Category: European Parliament
Speech on Situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua [external link]
19-12-2019
Statement on the Advocate General’s Schrems/Facebook opinion
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 protect us from the mass surveillance mania …
Speech on Enabling the digital transformation of health and care (vote) [external link]
18-12-2019
Speech on Enabling the digital transformation of health and care (B9-0239/2019) (vote) [external link]
18-12-2019
European Ombudswoman Emily O’Reilly defended her mandate
Brussels, 18 December 2019 – Irish candidate Emily O’Reilly defended her position as European Ombudswoman today in the third round of voting. Last year, she strongly criticized the behavior of the …
Speech on Enabling the digital transformation of health and care (debate) [external link]
17-12-2019
EU Court to examine secrecy of lie-detector “artificial intelligence” technology
The EU Court of Justice has dismissed a request by the European Commission to drop a freedom of information case regarding tests of lie-detector “artificial intelligence” technology. The EU’s “Research …
AI Border Guards are Being Tested at the Edge of Fortress Europe, Away From Public Scrutiny | Novara Media [external]
AI Border Guards are Being Tested at the Edge of Fortress Europe, Away From Public Scrutiny
by Robbie Warin
A series of trials funded by the EU to the tune …
Breyer: Return of blanket and indiscriminate data retention? Target criminals and stop mass surveillance!
The EU’s new security commissioner Johansson yesterday in the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee surprisingly spoke out in favour of new “legislation for data retention”, subject to court decisions expected …
