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2026
EU governments adopt return of Chat Control 1.0 – Breyer: “The true losers are our children”original ↗
24 Jul 2026
Procedural Trick Before Summer Recess Pushes EU Parliament Towards Capitulation on “Chat Control”original ↗
6 Jul 2026
“Double Threat” to Private Communications: Undemocratic Chat Control Backroom Deals and Imminent Concessions Spark Relaunch of fightchatcontrol.euoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
The End of Chat Control is an Opportunity: 5-Point Action Plan for Genuine Child Protectionoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
End of “Chat Control”: EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller – Paving the Way for Genuine Child Protection!original ↗
26 Mar 2026
The Battle Over Chat Control: How EU Governments and the Tech Lobby Are Trying to Overturn Parliament’s Vote — A Comprehensive Fact Checkoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
Historic Chat Control Vote in the EU Parliament: MEPs Vote to End Untargeted Mass Scanning of Private Chatsoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Upcoming Vote on Chat Control: New S&D, EPP, and Renew Deal is Worse Than Rejected Draft Report – AI Text Scanning and Mass Surveillance Set to Continueoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Sippel Draft on Chat Control – Mass Surveillance Set to Continue, Sparking Renewed Protestsoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2026
Chat Control 1.0: Civil Society Mobilizes Against Extending Mass Surveillance – EU Parliament Decision Imminentoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
2025
EU “Chat Control” Twist: Commissioner Sides with Parliament Over Governments – Boost for European Parliament’s Strong Mandateoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
Chat control evaluation report: EU Commission again fails to demonstrate effectiveness of mass surveillance of intimate personal photos and videosoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2025
Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymouslyoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2025
EU ‘Chat Control’ Proposal Still Poses ‘High Risks’ Despite Removal of Mandatory Scanning, Experts Warnoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2025
CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR – Breyer warns: “The EU is playing us for fools – now they’re scanning our texts and banning teens!” [updated]original ↗
11 Nov 2025
8 Oct 2025
Former MEP Patrick Breyer: Danish Minister Uses “Blatant Lie” to Blackmail EU into “Chat Control“ Mass Surveillance Dealoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2025
‘Danger to Democracy’: 500+ Top Scientists Urge EU Governments to Reject ‘Technically Infeasible’ Chat Controloriginal ↗
9 Sept 2025
Chat control: EU Ombudsman criticises revolving door between Europol and chat control tech lobbyist Thornoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2025
2024
Chat control blitz decision? Hungary wants to push through unprecedented EU plans for messenger mass surveillance after alloriginal ↗
3 Sept 2024
StopKillingTrains? MEP calls for rules against the arbitrary disabling of devices by manufacturersoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2024
Chat control vote postponed: Huge success in defense of digital privacy of correspondence!original ↗
20 Jun 2024
Chat control: Politicians, industry raise alarm over EU’s unprecedented messenger surveillance plansoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2024
Pirates: Wednesday’s vote on EU’s Chat Control bill could open the floodgates to unprecedented surveillance [Updated]original ↗
17 Jun 2024
First insight: 42 key points of the secret #EUGoingDark surveillance plan for the new EU Commissionoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2024
Majority for chat control possible – Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and linksoriginal ↗
31 May 2024
‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated]original ↗
22 May 2024
17 May 2024
Expert opinion on the ‘killing’ of computer games: Pirates want clear EU rules against the arbitrary rendering inoperable of video gamesoriginal ↗
8 May 2024
Pirates on data retention judgement: Fight for citizen’s right to use the Internet anonymouslyoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2024
Leak: EU governments double down on penalising privacy-friendly and encrypted messaging services with chat control bulk scanning ordersoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2024
Pirates: EU cash cap and ban on anonymous hosted crypto wallets results in financial paternalismoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2024
Police chiefs want to halt secure end-to-end encryption to enable chat control bulk scanning of all private messagesoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2024
18 Apr 2024
EU privacy experts opinion against surveillance advertising on Instagram, Facebook and co.: Pirates call on Meta to give inoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2024
Leak: Privacy-friendly and encrypted messaging services are to be penalised with chat control bulk scanning ordersoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2024
Leak: EU interior ministers want to exempt themselves from chat control bulk scanning of private messagesoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2024
Pirate lawsuit: German Regional Court refuses to rule on legality of voluntary chat control scanning of private messagesoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2024
Full chat control proposal leaked: attack on digital privacy of correspondence and secure encryptionoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2024
19 Mar 2024
EU Health Data Space on the finishing line: Will our health data be shared across Europe without giving us a say?original ↗
14 Mar 2024
European Health Data Space (EHDS): Patients risk losing control over their data in decisive round of negotiationsoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2024
EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS): Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online!original ↗
29 Feb 2024
Chat control: New EU government attempt to bulk search private messages and destroy secure end-to-end encryptionoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2024
Political advertising: EU fights cookie banners, but not voter manipulation and microtargetingoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2024
Success thanks to the Pirates: EU Parliament approves new level of transparency for the European Court of Justiceoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2024
Public »Going Dark« Consultation: Pirate MEPs call for an end to the undemocratic surveillance forgeoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2024
EU parliamentarians call for protection of Julian Assange from possible extradition to the USAoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2024
Trilogue deal: EU extends error-prone bulk chat control scanning of private messages by US internet companiesoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2024
European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption – the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans?original ↗
14 Feb 2024
New chat control gate leak: Intelligence-industrial network suggests undermining encryption for other purposes than CSAMoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2024
2023
Chat control evaluation report: EU Commission fails to demonstrate effectiveness of mass surveillance of intimate personal photos and videosoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2023
European Health Data Space: EU Parliament opposes mandatory electronic patient records for all citizens, but supports granting access to sensitive health data without asking patientsoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2023
Pirate party initiative makes the European Court of Justice more transparent than ever beforeoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2023
Secure encryption and end of voluntary chat control on Facebook and Instagram protect innocent users and support law enforcement!original ↗
7 Dec 2023
EU Digital Identity Regulation (eIDAS): Pirates don’t support blank cheque for surveillance of citizens online!original ↗
7 Dec 2023
European Health Data Space: Lawmakers want to stop the obligation for everyone to have a remotely accessible electronic patient fileoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2023
European Health Data Space: EU committees vote in favour of mandatory interconnected electronic patient records for all citizensoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2023
Mandatory digitalisation in the healthcare sector: EU Parliament and EU governments plan compulsory electronic patient record for alloriginal ↗
24 Nov 2023