The Digital Omnibus: Trading Fundamental Rights for Corporate Profits? (October 5, 2026)
The EU’s Digital Omnibus promises simplification, but risks expanding AI data scraping and eroding GDPR protections. Here is how the Pirates are fighting back.
Tag: Internet freedom
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…
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…
Stand against Chat Control (July 2, 2026)
Chat Control has once again taken center stage in the European policy debate, as European Parliament President Roberta Metsola attempts to push the…
VPN, Digital Borders in a Borderless Network (June 23, 2026)
The internet was built to connect people across borders. Yet increasingly, users experience different versions of the same internet depending on where they…
When Privacy Stops Being Private: Meta’s Encryption Rollback and the Debate Around Digital Rights (May 15, 2026)
Etiquette says, “reading personal messages not addressed to you is improper and impolite.” But Meta’s decision to discontinue End-to-End Encryption for Instagram private…
LET’S TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY (ONLINE) (March 24, 2026)
In 2008 a group of MIT scholars published a book focused on IT and how it is used to engage in politics, governance,…
Scanning the Horizon: Where the EU’s Chat Control Proposal Stands Now (February 17, 2026)
As the European Union edges closer to rewriting the rules of users’ privacy online, debates surrounding the controversial ‘Chat Control’ legislative proposal reignite.…
Pirates Assembly (January 8, 2026)
International Pirates pay attention!We are pleased to announce that the 20th European Pirates Council Meeting will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, bringing together…