Artikel 13 eine Pflicht für Online-Plattformen zur Filterung aller Inhalte auf mögliche Urheberrechtsverletzungen. Eine Mehrheit der Abgeordneten von 348 zu 274 Abgeordnete stimmte bei der Sitzung in Straßburg für die Reform.

26.03.2019 - 16:22 [ Spiked ]

It’s the establishment who are the extremists

The casualness with which they threaten to override democracy is alarming.