Pirates present game on biometric mass surveillance
Brussels, 16/07/2021 – Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament launches the social impact video game ‘The Biometric Outrun’ to raise awareness of the urgent need to ban …
Author: Stella Gebauer
Digital Services Act: Civil Liberties Committee pushes for digital privacy and free speech
Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted its Opinion on the EU‘s upcoming Digital Services Act.[1] It is the first Committee …
Chatcontrol: European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications
Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal messages of each citizen for presumed suspect content and …
Chat control: Final vote on EU regulation on blanket and indiscriminate searching of electronic messages
After a debate tonight, the European Parliament will vote tomorrow (6 July) on the Chat Control Regulation, which will allow e-mail and messaging providers to search private messages indiscriminately …
Indiscriminate messaging and #chatcontrol: Last chance to protest
The date for the vote on the chat control regulation has been set: On 6 July, all Members of the European Parliament will cast their vote on the legislation …
Internship in Brussels: My Experience
Between April and June 2021, we were very honoured to welcome Henning to our team as a trainee in public communications and administration. He wrote a short report on …
Konec soukromí digitální komunikace – ChatControl
EU chce, aby byl ve všech soukromých chatech, zprávách a e-mailech automaticky a bez rozdílu vyhledáván podezřelý obsah. Stanovený cíl: trestně stíhat dětskou pornografii. Výsledek: plošné sledování prostřednictvím plně …
#Chatcontrol vote scheduled: Last chance to act
The date for the vote on the chat control regulation has been set: On 8 July, all Members of the European Parliament will cast their vote on the legislation …
Pirates: European Commission fails to protect fundamental rights in Article 17 Guidance
Three days ahead of the implementation deadline, the European Commission published its guidance on the application of Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market …
Pirates: European Digital Identification needs to be decentralised and privacy-friendly!
Today, the EU Commission proposed a single “European Digital Identity” with which EU citizens would be able to access public and private digital services and pay online. In addition to …