Data and Dystopia – EUobserver/EU Scream [extern] (17/June/2020)
Critics warn that Europe could find itself in an untenable position, caught between upholding privacy ethics that have helped burnish its global reputation,…
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Tech bosses: One hour not enough time to assess terrorist content | The Telegraph [extern] (15/June/2020)
Tech giants have told the EU it would be impossible to comply with officials’ demands to take down terrorist material within one hour…
Internal documents: Terrorist content online on the decline, but governments want upload filters (10/June/2020)
The amount of terrorist content online is decreasing but EU governments are still calling for upload filters, reveal internal documents released by the…
Finding the truth: will there ever be space for lie detectors at airports? | Airport Technology [extern] (2/June/2020)
Despite a reputation as a divisive and controversial technology among both the general public and the scientific community, lie detectors have been considered…
Karlsruhe vs. Luxembourg: Resolving the clash of courts | EURACTIV [extern] (28/May/2020)
Following the row between the ECJ and Germany’s Constitutional Court, Europe need to develop mechanisms to avoid a repeat of such conflicting judgements…
Face matching and digital avatars coming to the EU’s borders | Coda Story [extern] (28/May/2020)
Across Europe, leaders have been desperately seeking new ways to secure borders. Concerns over migration have contributed to the evolution of new forms…
EU internet law: MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) presents plan against surveillance capitalism, internet censorship and fake news online (28/May/2020)
As rapporteur of the Legal Affairs Committee, MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) has presented a 6 points plan to regulate digital services such…
One year in the European Parliament. Thank you! | Pirate Party [extern] (27/May/2020)
Patrick Breyer is a digital freedom fighter and member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party Germany.
Pirates: The “Next Generation EU” plan is going in the right direction, could be better in certain details (27/May/2020)
Brussels, 27/5/2020 – The European Commission unveiled the Next Generation EU Plan today in order to get things back in order as quickly…
2 years of the General Data Protection Regulation: Pirates demand more consistent enforcement (26/May/2020)
Brussels, 25 May 2020 – On the second anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into effect, MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate…
French law on hate speech threatens freedom of expression and digital services (14/May/2020)
While the European Union is on the verge of getting the future Internet regulation underway with a law on digital services, France is…
MEP Patrick Breyer: Protect us, do not trace us! (14/May/2020)
This morning the EU Parliament debated the use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the corona virus. These apps should be…
Stop biometric mass surveillance now! (13/May/2020)
Pirate Party and Greens/EFA Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer supports today’s call by 44 civil society organisations on EU bodies and…
Automated exchange of fingerprint data with Great Britain rejected (8/May/2020)
The Committee on Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament today rejected an automated exchange of fingerprint data with the United Kingdom. MEP…
False commentary and blinkered perspectives hampering TCO progress | EURACTIV [extern] (27/April/2020)
False commentary and blinkered perspectives hampering TCO progress EURACTIV
Facilitated entry from Belarus to EU: support freedom! (23/April/2020)
Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) approved an agreement between the European Union and the Republic…
EU Internet law: MEP Patrick Breyer calls on citizens to participate (21/April/2020)
Following the General Data Protection Regulation and the ePrivacy Regulation, the next major project to tackle the digital revolution at EU level will…
Digital Brief: Europe’s COVID-19 App Attack | Euractiv [extern] (2/April/2020)
EURACTIV caught up with S&D MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri to hear about her thoughts on the proliferation of COVID-19 apps. “I really believe that…
EU under pressure to broker online terrorist content agreement | Euractiv [extern] (1/April/2020)
The European Council and Commission are under pressure to make headway on rules to stamp out online terrorist content, the substance of which…
MEP: Public has a ‘right to know’ about Commission’s lie detector tech | Euractiv [extern] (1/April/2020)
The European Commission is being urged to publish reports on the trials of an Artificial Intelligence lie detector technology, iBorderCTRL, which has been…
False incrimination and discrimination? EU won’t answer questions on “video lie detector” research (31/March/2020)
False incrimination and discrimination? EU won’t answer questions on “video lie detector” research The EU Commission won’t answer questions on false incrimination by…
1 Jahr nach der Artikel 13-Abstimmung – Was hat sich seitdem getan? Bekommen wir nun Uploadfilter? | Invidio (Kanal Piratenpartei) (26/March/2020)
Genau ein Jahr ist es heute her, dass das EU-Parlament die umstrittene Urheberrechtsreform inklusive der in Artikel 13 bzw. jetzt Artikel 17 vorgeschriebenen…
1 year after the Article 13 vote – What has happened since then? Do we get upload filter? | Invidio (Kanal Piratenpartei) (26/March/2020)
Exactly one year ago the EU Parliament approved the copyright reform including upload filters, that are required by “Article 13”, now Article 17.…
In fight against coronavirus, governments embrace surveillance | POLITICO [extern] (25/March/2020)
The European Commission has gone further, asking all such data to be centralized to speed up prevention across the bloc, three people involved…
EU parliament moves to email voting during COVID-19 pandemic | TechCrunch [extern] (23/March/2020)
The European Parliament will temporarily allow electronic voting by email as MEPs are forced to work remotely during the coronavirus crisis.
Pregovori o filterima EU-a za terorističke sadržaje: trenutačno stanje [ažurirano 07. veljača 2020] (7/February/2020)
U tijeku su pregovori u okviru trijaloga o programu EU-a za sprečavanje „širenja terorističkih sadržaja na internetu”, na temelju kojeg bi, između ostalog,…
California Dreamin’: Is a Single State EU Data Protection Deal on the Cards? | CPO Magazine [extern] (20/January/2020)
California Dreamin’: Is a Single State EU Data Protection Deal on the Cards? CPO Magazine
Statement on the Advocate General’s Schrems/Facebook opinion (19/December/2019)
MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate party) comments on the Advocate General’s non-binding opinion in the Schrems/Facebook case: “The unambitious Danish Advocate General fails to…
European Ombudswoman Emily O’Reilly defended her mandate (18/December/2019)
Brussels, 18 December 2019 – Irish candidate Emily O’Reilly defended her position as European Ombudswoman today in the third round of voting. Last…
Proposed Digital Commissioner Faces Questions Over Conflict of Interests | CPO Magazine [extern] (19/November/2019)
The European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents will decide on 21 November if French President Emmanuel Macron’s second pick for European Commissioner passes muster.
Digital Brief: Von der Leyen’s censorship worries | euractiv [external] (4/July/2019)
, S&D Vice President of the European Parliament (more below). VDL advocate for censorship? EU leaders finally reached a consensus this week, nominating…
Is it Unlawful to Collect or Store TCP/IP Log Data for Security Purposes? | Security Boulevard [extern] (6/September/2018)
Is it Unlawful to Collect or Store TCP/IP Log Data for Security Purposes? Security Boulevard
German government can save IP addresses to help stop cyber attacks, court rules | Reuters UK [extern] (17/May/2017)
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Federal Court ruled on Tuesday that websites operated by the government are generally allowed to save users’ internet…
Germany’s highest court rules IP addresses may be saved in interest of cybersecurity | Deutsche Welle [extern] (16/May/2017)
Germany’s highest court rules IP addresses may be saved in interest of cybersecurity Deutsche Welle
Public wifi providers ‘not liable for copyright infringements’ | Irish Times [extern] (15/September/2016)
Music industry bodies may seek court orders to force the operators of free wifi hotspots to protect their networks with a password and…
