Pirates: AI Act fails to protect citizens’ rights
Today, MEPs shall approve the outcome of the trilogue negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), establishing new rules that shall regulate the use of artificial intelligence in the …
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European Health Data Space (EHDS): Patients risk losing control over their data
In the morning at 4 am, the negotiations (trialogue) on the creation of a European Health Data Space (EHDS) ended behind closed doors without a deal. Negotiations were postponed to …
EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS): Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online!
The EU Parliament today approved a new EU regulation on digital identity (eIDAS 2) against the votes of the Pirates and their group: According to the law, a new digital …
Chat control: New EU government attempt to bulk search private messages and destroy secure end-to-end encryption
According to a document leaked by netzpolitik.org, the Belgian Council Presidency, led by conservative Home Affairs Minister Annelies Verlinden, proposes minor changes to the controversial EU Commission’s Chat Control …
Pirates end EU silence on Julian Assange’s looming extradition to the USA
Following an initiative of the Pirate Party, the European Parliament will discuss the looming extradition and prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and its implications on freedom …
Political advertising: EU fights cookie banners, but not voter manipulation and microtargeting
Today, Members of the European Parliament adopted new rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising, which will essentially apply from 2025. In addition to a mandatory publicly accessible …
Success thanks to the Pirates: EU Parliament approves new level of transparency for the European Court of Justice
The European Parliament today voted by a large majority in favour of a reform of the ECJ Statute. In future, the European Court of Justice will proactively and systematically …
EU parliamentarians call for protection of Julian Assange from possible extradition to the USA
Trilogue deal: EU extends error-prone bulk chat control scanning of private messages by US internet companies
This morning, the EU Parliament and EU Council reached a trilogue agreement on the extension of the controversial, error-prone voluntary bulk scanning of private messages and photos for suspected content …
European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption – the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans?
The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakening of secure end-to-end encryption. The judgement argues that encryption helps citizens and companies to protect themselves against hacking, theft …