AI Act: MEP Kolaja calls for prohibition of emotion recognition systems (March 31, 2022)
31/03/2022 – Pirate Party MEP Marcel Kolaja, the CULT Committee opinion rapporteur on the Artificial Intelligence Act, tabled amendments suggesting a ban on…
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DMA: European Pirates celebrate success with interoperability requirements in final trilogue results (March 25, 2022)
Brussels, 25/03/2022 – The Pirates in the European Parliament welcome the final trilogue outcome of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that was negotiated…
Russian regime is abusing facial recognition systems to detect protesters (March 16, 2022)
Brussels, 15/03/2022 – Russian authorities abuse facial recognition systems to identify and persecute participants of anti-war demonstrations. Even before, as Amnesty International reported,…
Marcel Kolaja: The AI Act from the CULT perspective (January 29, 2022)
As an opinion rapporteur for the Artificial Intelligence Act in the Committee for Culture and Education (CULT), I will present a proposal for…
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…
How to restore competitiveness on digital markets? By mandating interoperability of services (December 18, 2021)
At the December plenary session, the European Parliament approved its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to…
Marcel Kolaja: The first half of my term – four main achievements (December 17, 2021)
Half of the mandate is behind me, and I have to say it was a ride. I am pleased how many things I…
Kolaja: Protection of users is at the heart of the Digital Markets Act (December 15, 2021)
Strasbourg, 15/12/2021 – Today, the European Parliament approves its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), introducing changes to rules on digital markets…
Digital Markets Act: European Parliament to push interoperability (November 23, 2021)
Strasbourg, 23/11/2021 – Today, the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee (IMCO) adopted its position on the proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA).[1] Pirate Party…
Pirate Party is joining the government in the Czech Republic (November 16, 2021)
Brussels/Prague, 16/11/2021 – The Czech Pirate Party will participate in the new forming government in the Czech Republic. More than 82% of voting…