Data sovereignty in the EU: commitments and contradictions (October 13, 2026)
Data in the EU is growing rapidly in volume and production, underscoring the need for more cohesive legislation on data privacy and sovereignty…
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EU KIDS Act – Protecting Children or Restricting Their Rights? (September 24, 2026)
The new EU KIDS Act (EU Keeping Internet Digital Spaces Accountable and Trustworthy) could regulate the use of certain online services by minors, introducing…
€rypto: the digital euro still has a privacy problem (September 11, 2026)
On 9 July 2026, shortly before the summer break, the European Parliament confirmed its negotiating position on the regulation establishing a digital euro,…
Your Phone Stops Being Yours (September 1, 2026)
How we went from installing anything to asking permission – and why 2027 is the deadline Thirty years ago, a pocket computer was…
Why Pirates want Copyright Reform (August 18, 2026)
Someone once spent an evening choosing the order of twelve songs, wrote the titles on the paper insert by hand, and gave the…
The Ad Blocker You Chose is Being Removed for You (August 13, 2026)
On 31 August 2026, the Chrome Web Store removes the last extensions built on Manifest V2, the older rulebook that governed what a Chrome…
A Life-Saving Vest for our Pirate friends in Hungary: How can you help? (August 4, 2026)
The Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party (MKKP) has always been about more than just politics; they are a creative community dedicated to producing actual results—like painting…
Stop Killing the Internet! (July 30, 2026)
For decades, the Internet has empowered people to communicate, organise, learn, create businesses, share culture and participate in democracy across borders. Its openness has been…
Between Agency and Determinism, Who Holds the Wheel in Digital Society? (July 15, 2026)
Every morning, before most people have spoken a word out loud, a sequence of decisions has already been made on their behalf, what…
Chat Control Revival (July 9, 2026)
Today, the 9th of Juli 2026, a minority of the European Parliament abused the rules to ensure that ‘Chat Control 1.0’ is back…