The Internet used to be considered a place of free expression, allowing for unhindered communication across national borders. Today, these freedoms are being increasingly restricted. For this reason, the non-governmental organisation …
The great majority of EU justice ministers yesterday once again called a new Europe-wide, suspicionless collection of traffic and location data of the entire population (data retention). In the course of …
The Commission’s plan to introduce a “Digital Green Pass” for EU citizens threatens fundamental rights in several respects. While the European Pirates in the Greens/EFA Group support measures that aim at …
In spite of repeated rulings by the European Court of Justice against data retention, a group of EU governments insist that new legislation is „urgently needed“. France, Spain and five other …
Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) accuses Google of misleading the public in a recent communication[1] on its approach to tackling the circulation of illegal depictions of …
The term “geo-blocking” refers to a technique used on the internet to block online content regionally by the provider. Geo-blocking thus means that, for example, copyrighted films or music videos cannot …
(MENAFN – The Conversation) Developments in global border control technologies are providing innovative ways to address issues relating to migration, asylum-seeking and the introduction of illegal goods into countries. But while …
The second trilogue negotiation between Parliament, Commission and Council on the planned e-privacy derogation, which would allow providers of e-mail, messaging and chat services to search all private correspondence for possible …
and lyrics came back to haunt him, as the anti-establishment musician was imprisoned last Tuesday on charges of insulting Spain’s monarchy and glorifying terrorism, sparking night upon night of protests in …
Naively at best, our governments are setting up the perfect conditions for the anti-democratic mass surveillance of entire populations. Now, Europeans are fighting back the Reclaim Your Face movement has launched …
