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Think Twice 2026: AI, Governance and the Choices Ahead Pirate Parties International (PPI), together with the European Pirates (PPEU), is organizing Think Twice 2026 on 17 October 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference will focus on AI & Governance: Opportunities and Risks for Digital Freedom. Artificial intelligence is no longer something we can think of as belonging to the distant future. It is already part of everyday life, influencing how we communicate, work, access services, make decisions, and take part in society. As AI becomes more closely woven into public life, the conversation around it becomes bigger than technology. How can AI help strengthen democratic institutions without taking human …

The Pirate Party of Israel is back on the ballot! Israel is a very contentious country, featuring a vast range of political ideologies. The Likud party under Netanyahu has held onto power for much of the past decade, during which time the country´s citizens, institutions and image have suffered tremendously. The country has a very fragmented multi-party political system, and fringe parties routinely catch on public sentiment and win seats in Knesset (Israeli parliament). The country went through five national elections in just over three years, from April 2019 to November 2022. A list must receive at least 3.25% of votes to get into parliament, making the threshold a formidable …

The following is a report from PPI Board member and representative from the Pirate Party of the Netherlands, Mark Anthony van Treuren about his observations during humanitarian missions in Ukraine. Report on my travel through Ukraine Over the past four years, I have travelled to Ukraine many times to deliver humanitarian aid. Normally these trips are straightforward: I drive directly to a storage facility, unload the supplies, spend a day or two with local volunteers and then return home. This journey was different. A group of Ukrainian musicians invited me to drive them between performances in several cities across the country. They perform Noise music—an experimental and often controversial genre …

PPI recently signed on to the Stop Killing the Internet initiative: https://www.stopkillingtheinternet.com/ As part of our support for this movement to preserve and promote digital rights we present the following discussion that was drafted collaboratively by members of our community about our concern over the forced removal of social media accounts and content. Why can’t our social media accounts be online forever? When we die our friends and family are still there. They want to remember us, and our social media accounts are one important way for them to look back and remember us. However, a recent article by Koa DeMarzo called “A Case Against Forever,” https://www.techpolicy.press/a-case-against-forever-why-cloud-and-social-media-need-inactivitybased-deletions/ frames indefinite data …

The first session of the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance took place in Geneva on 6 and 7 July 2026. PPI UNOG representatives Carlos Polo of PPCH and Alexander Kohler of PPDE attended the event, joining many global heavyweights to help decide the future of artificial intelligence. We are pleased to share some of the photographs Carlos and Alexander sent us. Learn more about the Global Dialogue on AI Governance Artificial intelligence is already influencing everyday life. Decisions about its development and use cannot be left exclusively to a small number of governments or technology companies. People from every region must be able to participate in determining the …