Mattias Bjärnemalm

This would never have happened without years of relentless work from @echo_pbreyer, @MarketkaG and countless other pirates and allies! #chatcontrol

🇪🇺 🏆✨ Tears of joy: EU Parliament buries #ChatControl - on April 4, tech giants must stop indiscriminate scanning of our chats! A historic day for democracy and privacy! THANK YOU for your incredible resistance! ❤️ 🔥 But beware: they will keep trying... ⚔️

Age verification laws are really just censorship mandates clothed as child safety proposals—here’s why. eff.org/deeplinks/2026…

Paperless. Borderless. Seamless. That’s the promise of eIDAS 2.0. But when verification becomes infrastructure, does convenience turn into control? Digital identity must empower citizens, not bind them. Read more: europeanpirates.eu/digital-conven…

🇪🇺 It could soon become easier for companies to train their #AI on your data – at least if the #EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus proposal passes. 🤖 👤 featuring data protection lawyer and AI specialist Kleanthi Sardeli​ #law #lawyer #GDPR #privacy #dataprotection #EC

Zadržení předsedkyně slovenských Pirátů Zuzany Šubové policejními složkami v jejím domě je velmi vážná událost. Šubová je respektovaná aktivistka a politička, která dlouhodobě upozorňuje na podezřelé čerpání evropských prostředků a měla příští týden vypovídat v Evropském parlamentu o kauze haciendy. Aktuální vyšetřování vyvolává dojem zastrašování a politického tlaku na občanské aktivisty, kteří rozkrývají dotační kauzu. Národní orgány i EU musí dát jasné garance o nezávislosti procesu a ochraně práv jednotlivců.

The European Commission lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle over access to end-to-end encrypted data. By the summer 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services. The Going Dark initiative, or ProtectEU as the Commission now calls it, wants to “enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner”. This is a Chat Control 3.0 attempt. The EU Commission and several member states are also looking for new rules on data retention. In a new ”Presidency outcome paper”, the member states discuss metadata retention: which websites you visit, and who is communicating with whom, when and how often. The ambition is “to have the broadest possible scope of application” and this time some member states also want the proposal to include VPN services. Mullvad has spent the last three years opposing Chat Control 2.0 – even though the law would have affected our business positively. We will continue to fight Going Dark with full force, regardless of whether VPNs are included or not. If VPNs are included, and if Going Dark becomes law, we will never spy on our customers no matter what.

The EU Council appear ready to approve Chat Control. This must be stopped. To highlight the corruption behind the proposal, Mullvad VPN now present "And Then?" The backstory: mullvad.net/blog/mullvad-v…

Today, the trilogue negotiations start. Stop Chat Control.

Online age verification isn't like showing ID at a bar. It's more invasive, affects far more transactions, and poses serious privacy, security, and free speech risks that in-person checks never do. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

🇪🇺 "This is the biggest attack on European's digital rights in years," said Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems "When the Commission states that it 'maintains the highest standards', it clearly is incorrect. It proposes to undermine these standards." cnet.com/tech/services-…

🇪🇺✅ SUCCESS: We've prevented mandatory #ChatControl through the back door!🎉 A big win & THANKS to everyone! 🙏 But ⚠️: Anonymity-breaking age checks & "voluntary" mass scanning are still planned. The fight continues next year! chatcontrol.eu

I think I need to find another car rental company than #europcar, slamming me with 150 euro extra on top of the rental price to be allowed to cross a border. Without any clear information about this at the time of the rental.

🇬🇧Public pressure works: Belgium, Finland & Czechia will NOT approve the #ChatControl mass surveillance law in October. But other governments whose vote is crucial are still on the fence. Urge them to protect our digital privacy and encryption now: #WhatYouCanDo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-…

Imagine if old movies and books got erased from history to encourage consumers to buy new ones. Well, it's happening in gaming. If you live in the European Union, consider signing this: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/s…

The site says we have cleared 1 million signatures! I hate being like this, but there's a chance a significant number of them aren't real. That means we have to keep signing in overdrive mode to make up for them! I'll have a video on this later today. eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/s…

Today's the #StopKillingGames promotion day planned by the volunteers! I encourage people to make a post with that hashtag. I'm just following orders though, it's safe to label me as a boomer in regards to social media.

DO YOUR PART. Help protect your games. Sign the petition. Share the message. stopkillinggames.com Starship Troopers memes highly encouraged Did you do your part? #StopKillingGames

We have passed 700k signatures! Even though this just the EU, people in other countries will likely get the benefits if passed, since once a publisher makes an EOL build, the work is already done, they may as well distribute it globally. eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/s…

🇬🇧Had fun with games over the holidays? Help ensure that manufacturers can no longer simply switch off your favourite game in future! Only 400,000 of 1 million signatures have been collected... Sign: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/?lg… #Pirates call for signature: european-pirateparty.eu/european-pirat…