Pirates: New Digital Services Act (DSA) is disappointing
Today, the European Commission presented the Digital Services Act (DSA), proposing the biggest revision of internet rules in 20 years. The DSA will introduce new rules for tech giants such …
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TERREG regulation on deleting terrorist content adopted
Today, the final trilogue negotiations on the TERREG regulation concluded. The results are a major threat to fundamental rights in the EU with only a partial success for digital rights …
Europol and counterterrorism: Commission calls for biometric mass surveillance and attacks encryption
Today, the European Commission presented new proposals for the reform of Europol and a strategy to combat terrorism. Europol has just been reprimanded by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). …
“Denunciation machine”: EU Parliament supports mass surveillance of e-mail, messengers and chats
Today the European Parliament’s Civil liberties Committee voted to restrict the ePrivacy Directive which aims at protecting private communications. The Parliament accepts for the first time searching all electronic …
The European Pirates in favor of whistleblowers’ protection and support of Julian Assange
On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted on the Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union 2018-2019. The Pirates supported the amendment which condemns the detention and …
Call for “self-empowerment of Internet users“
Digital experts are calling for taking control away from excessively powerful Internet companies and placing it in the hands of the users themselves. A “Manifesto for self-empowerment” has been presented …
Mass surveillance to protect children? Opposition to new EU private messaging upload filter plans
The EU Commission wants to legalise the mass screening and surveillance of all private electronic communications in search of possible ‘child pornography’, which is currently only practised by some US …
French law on illegal content online ruled unconstitutional: Lessons for the EU to learn
On June 18th 2020, the French Constitutional Court declared key provisions of the Avia law unconstitutional. That legislation aimed at tackling terrorist content and hate speech online had been adopted …
European Pirates call on Citizens to object Plans of EU-Governments to Access Encrypted Communications
On Monday, the Austrian National Service Broadcaster (ORF) published a secret draft of a planned Council resolution seeking to undermine encryption. According to the resolution, messaging services such as …
Rights Activists Slam EU Plan for Access to Encrypted Chats | AP News [external]
BERLIN (AP) — Digital rights campaigners on Monday criticized a proposal by European Union governments that calls for communications companies