Pirates present game on biometric mass surveillance
Brussels, 16/07/2021 – Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament launches the social impact video game ‘The Biometric Outrun’ to raise awareness of the urgent need to ban …
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Pirate Party MEPs on the CJEU upload filter opinion: Freedom of expression shall prevail over profits!
In reaction to the Advocate General’s opinion on the compatibility of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive with fundamental rights published today, MEP Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party), the LIBE Committee‘s …
Breyer: Stop the return of indiscriminate and general communications data retention!
According to a leaked discussion paper, the European Commission is working on scenarios to reintroduce indiscriminate and general retention of traffic, location and internet connection data.
MEP and civil rights …
Digital Services Act: Civil Liberties Committee pushes for digital privacy and free speech
Today, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) adopted its Opinion on the EU‘s upcoming Digital Services Act.[1] It is the first Committee …
Europe Makes the Case to Ban Biometric Surveillance | Wired UK [external]
“Deploying remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces means the end of anonymity in those places,” the heads of the two bodies, Andrea Jelinek and Wojciech Wiewiórowski, wrote in a joint …
EU Passes Emergency Law Allowing Tech Companies To Screen Messages For Child Abuse | Forbes [external]
European flags in front of the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European commission in Brussels. getty. The European Parliament has approved emergency measures allowing internet companies to scan users’ private messages …
New EU law allows screening of online messages to detect child abuse | Euractiv [external]
The European Parliament adopted on Tuesday (6 July) the final version of the ePrivacy derogation, a temporary measure enabling providers of electronic communication services to scan and report private online messages …
Chatcontrol: European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications
Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal messages of each citizen for presumed suspect content and …
Media sector fears EU ban on targeted advertising | Euractiv [external]
Media representatives fear a ban on targeted advertising would undercut their business model already hurt by the COVID crisis, with potentially dramatic consequences for media pluralism. Wout van Wijk, Executive Director …
Chat control: Final vote on EU regulation on blanket and indiscriminate searching of electronic messages
After a debate tonight, the European Parliament will vote tomorrow (6 July) on the Chat Control Regulation, which will allow e-mail and messaging providers to search private messages indiscriminately …