🇬🇧A draft EU Parliament report published today would ban anonymous payments and donations in #cryptocurrencies such as #Bitcoin & #Ethereum. The stated aim to tackle money laundering and terrorism is only a pretext to gain more control over personal data.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/digital-cash-eu-parliament-attacks-anonymous-payments-in-cryptocurrencies/

🇬🇧 The new rules on political advertising proposed today by the EU Commission are disappointing. Elections and referendums will continue to be subject to surveillance advertising.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/political-advertising-rules-fail-to-stop-personalised-manipulation-of-elections-and-referendums/

🇩🇪 Die heute vorgeschlagenen Regeln der EU-Kommission für politische Werbung sind enttäuschend. Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen werden damit weiterhin Manipulation durch Überwachungswerbung ausgesetzt sein.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/neue-regeln-zu-politischer-werbung-werden-wahlmanipulation-nicht-stoppen/

The 🇪🇺 wants to introduce mandatory #chatcontrol, scanning all your private messages for suspicious content.

Did you know that this would also apply to Non-EU services and Non-EU citizens?

Find out more🔗🔽
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1520684/eu-snooping-laws-uk-residents-private-messages-read-stark-warning-privacy

🚨 EU interior ministers jointly spoke out in favour of mandatory #chatcontrol, which is to be proposed by the EU Commission early in 2022. Government representatives seem to have lost all respect for private messages and photos.

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/eu-interior-ministers-welcome-mandatory-chat-control-for-all-smartphones/

The Commission wants to collect and store data on your whereabouts and private communications ( #dataretention ), but when it comes to keeping records of their own correspondence, they are suddenly much less enthusiastic! https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/a-new-controversy-erupts-around-ursula-von-der-leyen-s-text-messages-a-6510951f-e8dc-4468-a0af-2ecd60e77ed9

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🇬🇧 Today, no majority in the European Parliament to oppose extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange to the United States and call for his immediate release.

🇩🇪 Heute leider keine Mehrheit im Europaparlament für Freilassung von Wikileaks-Gründer Julian #Assange, der u.a. Kriegsverbrechen der Vereinigten Staaten aufgedeckt hat.

🇩🇪 Wir suchen Verstärkung! Ab dem nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt suchen wir Unterstützung für unsere “Stoppt die #Vorratsdatenspeicherung”-Kampagne (Teilzeit). Bewerbt euch bis zum 24. November: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/vds-campaigner/

🇬🇧Job opening! We are looking for a part-time campaigner for our “Stop Data Retention” campaign. Submit your application until 24 November: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/data-retention-campaigner-part-time

🇬🇧Coalition agreement in #CzechRepublic finalised - #Pirates to be in government for the first time! Foreign minister, Minister for regional development and digitization, and Minister for legislation are to be #Pirates, reports the press.

🇩🇪Koalitionsvertrag in #Tschechien steht - #Piraten sollen zum ersten Mal mitregieren! Sie sollen wohl Außenminister, Minister für regionale Entwicklung und Digitalisierung sowie Gesetzgebungsminister stellen.

🇬🇧 New York Times: Big tech lobbying delayed EU #ePrivacy reform: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/google-privacy-lawsuit.html

Reason: It could ban force-consent tracking walls and annoying cookie banners.

State of play: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/digital-privacy-of-correspondence-eprivacy-regulation/

🇩🇪 New York Times: Lobbying von Big Tech verzögerte EU-#ePrivacy-Reform https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/22/technology/google-privacy-lawsuit.html

Grund: Wir wollen erzwungenen Einwilligungen und belästigenden Cookie-Bannern ein Ende setzen.

Aktueller Stand: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/beitraege/digitales-briefgeheimnis-eprivacy-verordnung/

🇬🇧 Just days before elections in Russia, Google and Apple removed the app of Putin's rival from their App Stores, showing they will always put profit before democracy.🔗➡ https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/google-apple-remove-navalny-app-from-stores-as-russian-elections-begin/THREAD (1/3)🧵⬇

RT @digihumanrights@twitter.com

We have sent a letter to the members of the EU Parliament. To all the 705 of them. Because the majority wants to abolish our privacy of correspondence on Tuesday. Make sure to co-sign and share! #Chatcontrol #privacyhttps://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/preserve-eprivacy-protect-childrens-rights-stop-chatcontrol