Pirate Parties International

28/05/2026

Do you have feedback on when we should start the GA and other topics?

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.

05/05/2026

Google’s new developer verification rules threaten our right to control the phones we own:

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 S...

01/05/2026

Protect kids online without building a global digital surveillance machine:

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 docu...

19/04/2026

Founding Day

The following statement was prepared by our General Secretary Alexander Isavnin in honor of our 16th birthday. The original version of the statement in Russian is pasted below.

18/04/2026

10 Years since the Panama Papers. Thanks to Pirati for informing us about this. Full article in the comments.

08/04/2026

Reviewing our UN activities and ways for Pirates to get involved in global governance (link to article in comments)

01/04/2026

The Think Twice Conference will take place this October in Brussels, please fill out the call for speakers if you would like to participate:

The following is the sign-up sheet for those interested in presenting at TT5. The Think Twice Conference brings together diverse voices to discuss emerging issues in technology and society. The conference takes place on a semi-annual basis in different locations around the world. This year’s theme...

01/04/2026

We wish it was just a joke. See article in the comments.

22/03/2026

Global narcotics policies at UNOV (link to post in comments)

19/03/2026

Back at UNOG:

PPI’s representative in Geneva, Carlos Polo, recently attended the high-level event hosted by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) titled “Meeting the Inequality Emergency: Building a New Era of Understanding and Cooperation.”