How Cyber-criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic? (April 8, 2020)
The global pandemic of COVID-19 is not only a serious health issue but also a huge cyber-security risk. Cyber-criminals took advantage of the…
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Kolaja: Europe should keep an eye on the security of smart quarantine applications (April 8, 2020)
Brussels, 7 April 2020 – After the initial onslaught and extreme measures related to the coronavirus pandemic, European countries are preparing to withdraw from…
LIFTING THE VEIL ON THE SECRETIVE EU TERROR FILTER NEGOTIATIONS: HERE’S WHERE WE STAND (March 30, 2020)
Next week (18 March – update: postponed) the fourth “Trilogue” meeting will be held on the EU’s proposed terrorist content online law infamous…
Terrorist content online regulation: a boost to safety or a threat to free speech online? (March 30, 2020)
Terrorist content online regulation: a boost to safety or a threat to free speech online? Virtual press briefing with Pirate MEP Patrick Breyer…
Censorship machine in action again! (March 28, 2020)
Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja: What happened? Last week, a couple of legitimate news articles and posts about COVID-19 disappeared from Facebook. My Facebook post…
European Pirates supported the proposal for immediate financial aid against the coronavirus pandemic (March 27, 2020)
Brussels, March 27, 2020 – Pirate MEPs supported three proposals of the European Commission concerning a change of the rules for allocating flight…
Europe’s role in fighting COVID-19 (March 26, 2020)
Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja: There are certain fake news and conspiracy theories spreading on the Internet about the absence of action of the…
One year after copyright-censorship law (March 26, 2020)
Exactly one year ago, the EU Parliament adopted the controversial copyright reform, including mandatory upload filters – in spite of massive criticism from experts, more…
Corona Pandemic: Pirates Call For Protection Measures and Neighbourly Solidarity (March 24, 2020)
The corona pandemic is also spreading in Europe. Despite the numerous measures that have been taken in the meantime, the number of infected…
Terrorism regulation: Update from secret negotiations (March 16, 2020)
MEP MARCEL KOLAJA: I am the Opinion Rapporteur on the Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online in the Internal Market and…