PirateCon 2016 will be June 25th (March 16, 2016)
We put out a questionnaire to decide the date for PirateCon 2016 and its focus. Based on the results, we chose Saturday, June…
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Wednesday: Stop the DARK Act in the Senate! (March 15, 2016)
H.R. 1599 (nicknamed the DARK Act because it would Deny Consumers the Right to Know) passed the U.S. House of Representatives last summer and…
TODAY: Call to support Bodycams & demilitarizing police (March 15, 2016)
The Public Safety Committee is still deciding whether to report out favorably two bills we support: H.2169 (municipal control of military equipment by…
Sunday: Stop DRM in HTML (March 14, 2016)
The anti-DRM movement has fought media and proprietary software companies who want to add Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to the HTML standard that defines the Web. Allowing…
Mass GMO labeling bill passes committee! We still need your help. (March 9, 2016)
From our friends at MA Right to Know GMOs: The Mass. GMO labeling bill was passed out of the Natural Resources/Ag. Committee recently.…
We Want Your Input on the Public Records Bill (March 7, 2016)
Bills tend to be diffs of the existing law, which makes identifying exactly what the bill does more difficult than it should be.…
Help select the date of PirateCon 2016 (March 7, 2016)
June seems like the best time for PirateCon 2016. We need your help choosing the date and location. If you can help us…
Pirates Can Vote in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary (February 29, 2016)
UPDATE: If your poll worker is confused about whether you can vote (our code is X just so you know), then you can…
Tuesday’s no phone backdoor rally was a success (February 29, 2016)
Tuesday’s Rally in support of keeping our phones secure went well and got a lot of media attention. Quartermaster & Arlington town meeting…
Today: Tell the FBI “No Backdoor in Our Phones” (February 23, 2016)
Today we are joining with Fight for the Future and other groups to protest a judge’s order to Apple to build a software…