“.. a mega, anti-Trump trade alliance ..” #TheWorldIsMovingOn @politico.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/eu-a...

“While Rubio’s tone was politer than the diatribe delivered by US vice-president JD Vance on the same stage the previous year….the substance of the US message was little changed.” So glad to see clear reporting from my colleagues. www.ft.com/content/9463...

I just completed my migration to @eurosky.social ! All my data on Bluesky is now hosted in the EU 🇪🇺 There's no visible change for you or for me. Portability is a magic of the ATmosphere! May it become a norm of social media.

Google must have finally incorporated AI into Google Maps. How do I know? It just told me I needed to leave now to be at Dublin Airport by 13:30 now to catch 9am Citylink that arrives in Dublin Airport at 11am. Then I should take the 11:45 Kells bus to Ballymun and walk back one hour to the airport

Tech firm lobbying amping up Not only the Irish justice commissioner but far right parties and MEPs www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1916...

Transparency and accountability are at the heart of the EU's regulation of algorithmic feeds. Time for Europe’s leaders to stand firm. Here's why 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

Headline should be changed. See for example Another horrifying shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis economist.com/united-state... from The Economist

Gift link - State terror has arrived www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Tremendously important work...👇 How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @daniel-thilo.bsky.social @kunstjonas.bsky.social et al. AI swarms are can be used to engineering a "synthetic consensus" that can manipulate public opinion and perceptions.

In London so watched @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social two nights in a row. It’s essentially a Reform fest. Little balance. Reform MPs on both night. Know Jenrick is news. But what on earth…

It also overlooks that the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 criminalises "depictions" of children (which could include, eg, animation as well as AI-generated images). As such, the offence can be committed without there being a victim to report it.

Child Law expert and former government adviser Professor Conor O'Mahony writes on the criminal offences going unpunished bsky.app/profile/cono...

Fairy nuff EU demands ‘Farage clause’ as part of Brexit reset talks with Britain - as.ft.com/r/a876ac5a-8...

New research presents the most compelling evidence yet that generative AI directly stores and reproduces material used to train it—a finding that could have massive legal consequences for the tech industry, Alex Reisner reports.

Good decision by Minister . Hope his department and others in government follow

Sale or intention to sell is not required in the offence of facilitating production or distribution. Sale is a separate offence in itself (same penalties as for facilitation). So it's really just a question of how many offences are involved.

This is the same minister who claims to want to lead Europe during presidency to protect children and bring in age verification. Hypocrisy much?

“Taking Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Is that selling access? Wonder what @conorom.bsky.social thinks?

Grok has not "turned off" its CSAM generator for anyone - it has simply put it behind a paywall. Stop uncritically repeating the narratives of tech companies.

Professor O'Mahony writes more on this in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

🗣️ “6,700 images were being generated in this way every single hour.” The Group Chat examines the scale of the Grok deepfake crisis, the numbers behind it, and what the Irish Government can do. 📺 Tonight at 10PM | Virgin Media Play & Virgin Media One

Section 5(1)(f) of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 (as amended) makes it a criminal offence to knowingly facilitate the production or distribution of sexualised images of children. The problem here isn't the law - it's the political willingnesss to enforce it against X.

Remaining on X is a decision the government must be asked to justify. fujomedia.eu/news/account... via @aidanobrien.bsky.social

There is no need for new legislation here, there is no need to kick the can down the road. In August 2024, Pavel Durov, the founder and owner of Telegram was arrested on his private jet in France. French prosecutors indicted him for among other things, the distribution of CSAM on his platform.

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Good discussion on RTÉ radio about grok and csam But no discussion of institutions , politicians and regulators still supporting X

Things stepping up. ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.

This is an actually newsworthy thing the author of section 230 has put on the record. Here. The general level of response comments is...¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Friends, if you're going to persuade govts to move from the CSAM machine to here, the game needs to be upped considerably.

Did you know you can actually write to an Irish government minister and ask them why their department is still using X/Twitter for official communications?

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

Any institution, politician or party still on X needs to reconsider. More than urgently.

This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc) #1: Reuters

This isn’t about European censorship It’s the usual weaponised misattribution of Trump and allies.

Once in a century political opportunity here, if only there were a party to claim it

The Department of Political Science is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Political Science. Closing date for applications is 15th of January 2026. Job details: jobs.tcd.ie @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social

As far as I’m aware no other country in the EU relies solely on a publisher broadcaster Why would Ireland lead way in weakest public service broadcasting on the continent? Answers on a postcard…

At OI media committee Labours Alan Kelly appears to suggest he supports government move to make RTÉ a publisher broadcaster Anyone know if this is agreed Labour policy?

Is the government's hollowing out of RTE an abrogation of duty in the face of a democratic onslaught? On Morning Ireland this morning, Fianna Fáil TD Malcolm Byrne said RTÉ is moving towards a publisher–broadcaster model like Channel 4 or TG4, .

More than 50 irish academics call for real debate on government agenda to fully hollow out the psb RTE to a publisher broadcaster model fujomedia.eu/news/more-th...

Fantastic piece from my colleague Eileen Culotty Short sighted profit driven politicians sleepwalking into the destruction of our public media institution in one of the most challenging information environments democracy has ever faced. #speirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Writing about immigration in @irishexaminer.bsky.social Govt taking a risk with tougher talk & policies. May look like it's following public opinion but Irish econ is hugely dependent on intrnl labour. Few parties have out flanked the right on migration & won www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

If you give this a like we'll put you in a hat and one of ye will win a nice #TheLateNightWritersClub Book *and* a fairly tricky 1000 piece Jigsaw puzzle featuring the Reading Room at @nlireland.bsky.social and, of course, YeatsBinchyBeckettKavanaghWildeSwiftEdgeworthKeaneTynanO'CaseyBehanJoyce

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

At a meeting in Council of Europe Hearing from example after example of citizens assemblies across Europe from Ukraine to Germany All concerned about democratic backsliding and threat from far right Notable how Ireland, once a leader and exemplar. is reverting to the old elites know best model

The LUAS Red Line was thrown into chaos at rush hour this evening due to an incident at St James's. In order to find out what was going on with the service, the LUAS expected thousands of affected passengers to check their X account. It's ridiculous, enraging, and at this stage totally unacceptable

Help 🙏 I’m moving into Ch2 of my PhD by PP, which focuses on the shift in practice embodied by my memoir Negative Space. If you know of any academic writing which references my work, I’d be very grateful to be pointed in its direction. @lilydunn.bsky.social @minxmarple.bsky.social please share? #phd

Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. www.authoritarian-stack.info