Aral BalkanNov 18, 2019

Wow, just had the Pirates/Greens pick through my EU parliament presentation slides with a fine tooth comb in a phone call and try to get me to change what I’m saying so as not to criticise Facebook, etc. WTF?

Never had anyone try to censor what I say before. Of course I will speak my mind verbatim tomorrow and if anything this means I won’t be accepting any future speaking engagements at the EU parliament for these parties.

WTAF?

*fumes*

CC @Gargron

Show threadChristian Pietsch (old acct.)Nov 18, 2019

@aral @Gargron Let me guess – they were #Pirates from Czechia? One Czech MEP told the #fnf19 participants who visited the EP in Brussels a week ago that his party intends to expand their presence on Facebook and "hopefully" Instagram.

When I then asked him to publish everything on the open Web as well, he would not promise anything.

Show threadAral Balkan
@chpietsch @Gargron Y’know what, I don’t even know where they’re from. Eugen asked me to do this and I said yes. I would not have expected such a thing from the pirates. But having spent an evening with an ex-pirate MP tonight and heard stories, I’m not surprised.
Nov 18, 2019 at 9:12pmWeb
Show threadChristian Pietsch (old acct.)Nov 18, 2019
@aral @Gargron I understand your disappointment. But please do not throw all Pirates in one bin. Patrick Breyer, the German Pirate MEP, is a different story. He attended most of #fnf19.