Protect children from exploitation and mass surveillance online! (November 18, 2022)
Today, 18 November, is European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. Children and young people need special…
Tag: Patrick Breyer
Pirates: Common charger a win for users and the environment (October 4, 2022)
Strasbourg, 04/10/2022 – Today, Members of the European Parliament approved the outcome of the trilogue negotiations on the Common Charger directive. A strong…
UN Human Rights Commissioner warns against chat control (September 19, 2022)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Türk advises against EU plans to search all private messages and photos without suspicion using error-prone algorithms (so-called “chat…
Chat control: fundamental rights terrorism against trust, self-determination and security (May 11, 2022)
Today, the European Commission presented publicly for the first time an EU draft law on mandatory chat control. With the stated intention of fighting against…
“Destruction of digital privacy of correspondence”: lawsuit filed against chat control (May 10, 2022)
Yesterday, Member of the European Parliament and digital freedom fighter Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) filed an action for an injunction against the so-called chat…
Chat control: EU Commission presents mass surveillance plan on May 11 (May 6, 2022)
Next week on Wednesday (May 11), the EU Commission will present an EU draft law on mandatory chat control to the public for…
Plenary vote on Europol upgrade: legalization of illegal activities is a scandal (May 4, 2022)
Today, Members of the European Parliament voted on revising Europol’s mandate and upgrading the EU police agency. The adoption of the report will give the…
Pirates strongly oppose undemocratic threshold in European elections (May 3, 2022)
Strasbourg, 03/05/2022 – Today, the European Parliament approved a legislative initiative for new electoral rules to be applied to European elections. Pirate Party…
EU Digital Services Act: Industry and government interests prevail over citizens’ digital rights (April 26, 2022)
After 16 hours of discussion, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU governments have made deal on a new EU Digital Services Act…
Pirate MEPs send open letter to Boris Johnson, fear Assange could die in the US (April 22, 2022)
Brussels, 22/04/2022 – The Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament penned an open letter to the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, calling…
