Chat control: Leaked Commission paper EU mass surveillance plans
A newly-revealed Opinion of a European Commission review board about their own colleagues’ upcoming proposal for a ‘Legislation to effectively tackle child sexual abuse’ shows strong …
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Pirates: Right to repair must also apply to digital devices!
Today, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) called for a “right to repair”.[1] Software functionality updates should be reversible and not lead to diminished performance of the device, …
Electoral threshold plan to oust German small party MEPs
The negotiators of the largest political groups in the European Parliament agreed Wednesday night on a deal to reform the European election law. German-led EPP achieved …
New media law: Russia tightens internet and press censorship
The Russian regime is tightening internet and press censorship in the country. On Friday, a law to ban the spread of “fake news” was passed. Journalists, bloggers and media creators …
Pirates support Ukraine resolution, warn against censorship
The European Parliament today adopts a resolution strongly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calling for further sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime. This resolution also …
Breyer appeals court ruling on secretive EU AI „video lie detector“ research
With an appeal filed on Friday, Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer is challenging a 2021 court decision on secretive EU-funded development of an AI-driven „video lie detector“ and …
Survey: Chilling effect of indiscriminate data retention causes wide-spread harms
In the run-up to tomorrow’s ruling by the French Constitutional Court on communications data retention, a new opinion poll confirms that data retention causes massive social problems because it discourages …
Majority of EU states want EU-wide blanket communications data retention
While the new German government has come out against indiscriminate data retention, the majority of EU governments have other goals. A diplomatic report to the German …
