The EU released a paper on the Commission’s plan for an expert group to replace end-to-end encryption and anonymity by law enforcement access (also known as the “Going Dark” program). …
Brussels, 07/06/2023 – One week before the plenary vote on the new EU regulation on artificial intelligence (the AI Act), biometric mass surveillance turns out to be the main point of …
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the day Edward Snowden revealed the mass surveillance programmes of intelligence agencies worldwide. EU lawmaker and privacy activist Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) acknowledges this milestone …
Today, the two lead committees of the European Parliament voted to fully ban biometric mass surveillance in Europe’s public spaces, namely by using the controversial facial recognition technology. The decision was …
Today, the European Commission recommended measures to fight “livestream piracy”. The text also advocates “blocking injunctions” targeted at Internet Service Providers (ISPs), including “dynamic” blocking injunctions that would allow industry …
At the request of MEP Dr Patrick Breyer , Europol has published documents showing that a newly established group of experts is to draw up proposals on the topics of …
Strasbourg, 20/04/2023 – Today, the European Parliament is expected to approve the results of the trilogue negotiations on new regulations for cryptocurrencies. Pirate Party Members of the European Parliament strongly oppose …
The European Parliament’s lead LIBE Committee yesterday circulated the draft report by conservative Rapporteur Javier Zarzalejos on the proposal to fight child sexual abuse material (CSAR), also …
