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Article | 15/05/2013 Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde to run for EU parliament
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is planning to run for the European Parliament in 2014.
Article | 25/04/2013 EU parliament committee votes against air passenger data sharing bill
European politicians are at loggerheads following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday that rejected proposals to store information on airli...
Article | 9/04/2013 Blocking antiporn ban protest mails was justified, European Parliament president says
The President of the European Parliament has justified filtering 457,325 protest emails sent to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) -- 106,771 o...
Article | 12/03/2013 Internet freedom advocates pleased with European Parliament backtrack on porn ban
Net freedom campaigners celebrated a victory on Tuesday after the European Parliament decided against calling for an all-out ban on Internet pornograp...
Article | 20/12/2012 European Commission drops court challenge of ACTA legality
The European Commission has finally killed the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by withdrawing its bid to have the treaty's le...
Article | 11/12/2012 New EU-wide patent system approved by the European Parliament
The European Parliament has voted to create a pan-European patent system with the goal of making it cheaper and simpler to obtain patents.
Article | 22/11/2012 Stop the ITU taking over the Internet, warns the European Parliament
Control of the Internet must be stopped from falling into the hands of the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) says the European Union.
Article | 2/12/2011 European distrust of US data security creates market for local cloud service
Concern in the European Union that U.S. data protection laws are too lax has created a new market for European cloud computing services.
Article | 18/11/2011 Net neutrality should be enshrined in EU law says Parliament
Net neutrality should be enshrined in European Union law, says the European Parliament.
Article | 21/10/2011 European Parliament gets it right on net neutrality say digital liberties groups
Civil liberties groups have broadly welcomed a resolution by the European Parliament's Industry Committee on Thursday that puts pressure on law-makers...
Article | 21/09/2011 Internet privacy: Cookies as a weapon
In November 2009 the European Parliament approved a directive on Internet privacy that, among other things, required user opt-in before websites could...
Article | 6/09/2011 Doubts linger over ACTA compatibilty with European Union law
European parliamentarians in the legal affairs committee have once again cast doubt on the efficacy of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agr...
Article | 1/04/2011 European Parliament bounces back from suspected cyber attack
The European Parliament has resumed normal e-mail service following a suspected cyber attack.
Article | 4/02/2011 Egyptian activist: Internet shutdown backfired
The Egyptian government's move last week to shut down the Internet in the country backfired because it further inflamed antigovernment protestors, a d...
Article | 25/11/2010 EU Parliament approves once-secret ACTA copyright treaty
After 11 rounds of international negotiations, the final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has overcome its biggest...

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