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News in Brief (19.10.14)

19 October 2014

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• Freedom of Information as a Fundamental Right (freedominfo, link)

• UK: Bleak figures show a relentless slide towards a low-pay Britain - Wage protesters marched over the greatest slump seen in real pay for 150 years on Saturday, but it is the march of technological advance that is driving a wedge between the country’s highest and lowest paid workers (The Observer, link) See: Chart (link)

• USA: FBI director: Tech companies should be required to make devices wiretap-friendly (Washington Post, link)

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