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Digital Fairness Act: EU-Kommission erwägt Ausschalt-Knopf für süchtig machende Designs
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Polizeigesetz in Thüringen: „Das kehrt die Unschuldsvermutung um“
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Plötzlich Facebook-Lobbyistin: Irlands einst höchste Datenschützerin wechselt die Seite
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Gegen KI-Überwachungspläne: In Thüringen wächst ein zartes Pflänzchen Widerstand
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Rat und Parlament einig: Verbot für sexualisierte Deepfakes rückt näher
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Drew Bingaman Campaign Relaunched
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March 11 – The following was shared by Drew Bingaman, candidate for Pennsylvania’s State House 108th District. We had previously announced the campaign was suspended, however, the following has been released from the Bingaman campaign:
The Democratic Party is running a party insider for District 108. The Republican establishment has their candidate lined up. And once again, the people are expected to choose between two options picked by party bosses.
I’m offering a third way. Today, I’m announcing I will run as an INDEPENDENT candidate for PA State House District 108.
This isn’t new for me—it’s who I’ve always been.
In 2013, I co-founded the Susquehanna Valley Libertarian Party because I believed neither major party was truly serving the people. From 2017 to 2019, I served as Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania, helping candidates across the state run campaigns based on principles, not party loyalty. In 2024, I led the United States Pirate Party as Captain, fighting for digital rights and patent reform.
And in 2017, the voters of Sunbury’s 6th Ward elected me as their Constable—not because of my party affiliation, but because they trusted me to do the job. They re-elected me in 2023.
I’ve spent my entire political career outside the two-party system—
As an independent, I answer only to YOU—the voters of District 108. No party machine. No corporate PAC money. No loyalty to anything except the Constitution and the people I serve.
What I’m fighting for:
The insiders had their chance. Now it’s time for someone who answers to the people, not the party.
Whether you’ve voted Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or never voted at all—if you’re tired of the two-party game, this campaign is for you.
Your life. Your way. Your PA.
Let’s show them what independent leadership looks like.
#DrewFor108 #Independent #PApolitics #District108
Don’t call it a comeback; call it a course correction. We’re excited to see Drew’s campaign continue and we’re excited to continue working together in bringing about meaningful change. Your party will continue to support you every step of the way.
Drew Bingaman, Victory is Arrrs.
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Nur auf Verdacht: EU-Parlament stimmt gegen Massenüberwachung bei freiwilliger Chatkontrolle
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Verhandlungen in Brüssel: Bundesregierung sägt am Datenschutz
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Social-Media-Verbot: So schwach argumentiert die Familienministerin
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Digitale Brieftasche: EU-Kommission will Amazon dein Gesicht geben
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FAQ zur EUDI-Wallet: Die wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten zur digitalen Brieftasche
Pirate Academy 2026 – Your Chance to Experience European Policymaking
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If you are curious about what happens behind the closed doors of the European Parliament and want to understand how policies really take shape, this is your chance to see it firsthand. Not the headlines, not the press releases, but the real work behind shaping European laws.
Applications are now open for Pirate Academy 2026, an immersive learning experience initiated by Markéta Gregorová in collaboration with the Greens/European Free Alliance political group.
This program offers a rare opportunity to step into the world of European policymaking and understand how political decisions are really made.
What is the Pirate Academy?
The Academy combines interactive digital workshops with a hands-on experience at the European Parliament. Participants will gain insights into how legislation is drafted, negotiated, and shaped within the EU.
What will you explore?
Participants will dive into key areas such as:
- International Trade and Security – understanding how global agreements are negotiated and how economic and security interests intersect.
- Policy Advising – learning the practical skills of drafting policy proposals and analyzing legislative impact.
- Values in Action – discovering how the principles of the European Pirates are translated into real policy decisions.
What makes it special?
The program culminates in a visit to Brussels, where selected participants will take part in a legislative negotiation simulation inside the European Parliament. Instead of simply observing politics, you will experience what it’s like to shape it actively.
Who can apply?
The program is open to participants of all ages who are curious about European politics and policymaking.
Application process
The selection process has two rounds:
- Round 1: Applications open now and close 16 March 2026
- Round 2: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to continue the selection process in mid-March
Interested in experiencing EU policymaking from the inside? Apply now and take the first step toward the Pirate Academy.
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Zuckerbrot und Peitsche: Digitalminister will Breitband-Regulierung lockern
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Angriffe auf Journalismus, Politik und Militär: Was auf die russische Urheberschaft der Signal-Phishing-Attacken deutet
ICYMI: Updates from the 3/8 Meeting
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ICYMI
Arizona – Signature collection was a major topic of discussion during last night’s meeting, and no sleep part of that was last week’s efforts in Arizona. In the days following their first rally, Blase was joined by leadership to assist in collecting signatures.
Pennsylvania – As announced last week, candidate Drew Bingaman suspended his campaign. The big piece of advice from last night’s meeting: take signature collecting seriously. As a candidate, make sure that is one of your top priorities.
Pirate National Convention – On June 6th, the United States Pirate Party will be celebrating 20 years at the 2026 Pirate National Convention in Boston, MA. Those interested in attending in-person should seek to make accommodations as soon as possible, as not only are rooms in the area filling up fast, but the time is quickly approaching. Those that cannot attend in-person are invited to join us via Jitsi, as is available every year. This year’s conference theme will be picked out in two weeks time.
#ProjectNoCap – During last night’s meeting, the board endorsed Mr. Beat’s #ProjectNoCap, which seeks to uncap the House of Representatives and encourages voters to write their Representatives to introduce or support legislation that uncaps the House of Representatives. Presently, Representatives represent >700k residents in every district. This project seeks to not only uncap the house, but serves as an important step in our never ending goals of opening up the government. A more detailed post will come later today regarding #ProjectNoCap.
Through the Spyglass – a new entry in the Through the Spyglass series, Until Everybody’s Free, released on International Women’s Day, looks at Fannie Lou Hamer and her extraordinary fight, as well as the institutions that put her down. In her honor, we remember the woman Dr. King called an “army of love.”
Check out last night’s meeting (which started 30 minutes late, sorry about that, live viewers!)
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Verhaltensscanner und Palantir: Was das Wahlergebnis in Baden-Württemberg sicherheitspolitisch bedeutet
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Berlin: Widerstand gegen Aushöhlung der Informationsfreiheit und Datenschutzabbau
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Degitalisierung: Verdrängung
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KW 10: Die Woche, als wir Kritik aus Kirchen hörten
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#305 Off The Record: Eine Recherche, die wütend macht
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KI-gestützte Videoüberwachung in Berlin: So wehrt man sich gegen Verhaltensscanner
Press must be transparent about wartime censorship
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Dear Friend of Press Freedom,
The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, all parties to which have abysmal recent records on press freedom, is sure to bring an escalation in censorship and retaliation against journalists. That makes it a perfect time (as it has been for over a century) to reform the Espionage Act, one of the primary weapons the government uses to stifle whistleblowing and war reporting. Read on for more.
The public deserves to know when Iran war reporting is stifled
Journalists covering the U.S. and Israel’s new war on Iran should be telling their audiences not only what they know but what they were prevented from finding out, and by whom.
That doesn’t just mean an occasional editorial bemoaning threats to press freedom. Those are valuable, but on their own, they turn speech suppression into a side issue. With an unprecedented censorship infrastructure surrounding this war, it’s anything but that. Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern wrote about why reporting should include acknowledgment and explanation of how censorship impacts what the public sees and reads in each story.
Florida should not get its own mini-CIA
If Florida enacts House Bill 945, it will create a national first — a CIA-style structure at the state level that blurs the traditional line between state law enforcement and intelligence work. And it likely wouldn’t remain a local experiment. Red states often borrow aggressively from one another’s policy playbooks, on everything from gerrymandering to anti-abortion laws to transporting immigrants to Democratic-led states.
Stern, along with FPF’s Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy Lauren Harper and Florida First Amendment Foundation Executive Director Bobby Block, wrote for The Guardian that state-level intelligence offices empowered to scrutinize residents based on ideology are sure to be used against journalists.
A judge finally called a newsroom raid what it is
When a judge orders a journalist not to publish a story, everyone recognizes it as a prior restraint — the most serious First Amendment violation there is, according to the Supreme Court, and one that has never been allowed against the press. But when the government kicks down a reporter’s door and walks out with computers, or seizes a news photographer’s equipment at a protest, that’s often seen as something different.
It’s not — in both cases, the reporter is left unable to publish news, which is the harm that the prohibition on prior restraints seeks to avoid. Magistrate Judge William Porter’s February order restricting how prosecutors could search materials seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson recognizes this reality by treating the seizure of her materials, containing terabytes of data, source communications, and works in progress, as a prior restraint. We’ve been critical of other aspects of Porter’s order but he at least deserves credit for that.
Assange case coming back to bite ‘conventional’ journalists
For years we warned that the Espionage Act prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, started by the first Trump administration and shamefully continued by the Biden administration, would lead to attacks on more conventional reporters, regardless of official claims that Assange wasn’t really a journalist so the press needn’t worry.
In the past two months, the federal government and its defenders have used the Assange case to normalize and defend everything from seizing Natanson’s devices in violation of federal law to accusing journalist Seth Harp of illegally “leaking” identities of government officials. FPF Executive Director Trevor Timm explained this troubling trend in a video (and we’ve got plenty of other great video content on YouTube).
Help our SecureDrop team make our lives online more secure
WEBCAT, a new software tool under development at FPF, has just entered alpha testing. The goal of the project is to allow web browsers to verify the origin of code before they run it. By guarding against hacked web servers, WEBCAT aims to make our lives online more secure.
We invite adventurous web users to try out our Firefox browser extension, and web application developers to experiment with our new decentralized web domain enrollment system.
What we’re reading
Nashville reporter who has detailed ICE activity detained in South Nashville stop
Nashville Banner
We don’t yet know if Estefany Rodríguez’s detention was in retaliation for her reporting, but we certainly wouldn’t be surprised. Immigration and Customs Enforcement abductions of immigrant journalists take the reporters best equipped to cover the agency’s activities off the beat.
Photographer indicted after Minnesota church protest coverage
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
Junn Bollmann is the latest journalist charged for covering the same church protest that prompted the Trump administration’s outrageous arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. The Justice Department will likely lose these cases, and the journalists should sue.
Chicago appeals court vacates judge’s use-of-force injunction on immigration agents
Chicago Tribune
The 7th Circuit has apparently decided it’s in the business of correcting “injustices” no one asked it to correct. The one it chose to start with? An already dismissed order restraining violent immigration agents from assaulting journalists.
Prairieland ICE shooting trial jury gets closer look at ‘antifa’ materials defendants owned
KERA News
“Zines are really like this little atomic unit of freedom of the press with simple pamphlets that you just pass around. It begs the question of whether the prosecution believes that we should have a First Amendment in the first place,” said Lydia Koza, wife of defendant Autumn Hill. Also, read our 2025 op-ed on how the federal case in Texas threatens press freedom.
Some of the best news stories start with a public records request
Poynter
Nearly everything is fair game for a records request at public universities, “even the amount of money dining halls spend on ranch dressing,” write student journalists for Michigan State University’s The State News.
The New York Times takes the Pentagon to court
Columbia Journalism Review
The Pentagon’s media policy is “unconstitutional, but ... what they say after the fact makes their arguments even worse,” Timm said. They “admitted that they don’t care if people break this as long as they agree with them.”
Use our action center to tell Congress to pass Rep. Tlaib’s bill to fix the arcane and dangerous Espionage Act so the government can no longer treat whistleblowers and journalists like enemy spies.
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Geheimdienstkontrolle: „Kontrolle darf nicht davon abhängen, ob der Geheimdienst freiwillig kooperiert“
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Attacke auf die Zivilgesellschaft: Wenn der Geheimdienst Buchhandlungen ins Visier nimmt
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Transparenzbericht 4. Quartal 2025: Unsere Einnahmen und Ausgaben – und ganz viel Liebe
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KI-gestützte Videoüberwachung: CCC warnt Berlin vor automatischer Verhaltenserkennung
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Betrug, Fakeshops, Heilungsmythen: Verbraucherschützer melden, Plattformen schweigen
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Umfragen zum Social-Media-Verbot: Wer schlau fragt, bekommt schlaue Antworten
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Interview zur Bits & Bäume Konferenz: „Wir wollen gemeinsam darüber diskutieren, welche digitale Zukunft wir anstreben“
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Russische Besatzer durchsuchen Handys: Wenn das Leben von Chats und Apps abhängt
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Sachsen-Anhalt: Sachverständige lehnen Palantir-Polizeigesetz ab
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„Kapitulation vor dem Problem“: Kritik aus der Kirche am Social-Media-Verbot
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Sex, Banking, Toilette: Intime Aufnahmen aus Metas Kamera-Brille landen in Nairobi
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Fahrplan für Interoperabilität: EU erweitert ihre Datenbanken mit Gesichtserkennung
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Neue Strategie: EU setzt auf Künstliche Intelligenz gegen Terror
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Berlin: Bodycams an Rettungskräften sind überflüssig
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Überraschung: Ausschuss stimmt gegen freiwillige Chatkontrolle
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Forschende schlagen Alarm: Staaten sollen Social-Media-Verbote stoppen
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Nackt per Mausklick: EU-Abgeordnete wollen sexualisierte Deepfakes verbieten
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Polizei Berlin: Zahlreiche Verletzte durch Taser-Einsatz