Pirate MEPs Newsletter (April 22, 2020)
Dear Pirates, our first nine months in the European Parliament are over and we would like to introduce our regular newsletter. We would…
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Why corona apps will do more harm than good (April 18, 2020)
PHOTO: Ministero Difesa: Emergenza #Covid19: controlli stradali per il rispetto delle disposizioni contro il coronavirus. CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/, https://flic.kr/p/2iQeFP3 Pirate Party of…
European Pirates: Pandemic situation must not lead to suspending freedom of speech (April 17, 2020)
The Internet, 17 April 2020 – Today, the European Pirates voted against a resolution of the European Parliament, which calls on social network operators…
Call to defend sexual and reproductive health and right in Poland (April 16, 2020)
Pirate MEPs called on the Polish Parliament to definitely NOT adopt laws known as ”Stop paedophilia” bill and “Stop Abortion” bill.
Kolaja: The Commission’s proposal to protect privacy of users of mobile applications to combat COVID-19 is insufficient (April 16, 2020)
Brussels, 16 April 2020 – The European Commission’s proposal for a common exit strategy in individual Member States envisages, among other things, various…
How Cyber-criminals profit from the COVID-19 pandemic? (April 8, 2020)
The global pandemic of COVID-19 is not only a serious health issue but also a huge cyber-security risk. Cyber-criminals took advantage of the…
Kolaja: Europe should keep an eye on the security of smart quarantine applications (April 8, 2020)
Brussels, 7 April 2020 – After the initial onslaught and extreme measures related to the coronavirus pandemic, European countries are preparing to withdraw from…
LIFTING THE VEIL ON THE SECRETIVE EU TERROR FILTER NEGOTIATIONS: HERE’S WHERE WE STAND (March 30, 2020)
Next week (18 March – update: postponed) the fourth “Trilogue” meeting will be held on the EU’s proposed terrorist content online law infamous…
Terrorist content online regulation: a boost to safety or a threat to free speech online? (March 30, 2020)
Terrorist content online regulation: a boost to safety or a threat to free speech online? Virtual press briefing with Pirate MEP Patrick Breyer…
Censorship machine in action again! (March 28, 2020)
Pirate MEP Marcel Kolaja: What happened? Last week, a couple of legitimate news articles and posts about COVID-19 disappeared from Facebook. My Facebook post…