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EU Council and Parliament agreed tonight to allow providers to automatically search all personal electronic mail and messages of each citizen for presumed…
The European Parliament finalised its official position on the „EU Covid-19 Certificate”, which aims at ensuring freedom of movement within the EU during…
An EU regulation to prevent the dissemination of the terrorist content online (TERREG) threatens freedom of expression, warns Vice-President of the European Parliament,…
Yesterday evening, the European Parliament endorsed an Interinstitutional Agreement for a Mandatory Transparency Register, aiming at implementing stricter rules for lobbying within Parliament,…
A great majority of EU citizens oppose the EU‘s plans for blanket messaging and chat control. This is the result of an opinion…
After the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) agreed to a new EU regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG)…
Part of the EU-funded “iBorderCtrl” research project was about lobbying for new legislation required for the deployment of the highly controversial system that…
The French “Conseil d’Etat” court decided today to uphold the collection of information on everybody’s contacts and movements for 12 months due to…
Today, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). While the Pirate Delegation in the…
Today, the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) agreed to a new EU regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG).…
Tomorrow the European Commission will propose legislation to regulate artificial intelligence technology. According to a leaked draft of the legislation obtained by POLITICO,…
In a cross-party letter 40 Members of the European Parliament call on the European Commission to revise the proposed regulation on Artificial Intelligence…
Today, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee adopted a call to crack down on unauthorised live streams of sports events (e.g. football games).…
The EU Commission is drafting permanent legislation on the automatic searching of all online activities, including personal electronic mail and messages of each…
On Monday, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee will vote on a call to crack down on unauthorised live streams of sports events…
The EU plans to allow to continue the free transfer of personal data from EU countries to the UK after having concluded that…
There has been some harsh criticism of plans by the European Parliament‘s Bureau to fingerprint all Members of Parliament in order to register…
In search of “child pornography”, the EU wants to have all private digital communications automatically analysed and, in case of a suspicion, reported…
At the end of April, the European Parliament will vote on the regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG). In…
Today, the European Commission presented its draft regulation on digital vaccination and testing certificates to restore freedom of travel in the EU in…
The MEPS adopted on Tuesday the draft resolution evaluating the functioning of the GDPR and called for effective enforcement, and adequate resources for…
The Internet used to be considered a place of free expression, allowing for unhindered communication across national borders. Today, these freedoms are being…
The great majority of EU justice ministers yesterday once again called a new Europe-wide, suspicionless collection of traffic and location data of the…
The Commission’s plan to introduce a “Digital Green Pass” for EU citizens threatens fundamental rights in several respects. While the European Pirates in…
The term “geo-blocking” refers to a technique used on the internet to block online content regionally by the provider. Geo-blocking thus means that,…
The second trilogue negotiation between Parliament, Commission and Council on the planned e-privacy derogation, which would allow providers of e-mail, messaging and chat…
Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer calls for signing the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Reclaim Your Face”. The initiative advocates for a ban on…
Today, the European Parliament debated the democratic scrutiny of social media and the protection of fundamental rights. The power of social media platforms…
Today’s agreement by EU governments on a position on privacy in electronic communications (ePrivacy) is met with sharp criticism by MEP Dr. Patrick…
On 9 February, the world is celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID). The MEPs of the European Pirates fully support the annual initiative, which…
The indiscriminate and error-prone automated screening of private emails and messages in search of child pornography and grooming by US corporations such as…
Today, the European Court of in Luxembourg heard a case brought by MEP and civil liberties activist Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party) against the…
Happy Data Protection Day! This international day was established in 2007 in order to raise awareness for how our personal data is used…
The EU wants private e-mail, messaging and chat conversations to be screened for suspicious content generally and indiscriminately. On the eve of tomorrow’s…
Today, noyb files a complaint against the European Parliament on behalf of six MEPs – including Patrick Breyer of the Pirate Party. The…
The number of EU Facebook users reported to the police for allegedly sharing illegal depictions of minors declined by 46% (from 1,100 a…
Today, Members of the European Parliament will vote on a report by the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) on artificial intelligence (AI) in…
Last night the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) adopted the regulation to prevent the dissemination of terrorist content online (TERREG).[1] Committee Member…
With a supposed “video lie detector”, the EU has funded the testing of “artificial intelligence” on travellers. The technology claims to detect deception…
Today, the final trilogue negotiations on the TERREG regulation concluded. The results are a major threat to fundamental rights in the EU with…
Today, the European Commission presented new proposals for the reform of Europol and a strategy to combat terrorism. Europol has just been reprimanded…
On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted on the Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union 2018-2019. The Pirates supported…
On June 18th 2020, the French Constitutional Court declared key provisions of the Avia law unconstitutional. That legislation aimed at tackling terrorist content…
On Monday, the Austrian National Service Broadcaster (ORF) published a secret draft of a planned Council resolution seeking to undermine encryption. According to…
Priority question for written answer P-005237/2020to the CouncilRule 138Patrick Breyer (Verts/ALE)
Question for written answer E-005117/2020to the CouncilRule 138Patrick Breyer (Verts/ALE) Answer in writing Subject: Council Decision of 13 July 2018 amending the Act concerning the…
The International Fact-Checking Network’s code of principles require a committment to non-partisanship, meaning that applicants may not ‘advocate for or against any policy…
The UK already had a high wall to climb for it to win an adequacy decision that will let it continue data flows…
Several nations around the world are developing smartphone apps to alert people if they met someone infected by the coronavirus. But EU lawmaker…
The Federal Election Committee today approved our list of candidates for the 2019 European elections. The candidates had been elected at a party…