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The tragic reality is that many self-styled Western “anti-imperialists” have used Palestine as political cover for commitments that consistently center despots over victims. (2)

What is the "crypto industry"? Like, what does it produce?

The Irish Times view on tech regulation: transatlantic tensions rise. “The heated language reflects how the activities of US technology companies in Europe are an increasing source of conflict.” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The European Commission is trialling using European open source software to run its internal communications, a spokesperson confirmed to @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/commiss...

“We certify toys, moisturizers and eyeglasses – why not social media?” Well written article by @synergize.bsky.social Why do we treat #socialmedia as an exception? www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

Some good advice here from @brianhonan.bsky.social It reminds me the saying: “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now.”

🚨 Ireland will not join Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ “as currently constructed”, Simon Harris tells the Dáil (only an hour or two after Mícheál Martin said it was being considered) @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Ireland can’t afford to ignore Trump’s threat to Europe. Silence would be submission www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

French special forces (GCM) deployed to Greenland earlier this month to begin training in the Kangerlussuaq, located at the end of the 190 km long Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Søndre Strømfjord) in Central-western Greenland.

This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.

Excerpt from the European Commission Midday Press Briefing (8 January 2026) on the Digital Services Act and alleged illegal content linked to Grok. #Official 🇪🇺 #EuropeanUnion https://youtube.com/shorts/nHzNpjIVy5g?si=RA3FYCkwX0Sx3d1f

Former Special Rapporteur on Child Protection to the Government of Ireland

Just saying that no country has invaded and attacked another one for their solar and wind resources.

1. Russia isn’t winning in Ukraine.

Why Trump administration is so annoyed with Europe's online rules

It's an extremely common misconception that people who have verified identities or are using their "real" names are less abusive online, but it's not true. Pseudonymous and anonymous people behave less abusively than people using their "real" names: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/ar... It’s not just a problem in France #SpeirGorm #SpéirGhorm.

Paper officially published - a big thank you to @tjmcintyre.com

Ruaíri #iersesetter #irishsetter #redsetter #dog

open.substack.com/pub/tull/p/i... A reasonable if painful description of where Ireland is.

The joint submission of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Digital Rights Ireland on the proposed National Cyber Security Bill is now up on the ICCL website:

Scoop: We obtained vast amounts of European mobile phone location data from data brokers. It was allegedly collected for advertising purposes only, but can be used to spy on high-ranking EU officials & NATO staff in Brussels. The Commission is 'concerned' & issued new security guidance to its staff.

With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

The Baltic countries showed Ireland great solidarity at the time of Brexit, as did all EU members. They bought our argument that the border issue was a security issue. They now face a huge security issue and if we turn our backs on them we will deserve all the consequences that will flow from that.

Quite spectacular victim blaming from the Taoiseach when asked about the clearly illegal large scale commercial abuse of mobile phone location data. Reflective of institutional cluelessness about privacy throughout the Irish state. www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

We cooperated with RTE PrimeTime over the last year on this very significant story about RTB data exposing the movements of Irish people, including military and political personnel. Link to this morning's preview piece is here --> www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

#speirgorm #spéirgorm

TL;DR your phone doesn’t need to listen to what you say, they already know all about you. #privacy #dataprotection www.cnet.com/tech/service...

EU Ministers to define digital sovereignty principles in Charter www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Good news everyone! The Irish Minister for Justice has announced he is going to pass legislation requiring tech companies (who mostly live in Ireland for EU purposes) to break all their encrypted messaging systems. www.q102.ie/news/q102-ne...

ember-energy.org/latest-insig... Some good news for a change

www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/the-u... The US government asking people to record their location, pulse, etc etc. What could possibly go wrong? 😵‍💫 #privacy #dataprotection

This in itself allows Meta's AI to evaluate things like faces, the date the image was taken, people, or objects in the images. This also grants Meta the right to store and further use personal data.

From the "the official Twitter of the U.S. Mission to the EU." Good job to the "Censorship-Industrial Complex" dipshits for helping authoritarians target their critics.

This, for instance, seems very interesting www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/denm...

@raygunsite.com you know what to do

seattle's planning department is the largest impediment to a sustainable, thriving, and affordable city

#speirgorm #dataprotection #privacy Interesting for other #US corporations with Irish operations as well as anyone who cares about #irish sovereignty

BBC demonstrates smuggled North Korean phone and how it implements both censorship and accountability in the user interface… https://alecmuffett.com/article/113416 #NorthKorea #OnlineSafety #censorship #totalitarianism

Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲 As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles. So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!

“Firefox, Microsoft Edge and DuckDuckGo browsers were also affected”

“Meta and Yandex could track what users were doing on web browsers, without the user consenting or even knowing” news.sky.com/story/meta-f... #privacy #dataprotection

Ireland, of course, has a National genius for remembering English wrongs. But what was striking during the Brexit turmoil was that the English appear to live in the same imaginative world as these cartoons depict, but without any awareness of them.

It’s only a matter of time before an EU member state is forced into accepting *something* because the alternative is to lose access to their(taxation/education/health) data.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #dataprotection #privacy there is always someone who can find an excuse to abuse technology to spy on people.

Over the next two days almost 70 research papers will be presented on how to improve transport in Ireland. Thank you to all of the funders that have supported this work such as @researchireland.ie, @epaireland.bsky.social, @seai-ie.bsky.social, TII & the NTA.