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Your Phone Stops Being Yours
How we went from installing anything to asking permission – and why 2027 is the deadline Thirty years ago, a pocket computer was…
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Why Pirates want Copyright Reform
Someone once spent an evening choosing the order of twelve songs, wrote the titles on the paper insert by hand, and gave the…
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The Ad Blocker You Chose is Being Removed for You
On 31 August 2026, the Chrome Web Store removes the last extensions built on Manifest V2, the older rulebook that governed what a Chrome…
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A Life-Saving Vest for our Pirate friends in Hungary: How can you help?
The Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party (MKKP) has always been about more than just politics; they are a creative community dedicated to producing actual results—like painting…
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Stop Killing the Internet!
For decades, the Internet has empowered people to communicate, organise, learn, create businesses, share culture and participate in democracy across borders. Its openness has been…
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Join the European Pirates Communications Team – Help Shape Our Voice Across Europe!
We’re expanding the European Pirates Communications Team and are looking for experienced volunteers to help shape our communications across Europe. Whether you’re an…
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Chat Control Revival
Today, the 9th of Juli 2026, a minority of the European Parliament abused the rules to ensure that ‘Chat Control 1.0’ is back…
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European Commission’s Call for Better Social Media Platforms for Minors
It would not be an exaggeration to call the period from 2010 to 2020 the “decade of digital transformation.” The world witnessed an…
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Stand against Chat Control
Chat Control has once again taken center stage in the European policy debate, as European Parliament President Roberta Metsola attempts to push the…
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Evaluating the Digital Networks Act: The European Pirates’ Consultation Input
Explore, Enhance, and Include – these three principles capture the broader ambitions of the Digital Networks Act (DNA), a cornerstone of the European…
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VPN, Digital Borders in a Borderless Network
The internet was built to connect people across borders. Yet increasingly, users experience different versions of the same internet depending on where they…
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European Commission Rejects Legislative Action on “Stop Destroying Videogames” Initiative
On 16th June, 2026, the European Commission has responded to the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop Destroying Videogames” by deciding not to propose…
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Stop Killing Games: Why a Movement About Video Games Has Become a Debate About Digital Rights
What happens when a company can make a product disappear after consumers have paid for it? This question left gaming forums and reached…
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Beyond the Tech Stack: The Pirate Vision for a Sovereign and Free Digital Europe
As the European Union moves forward with its ambitious Technological Sovereignty Package, the conversation often centers on industrial competition and reducing dependencies on…
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Building Sustainable Products Without Building a Surveillance Infrastructure
The European Pirate Party has submitted its response to the European Commission’s consultation on the Digital Product Passport Registry. What is the Digital…
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Bouncers at the Digital Border: How Google’s reCAPTCHA Overhaul Fractures the Free Internet
“Prove that you are a human,” or “Click on all the images of cars”. Familiar phrases like these have been part of everyday…
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When Privacy Stops Being Private: Meta’s Encryption Rollback and the Debate Around Digital Rights
Etiquette says, “reading personal messages not addressed to you is improper and impolite.” But Meta’s decision to discontinue End-to-End Encryption for Instagram private…
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Solidarity with our member Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party
Our Hungarian observer member MKKP (Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party) campaigned to run for the last Parliamentary elections the 12th of April. MKKP members…
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Should Digital Safety Be A Matter of Design Or Left to Settings?
A client tries to take a screenshot of a banking app but gets stopped by a security warning. This feature is meant to…
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