Year: <span>2014</span>
Year: 2014

Year: 2014

Creator Guest Author Guest Opinion News

Israeli Activists Protest Against Biometric Database Law using Drones | PirateTimes

Israeli Activists Protest Against Biometric Database Law using Drones October 1, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion   “I wasn’t made by finger”, Israeli slang means “I wasn’t born yesterday” CC BY-SA nobio.org A year ago members of Pirate Party Germany landed a drone in front of Angela Merkel’s campaign rally in Dresden, in order to protest the use of surveillance drones by the EU. This month, Israeli activists used this method of protest against the loss of privacy to the next level. They flew a drone above the private estate of MK Meir Shitrit, a former Minister of Interior, who is behind the Israeli Biometric Database …

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2014 September | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Poisoning the Well (Effective Pirating) September 29, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent… Freedom not Fear International Action Days September 25, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Freedom not Fear is an organization that coordinates over 150 NGOs, political parties, trade unions and other organisations that share common aims. Namely: To have freedom of speech in a digitized world and a free …

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2014 September | PirateTimes – Part 2

Democracy and Hypocrisy: The US Government’s “Multi-Stakeholder” Model September 5, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion At the Internet Governance Forum this year, the US government is promoting its version of the “multi-stakeholder” model. What does the US government actually mean by the term “multi-stakeholder” model which it seems so willing to coerce and enforce on… Internet Governance Forum Through Livestream 2-5 September September 4, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Pirate Party News The ninth Internet Governance Forum (IGF) started Tuesday in Istanbul, Turkey and will last until the 5th of September. The aim of this year is to “Connect Continents for Enhanced Multistakeholder Internet …

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Winning Discussions: Poisoning the Well (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Poisoning the Well (Effective Pirating) September 29, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Tips & Tricks Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it …

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Freedom not Fear International Action Days | PirateTimes

Freedom not Fear International Action Days September 25, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic Freedom not Fear is an organization that coordinates over 150 NGOs, political parties, trade unions and other organisations that share common aims. Namely: To have freedom of speech in a digitized world and a free and uncensored internet to express ourselves. To have privacy in the knowledge society, not surveillance. To live in freedom, not in fear. They are mostly European based but are drawing more attention from the rest of the world.  Since 2008 they have been holding events to bring attention to the danger that the world is in due to …

Andrew Reitemeyer Creator Election News

New Zealand’s Election Results | PirateTimes

New Zealand’s Election Results September 21, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Election For many in New Zealand and overseas the Internet Party was the “stand-in” for the ailing Pirate Party of New Zealand. It shared many policies with the international Pirate Movement in the areas of human rights, whistle-blower protection, net politics, copyright reform, privacy, transparency, surveillance and others. Early in the campaign, with its alliance partner Mana, they were polling well at 3–4% and were expected to get several MPs in Parliament. In the end they only achieved slightly more than 1% and no representatives. For an overview of the political environment in New Zealand take a …

Creator Election Josef Ohlsson Collentine News

State Elections Saxony, Thuringen, Brandenburg | PirateTimes

Results from PPDE State Elections (Saxony, Thüringen and Brandenburg) September 20, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Election In the last few weeks the German states of Saxony, Thüringen and Brandenburg have held state elections. The result was dismal for the Pirate Parties who got only 1.1 – 1.5% of the votes. However they all still retain state funding which comes with an election result above 1%. With the slogan of “Aufmischen einmischen!” (stir up, meddle in) the 881 Pirates of Saxony fought hard on Pirate and local issues but only managed to get half the number of votes they got in 2009. Results Saxony 2014 CDU 39.4% …

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Winning Discussions: Affirming the Consequent (Effective Pirating) | PirateTimes

Winning Discussions: Affirming the Consequent (Effective Pirating) September 18, 2014 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Learning (tips&tricks) Logical fallacies are techniques that people use to make an argument appear convincing even when it is wrong. Learning how to identify and refute logical fallacies is one of the best ways to win in a discussion. Catching an opponent committing a fallacy will force him to retract his error or he will appear foolish or manipulative to his audience. There is a dark side to this. Once you learn to identify logical fallacies you will also be able to use them. Do not deliberately use them against fellow Pirates; it is …

Anton Nordenfur Creator Election News

Pirate Party at Under 1% in Swedish Elections | PirateTimes

Piratpartiet (PPSE) Below 1% in Swedish Elections September 16, 2014 · by Anton Nordenfur · in Election Sunday was national, regional and local elections in Sweden. The preliminary results from the Swedish national election are public now with the rest still being counted. The Swedish Pirate Party did not manage to achieve their goal of more than 1% in the national election and to enter local parliaments throughout the country. The Pirate Party was not listed in the preliminary results, but the group of “others” only amounted to total 0.9% of the results. The party did not manage well in local elections either. One of the most hopeful local areas, Linköping, the party reached a mere 1.1% (a …

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Net Neutrality and America’s Censorship Through the Backdoor | PirateTimes

Net Neutrality and America’s Censorship Through the Backdoor September 12, 2014 · by Guest Author · in Guest Opinion In one of those rare moments in history, grassroots activists and Silicon Valley are on the same side of an issue: net neutrality must be saved at all costs. For Silicon Valley businesses such as Netflix, there is clearly an economic incentive for preserving net neutrality. Netflix and its Silicon Valley brethren do not want to have to pay for the internet “fast lanes” that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing. Earlier this year, Netflix customers noticed something odd. Videos were taking forever to load. Soon, the real reason was …

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