Pirates: Common charger a win for users and the environment (October 4, 2022)
Strasbourg, 04/10/2022 – Today, Members of the European Parliament approved the outcome of the trilogue negotiations on the Common Charger directive. A strong…
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MEP Kolaja: Pegasus was used to spy on Polish opposition, journalists and public prosecutors (September 21, 2022)
Warsaw, 21/09/2022 – Today, the mission of the European Parliament’s PEGA committee to investigate the use of Pegasus spyware in Poland concluded. The…
UN Human Rights Commissioner warns against chat control (September 19, 2022)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Türk advises against EU plans to search all private messages and photos without suspicion using error-prone algorithms (so-called “chat…
Fit for 55: Pirates support package accelerating gas independence (September 14, 2022)
Strasbourg, 14/09/2022 –Today, the European Parliament approved ambitious versions of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED 2) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), both…
Pirates: European Convention must include majority voting in Council (September 14, 2022)
Strasbourg, 14/09/2022 – Today, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered her annual speech on the state of the European…
Pirate MEPs call for protection of mental health in digital space (July 5, 2022)
Strasbourg, 06/07/2022 – Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the protection of mental health in the digital workspace. Pirate Party MEPs…
AI Act: E-proctoring is a high-risk application, according to CULT Committee’s opinion (June 15, 2022)
15/06/2022 – The CULT Committee voted on the AI Act opinion this morning. MEPs agreed on an updated list of high-risk applications in…
DMA close to approval: Solo ride of tech giants coming to an end (May 16, 2022)
Brussels, 16/05/2022 – Today, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) approved the final wording of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Pirate…
Chat control: fundamental rights terrorism against trust, self-determination and security (May 11, 2022)
Today, the European Commission presented publicly for the first time an EU draft law on mandatory chat control. With the stated intention of fighting against…
“Destruction of digital privacy of correspondence”: lawsuit filed against chat control (May 10, 2022)
Yesterday, Member of the European Parliament and digital freedom fighter Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) filed an action for an injunction against the so-called chat…