Data Protection Day: Pirate MEPs warn against chat control (January 28, 2022)
Brussels, 28/01/2022 – On the occasion of European Data Protection Day, EU lawmakers are addressing the European Commission. In a cross-party letter[1] initiated…
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Digital Services Act: Decision in part strengthens, in part threatens privacy, safety and free speech online (January 20, 2022)
Strasbourg, 20/01/2022 – Today, the EU Parliament will formally adopt its position on the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Parliament approved language aimed…
Chat control 2.0: the sequel nobody asked for (December 19, 2021)
In July 2021, the European Commission’s proposal to allow general and indiscriminate scanning of users’ private messages and photos (Chat control) was adopted by the European…
Digital Services Act: No game-changer for the protection of citizens’ rights online (December 14, 2021)
Today, the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) adopted its report on the EU’s planned Digital Services Act. Last night,…
EU interior ministers welcome mandatory chat control for all smartphones (November 12, 2021)
At the meeting of EU interior ministers in Brdo, Slovenia, the government representatives today spoke out in favour of mandatory screening of our…
Breakthrough: Parliament calls for ban of biometric mass surveillance (October 6, 2021)
Strasbourg, 06/10/2021 – Last night, the European Parliament adopted a report on the use of Artificial Intelligence in criminal law and its use…
Cyber Security Month: Pirates introduce 7 privacy tools (October 1, 2021)
October is European Cyber Security Month! Every year, #ECSM aims to raise awareness on how to safely navigate through the internet. For the…
Pirates: VDL sugarcoats key issues in SOTEU speech (September 15, 2021)
Strasbourg, 15/09/2021 – In today’s speech [1], Commission President Ursula von der Leyen failed to give a complete picture of the state of…
Pirate Party MEPs on the CJEU upload filter opinion: Freedom of expression shall prevail over profits! (July 15, 2021)
In reaction to the Advocate General’s opinion on the compatibility of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive with fundamental rights published today [1],…
#Chatcontrol: EU Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications (July 6, 2021)
Brussels, 06/07/2021 – Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal…