Council to greenlight Chat Control – Take action now!
[Update: Vote has been postponed to Thursday, keep up the pressure!]
The Belgian EU Council presidency seems set to have bulk Chat Control searches of our private communications …
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#StopKillingGames: EU Commission comments on the killing of video games
At the request of the Pirate Party MEP Patrick Breyer, EU Commissioner Vera Jourová has commented for the first time on the gamers’ protest against the rendering of popular computer games …
First insight: 42 key points of the secret #EUGoingDark surveillance plan for the new EU Commission
After Sunday‘s European elections, the EU is planning to reintroduce indiscriminate communications data retention without suspicion and force manufacturers to allow law enforcement access to digital devices such as smartphones and …
Majority for chat control possible – Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links
The highly controversial indiscriminate child sexual abuse regulation (so-called chat control) could still be endorsed by EU governments after all, as France could give up its previous veto. This is …
‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated]
Based on a new proposal by the Belgian Minister of the Interior, EU governments could endorse the much-criticised child sexual abuse regulation (CSAR or chat control) as early as June after …
Pirate MEP on Assange judgement: Encourage whistleblowers, don’t silence them!
Commenting on today’s decision by the British High Court to allow Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition to the US, Pirate Party Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer …
31 EU lawmakers call on British government to stop Julian Assange’s extradition
Today, 31 Members of the European Parliament from several political groups sent an open letter to UK Home Secretary James Cleverly urging him to stop the extradition of Wikileaks founder …
Conviction of Tornado Cash programmer: Privacy is not a crime!
On Tuesday a Dutch court sentenced the programmer Alexey Pertsev to five years in prison. The court found him guilty of money laundering because the “Tornado Cash” software he developed enables …
Expert opinion on the ‘killing’ of computer games: Pirates want clear EU rules against the arbitrary rendering inoperable of video games
Against the backdrop of the ‘#StopKillingGames’ player’s initiative, which opposes manufacturers rendering computer games inoperable, the European Parliament’s Research Service has examined the relevant EU laws …
Stop killing games: PIRATES call for cultural protection of video games
Stop killing games: PIRATES call for cultural protection of video gamesIn cooperation with the gamer initiative ‘Stop killing games’, which opposes manufacturers rendering video games inoperable, Pirate Party MEP Patrick …