Lessons learned from the Avia law (May 13, 2020)
MEP Marcel Kolaja: While the European Union is about to start the process leading to the adoption of the Digital Services Act, a.k.a.…
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ANTI-CORRUPTION INTERGROUP: PREVENT CORRUPTION IN CORONA EMERGENCY FUNDS (May 12, 2020)
EU emergency funds have more risk of being misused, as parliamentary scrutiny and normal budgetary control measures are being abolished to ease their…
EPP is trying to destroy Pirates’ efforts to use Free Open Source Software (May 12, 2020)
We, Pirates, want to inform you that the European People’s Party (EPP) in the European Parliament is trying to destroy Pirates’ efforts to…
Streaming quality reduction (May 10, 2020)
MEP MARCEL KOLAJA: Lockdown, social distancing, work from home, and on-line schooling resulted in an increased demand for Internet connectivity during the coronavirus…
India: The world’s largest lockdown (May 6, 2020)
MEP Marcel Kolaja: India has adopted the largest worldwide lockdown and 1.3 billion people must stay at their homes since March 25. To prevent the…
1st joint Meeting of the PPEU and the PPI (May 4, 2020)
Pirates everywhere! we hereby invite to the historical first joint meeting of the PPEU and the PPI Board on May 17th 2020 at…
Fundamental infrastructure of the Internet must stay out of reach of commercial entities (May 4, 2020)
Last week, the ICANN board of directors rejected a very controversial proposal to change of control and entity conversion with potentially harmful repercussions.…
Gregorová: The American EARN IT Act is a threat to freedom of speech – even for Europeans (May 4, 2020)
Brussels – April 30, 2020 – The US Senate is currently discussing a bill collectively referred to as the EARN IT Act. This…
The future of Internet regulation (April 30, 2020)
Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja: The next upcoming legislation reforming fundamental rules governing the Internet in Europe is the Digital Services Act. It will…
Common EU toolbox for Member States on contact tracing apps (April 29, 2020)
Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja: As part of the gradual lifting of confinement measures, the Commission published on April 16 an EU toolbox, developed…