Year: <span>2013</span>
Year: 2013

Year: 2013

Creator Ed News

UK Prime Minister calls for Web Blocking | PirateTimes

UK Prime Minister calls for further Web Blocking July 27, 2013 · by Ed · in Pirate Party News In a widely criticised move, this week David Cameron (The UK’s Prime Minister) indicated his intention to force Britain’s ISPs to filter pornography, this would be achieved by making account holders “opt in” for access to otherwise black-listed sites on the public web. The Prime Minister also demanded that Search companies (such as Google, Yahoo and Bing) do more to block images of child abuse, including the blocking of search terms. Announcements such as this do not come as much of a surprise to many activists and campaigners in the UK, …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Russia

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws | PirateTimes

Russian Pirates Battle Piracy Laws July 23, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News While Europe and the US are still coming to terms with the implications of Edward Snowden’s revelations, we should not forget that it is not only in the West that hard-won freedoms are being attacked by authoritarian governments. In Russia, “anti-piracy” laws are being introduced on 1 August 2013. These laws are a direct attack on internet freedom according to the Russian Pirate Party, who are organising a series of actions, together with allied activists, with four main tactics. Tactic One The first is a protest meeting-concert that will be held on 28 …

Conference Creator Josef Ohlsson Collentine News

Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom | PirateTimes

Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom July 3, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Conference On 18 June 2013 a joint conference titled  “Internet and Social Media as Tools of Freedom” was organized by MEPs Pawel Zalewski (EPP) and Amelia Andersdotter (Greens/EFA). The aim of the conference was to discuss the role of the Internet and social media in revolutions for building civil societies. The conference was held as a two hour panel debate with the help of several invited guests: Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisian blogger), Gürkan Özturan  (Turkish blogger), Katarzyna Szymielewicz (President od Panoptykon Foundation) and Jarosław Lipszyc (President of Nowoczesna Polska Foundation). The use …

2013 News Pirate Times

2013 June | PirateTimes – Part 2

Flattr Appreciation During May Euro 20.49 June 12, 2013 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Inside Pirate Times In May we had 41 things flattred by 15 unique users. In total we were flattred 81 times last month and received Euro 20.49 in support for our work. Pirates Rally to Support Whistle-blower Edward Snowden June 11, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Party News In a video interview Edward simply stated that he did not want to live in a world where everything he does or says is recorded. US foes, allies and even its own citizens are now the victims of an espionage network that spans …

2013 News Pirate Times

2013 June | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. Prism: Who should we trust? …

Creator Election Felicitas Steinhoff News

Amidst Prism & Tempora Scandal, German Pirates Get Back | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election A rough year for Germany’s Pirate Party After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public “shitstorms” on twitter and through other media. Both of these factors have resulted from  last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to  PPDE’s collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between …

Creator Election Felicitas Steinhoff

Felicitas Steinhoff | | PirateTimes

Amidst #Prism and #Tempora Scandals, German Pirates Get Their Groove Back June 26, 2013 · by Felicitas Steinhoff · in Election After a year of internal discord and coordinated work to broaden their political platform, the German Pirates are now focusing on campaigning for the federal election this coming 22 September 2013. Critical media reports have voiced dismay over the lack of internal organization, as well as the very public „shitstorms“ on twitter and other media. Both of these factors have resulted last year’s hype, during which the Pirate Party Germany polled as high as 12% nation-wide, to collapse, leaving the polls stagnant between 2-4%. About Felicitas Steinhoff I recently …

Andy Halsall Creator Guest Opinion News

Prism: Who should we trust? | PirateTimes

Prism: Who should we trust? June 25, 2013 · by Andy Halsall · in Guest Opinion Prism: Who should we trust? As odd as it may seem, I agree with the various statements that have been made over the last few days that the UK has some incredibly robust and sensible rules when it comes to intelligence gathering.  Of course I would like to see some tightening up, especially in terms of who has access and who should be permitted to authorise surveillance – and that this has to be adhered to.  I think that comes out in the fact that there haven’t been the kinds of huge leaks by …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator News Profile

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests | PirateTimes

Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark June 24, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Profile The recent protests in Turkey started  on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by the brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park protesting at plans for the park’s demolition and replacement with a shopping mall.  The Pirate Party of Turkey (Korsan Partisi Hareketi) was involved from the first days and we asked Şevket Uyanık a few questions about the situation there – he got together with  Ugurcan Orcun, Serhat Koc, Erkan Saka and  Yasin Aydin and these are their answers; Pirate Times: We are getting conflicting news over the television and in newspapers. Do …

Creator Interview News Stathis Leivaditis

How a Swarm of Pirates Can Redefine Politics According to Rick Falkvinge | PirateTimes

How a Swarm of Pirates Can Redefine Politics According to Rick Falkvinge June 21, 2013 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Interview Having made a ​​great impact in the fields of politics and human resource management, Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party in the world and political evangelist, led the Pirate Party of Sweden from nowhere in 2006 to the election of two MEPs in 2009. In his coming book “Swarmwise: The tactical manual to changing the world “, published serially on his website before its release in July (when it will become available to download from The Pirate Bay), Rick describes his experience of managing a swarm …

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