OpenRequest: Pirates launch citizen participation website (March 28, 2023)
Brussels, 28/03/2023 – The Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament are launching OpenRequest, a unique participatory tool giving citizens the opportunity to…
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Against AI mass surveillance in Paris 2024: 41 MEPs address French Parliament (March 20, 2023)
Today, 41 MEPs from different political groups address the French Parliament with an open letter (version française). In the letter, the MEPs call…
e-ID: Decentralised storage and right to anonymity are additional Pirate successes in final trilogue mandate (March 15, 2023)
Brussels, 15/03/2023 – On Thursday, the European Parliament is expected to formally adopt its final position on the European Electronic Identity (e-ID), before…
Pirate MEP Peksa to meet Dalai Lama and Tibetan Exile Government (March 8, 2023)
Brussels/Dharamsala, 08/03/2023 – Mikuláš Peksa, the Chairman of the Tibet Interest Group in the European Parliament, will visit the Dalai Lama and the…
#ChatControl survey: Children don’t want to be “protected” by scanning or age-restricting messenger and chat apps (March 7, 2023)
Brussels, 07/03/2023 – A representative survey reveals that 66% of minors oppose internet providers scanning personal messages for suspect content, measures which are…
e-ID: Pirate successes for privacy (February 9, 2023)
Brussels, 09/02/2023 – Today, the lead Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) adopted a draft mandate on the European digital identity (e-ID).…
European Parliament adopted new legislation on political ads (February 6, 2023)
According to the new rules, only personal data provided with explicit consent can be used for the purpose of targeting. Behaviour intelligence, a…
EU lawmakers want to stop surveillance-based political advertising (January 24, 2023)
Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted amendments to draft legislation which seek to restrict the…
Did you sign an unfavourable contract online? The EU now has your back! (December 21, 2022)
Mikuláš Peksa: You know what it’s like – you’ve been getting calls from an unknown number all day, and when you finally pick…
EU borders are defended by an agency complicit in human rights violations (December 21, 2022)
Mikuláš Peksa: The EU’s external borders are immense, stretching from Porto to Helsinki and Dublin to Valletta. It is, therefore, no wonder that…