Patrick Breyer: „Data retention is dead. Stop trying to resurrect it!”
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today in Luxembourg that general and indiscriminate data retention is inadmissible even for the purpose of combating serious crimes. …
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Digital cash: EU Parliament attacks anonymous payments in cryptocurrencies
Two committees of the European Parliament today approved a shared report on the regulation of cryptocurrencies. Pirate Party MEPs strongly oppose the text, since it would effectively prohibit anonymous payments …
DMA: European Pirates celebrate success with interoperability requirements in final trilogue results
The Pirates in the European Parliament welcome the final trilogue outcome of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that was negotiated yesterday. Representatives of the EU Parliament, the Council and the …
Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans
A newly-revealed Opinion of a European Commission review board about their own colleagues’ upcoming proposal for a ‘Legislation to effectively tackle child sexual abuse’ shows strong …
Mass surveillance and attack on encryption: Civil society protests against EU chat control plans
Pirates: Right to repair must also apply to digital devices!
Today, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) called for a “right to repair”.[1] Software functionality updates should be reversible and not lead to diminished performance of the device, …
Electoral threshold plan to oust German small party MEPs
The negotiators of the largest political groups in the European Parliament agreed Wednesday night on a deal to reform the European election law. German-led EPP achieved …
New media law: Russia tightens internet and press censorship
The Russian regime is tightening internet and press censorship in the country. On Friday, a law to ban the spread of “fake news” was passed. Journalists, bloggers and media creators …
Pirates support Ukraine resolution, warn against censorship
The European Parliament today adopts a resolution strongly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calling for further sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime. This resolution also …
Breyer appeals court ruling on secretive EU AI „video lie detector“ research
With an appeal filed on Friday, Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer is challenging a 2021 court decision on secretive EU-funded development of an AI-driven „video lie detector“ and …
