Licking the envelope closed is now mandatory! The old Dutch ‘briefgeheim’ (confidential letter) meant the postal service (and by analogy social media platforms) could not open and read letters. But there were conditions. Postal cards like those that you sent from your holiday location were plain, and openly readable. Those were exempt. That is the current situation for messages online now that the EU has […]
PPI Summer General Assembly Recap
Thanks to everyone who came to the GA. This GA had the largest number of Pirates from a wide variety of countries in a long time. We held quorum with 9 parties voting. In addition, a lot of old and familiar friends came by to visit. In total about 15 different countries were represented. As usual we discussed our continued UN engagement, support for Pirate […]
General Assembly Today on Jitsi, 13:00 UTC registration, 14:00 UTC start
The PPI General Assembly will take place today, June 20th, entirely online. We hope that many of you can attend. The meeting will take place on Jitsi: https://jitsi.pirati.cz/PPI-Board Join the GA on Jitsi In case we have problems with Jitsi, we will use the following BBB room as a backup: https://bbb.piratensommer.de/b/gre-cnw-a9v Backup BBB Room The GA discussion space remains available on Discourse: https://ga.pp-international.net Visit the […]
China’s escalating crackdown on VPN use
For many years access to foreign media, social media platforms, and independent sources of information in China has been limited through extensive filtering and platform blocking. However, most Chinese could get around these restrictions by using VPNs without any serious consequences. Recent reporting suggests that law enforcement may now be clamping down on users who use a VPN. This worries us very much at Pirate […]
GA Will Start at 13:00 UTC, Proceedings and Motions will begin at 14:00 UTC
The GA schedule for June 20th is now being updated. Based on the feedback received so far, there appears to be support for scheduling the GA in the early afternoon UTC. This schedule gives both western and eastern time zones a reasonable opportunity to participate. It would correspond to 09:00 in Chile, 15:00 for much of Europe, and 23:00 in Sydney. This appears to be […]
Celebrating June 6th as Edward Snowden Day
We recognize June 6th as Edward Snowden Day in commemoration of when the news he provided about the top-secret Prism was first revealed to the world. We hope this day will not focus on the negative aspects of surveilance states but will symbolize a day for digital human rights, privacy, and freedom. We are both celebrating Edward Snowden as a person as well as the […]
General Assembly June 20, 2026 Feedback Survey
The next PPI General Assembly is approaching, and there are several organizational points that still need to be finalized. The GA has already been published, but without a confirmed time. We now need to agree on the schedule and make sure all parties and delegates receive the necessary information. As part of the preparation, we need to update Discourse (https://ga.pp-international.net/), publish the proposed statute amendments, […]
General Assembly Will Take Place on June 20th
Pirate Parties International will hold a Special General Assembly (GA) on June 20, 2026. The meeting is being called following a special request from the Czech Pirates and other PPI members. The GA will take place online. At the PPI Board meeting on May 5, 2026, the Board agreed that it was necessary to call the GA without delay. The main reason is an urgent […]
Let´s Keep Android Open!
Pirates have consistently chosen Android over Apple because it is opensource and free. You buy the phone, so you should be able to decide what apps run on it. You should be able to tinker with it, as you wish. Unfortunately, Google’s new developer verification rules will change that. Starting in September 2026 (just a few months away from now), apps from outside the Play […]
Age Verification Enforcement Concerns
Many pirates have been writing about the growing global movement to enforce age verification on social media and other online forums. We thus started asking our communities for feedback on this issue. This blog outlines the reasons for our concerns. We outline a number of studies and media that document the issue. PPI will continue to monitor this situation and attempt to submit statements at […]
