Posts and policy
Automated censorship in the digital space | thenewfederalist.eu [extern]
On 23 March, shortly before the vote on the EU copyright reform, demonstrations against upload filters were taking place all across Europe. In this article, the organisers of the #SaveYourInternet demonstrations …
EU governments want to introduce electronic communications censorship
Germany, Great Britain and several other EU governments want to have Internet connections, e-mails and whatsapp messages filtered for illegal content. In search for “child pornography” and “terrorist content”, Internet providers, …
EU Members Push For Private Censorship Of Terrorist Content On The Internet |Intellectual Property Watch [extern]
Big platform providers and small hosters alike shall be obliged to censor, according to a draft regulation presented by the European Commission in mid-September and accepted by EU member states at their …
Legalize filesharing and stop incriminating families! [external link]
Press statement:
Legalize filesharing and stop incriminating families!
Following last week’s ruling by the European Court of Justice on the liability of internet users for alleged copyright infringements by family members[1], …
European elections: German government wants threshold for fringe parties | EURACTIV.com [external link]
The German Pirate Party is worried. The small party, primarily committed to data protection and a more transparent policy, fears for its only seat in the European Parliament. It could be …
Anti-terror censorship: EU Commission proposal on Internet blocking and filtering would break the web
The German pirate party warns of the EU Commission‘s new plan aimed at “preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online”.
“The proposed easy-to-bypass Internet blocking and automated upload filters existentially …
Is it Unlawful to Collect or Store TCP/IP Log Data for Security Purposes? | Security Boulevard [extern]
Is it Unlawful to Collect or Store TCP/IP Log Data for Security Purposes? Security Boulevard
POLITICO MORNING TECH Q+A — PATRICK BREYER, PIRATE
Patrick Breyer has a succinct pitch for his campaign to be elected MEP next year: I’m the new data protection guy. Breyer hopes to take Julia Reda’s seat in the European …
Why we pirates are needed in Brussels
A post from Patrick Breyer
Ahoy,
at the beginning of June you chose me by an overwhelming majority to be the top candidate of the German Pirate Party for the European …
