AI Act threatens to make facial surveillance commonplace in Europe
In the final stage of negotiations on the EU’s AI Act, it has become known that even the publicly announced limitation of the controversial facial recognition technology to the …
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“Digital euro”: Pirate amendments want to enable real digital cash
On Monday, the negotiating teams in the European Parliament’s LIBE Committee will discuss amendments for the first time. Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, his group’s lead negotiator in the …
Chat control: EU Ombudsman launches investigation into Europol
Following a complaint by Patrick Breyer, Pirate Party MEP, the EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has announced that she has opened an investigation into the transfer of two former …
Chat control evaluation report: EU Commission fails to demonstrate effectiveness of mass surveillance of intimate personal photos and videos
Yesterday, the EU Commission published its long-overdue report on the effectiveness of voluntary chat control. Claiming to protect children, major US providers such as Meta, Google and Microsoft automatically …
European Health Data Space: EU Parliament opposes mandatory electronic patient records for all citizens, but supports granting access to sensitive health data without asking patients
Members of the European Parliament today voted in plenary by a large majority in favour of the creation of a “European …
European Health Data Space: My health is my business, respect that!
In the run-up to tomorrow’s vote in the European Parliament on the creation of a European Health Data Space and on amendments to prevent a mandatory European patient file, Pirate …
Pirate party initiative makes the European Court of Justice more transparent than ever before
In future, the European Court of Justice will proactively and systematically publish the letters and arguments submitted by the parties to proceedings on its website after a judgement has been …
Secure encryption and end of voluntary chat control on Facebook and Instagram protect innocent users and support law enforcement!
Meta, the company behind Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has announced significant security enhancements to its Messenger direct messaging service. In the future all personal calls and messages will be …
EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS): Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online!
The EU Parliament’s Industry Committee today approved a new EU regulation on digital identity (eIDAS 2) against the votes of the Pirates and their group. According to the law, …
European Health Data Space: Lawmakers want to stop the obligation for everyone to have a remotely accessible electronic patient file
EU governments gave the green light yesterday to the creation of an EU Health Data Space (EHDS) which would interconnect patient data across Europe. In the meantime, lawmakers have …