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cearta.bsky.social
Inefficient academic lawyer @tcddublin.bsky.social Trying to write about Free Speech. Also GDPR, IP, IT, Privacy, Private Law. Thinking about Bach, books, chess, coffee, movies, music, screenplays, sport, theatre, whiskey http://www.cearta.ie
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A special issue of the Australian Journal of Human Rights is out now, examining the topics of accountability, impunity and the protection of human rights. Read some of the highlights and download the full issue here: mailchi.mp/unsw/new-iss...

It’s officially conference week! Just 4 days until #edtech25 and we couldn’t be more excited. Looking forward to fresh ideas, smart tech, and great conversations. See you Thursday! 🙌 Browse the full programme on www.conftool.net/edtech-annua...

O'Farrell family welcome 'long over-due' apology www.rte.ie/news/2025/05...

I’m among over 800 lawyers who’ve signed this open letter calling on the govt to take further concrete actions urgently needed in response to Israel’s violations of international law in Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... Full letter: lawyersletter.uk

A little bit of history today. The High Court granted permission for us to take Ireland’s first ever class action. This isn’t just about our class action against Microsoft. It opens a way to finally enforce the GDPR against all big tech that uses Ireland as a shelter. www.iccl.ie/digital-data...

I'm always tempted to go back to this. Andres, be strong. Walk away.

Gikii 2025 in lovely Amsterdam has extended its CfP till May 31. Sept 11-12 th at IViR. Get your geek on and set your geek clogs tapping! No i don’t know what i mean either 😂 www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-a...

I know the feeling :)

Nail on the head, even more than usual, from @jjn1.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social

US balkanisation of the internet driving national digital sovereignty elsewhere, like EU and India

📢EVENT: AM I FACING A SLAPP? Join @indexoncensorship.org on 27 May, 12pm (BST) for a webinar to launch their “Am I Facing a SLAPP?” tool - supporting anyone facing legal threats or actions. Register now: www.indexoncensorship.org/events/am-i-... #StopSLAPPs

Keep calm and coffee on 🧘‍♀️☕️. #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer

All 83 sections of the Restatement of Copyright have now been approved by the ALI Council and full Membership. Hurrah! www.ali.org/news/article...

Tara Whalen "New [#W3C] #Privacy Principles for a more trustworthy web" www.w3.org/blog/2025/ne...

“If you want to live a secret life, that’s a decision that’s going to have real consequences.” Extreme-privacy consultants can make you and your personal information hard to find. But those methods might cost you more than money, Benjamin Wallace writes.

More espresso, less depresso 😌☕️. #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer

Ulster University is looking for a Senior Lecturer in Law in the area of Medical Law and Ethics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND633/s...

Seems to be another from this quick read to add to the Ziegler plus column and counter the broadish weight of criminal cases before the UK courts these past 2-3 years The domestic court should conduct a proportionality exercise @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social @amritlohia.bsky.social

A new blog post from me on endowments - revisiting Hansmann's great 1990 article and thinking about threats to institutional autonomy from both donors and the government. histphil.org/2025/05/20/r... @richmondlaw.bsky.social

"A Stress Test for the EU’s Digital Rule Book: Ensuring AI Governance is Grounded in Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights" Organised by @article19law.bsky.social with @ccs.bsky.social (moderator), Kai Zenner, Seda Gürses, Maria-Luisa Stasi, @interdonde.bsky.social More info: cpdp.be/4289 #CPDP2025

Published this morning: An open letter from free speech and press freedom advocates urging leaders of universities, media organizations, law firms, civic institutions to “stand more resolutely” against “Trump’s multi-front assault on the First Amendment.” knightcolumbia.org/content/an-o...

(I'llstopnowbut) Good afternoon from the Kingdom 🌞

If Hayek was right that information is best aggregated through markets, I sure wish the marketplace of ideas had the market’s anti-fraud statutes. Ho well.

I'll be speaking at #CPDP in Brussels next week about my new book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...

Magnum Cart. The singular of Magna Carta.

Happy to be joining this excellent crew in Bremen next month!

Debunking the myths that impede effective privacy regulation – free excerpt of ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY teachprivacy.com/debunking-th...

Not as productive :(

Good afternoon from the Kingdom 🌞

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta (as re-issued by Edward I in 1300) is actually an original, experts say (via @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

1. #PersonalityMyth 🌱 Did you know your personality isn't set in stone? Contrary to popular belief, you can and do change throughout life. Embrace growth and evolution! 🌟 #ChangeIsGood #PersonalGrowth www.brainpizza.com/p/the-myth-o...

Up #Donegal

UK government ministers have shelved plans to allow AI companies to train their models on copyrighted material unless creators actively opted out, following a backlash.

Roll up! Roll up! Conference in @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social organised by TCD Law School “Generative AI: Exploring Regulatory Opportunities, Challenges and Dilemmas” on Wednesday 18 June 2025; cfp and more info here www.tcd.ie/law/news-eve... #AI #Law pls re-skeet

What challenges do independent, non-profit, and community-led #DiamondOpenAccess platforms face? How can Europe-wide or global projects strengthen these publishing models? ELENA DI ROSA shares her thoughts on how we can shape the future of academic publishing.📚 👉 verfassungsblog.de/money-trust-...

Resting Places: On Wounds, War and the Irish Revolution (November 2023)

TikTok to appeal €530m fine by Irish data watchdog www.rte.ie/news/ireland... via @news.rte.ie

Green v. the United Kingdom: absolute parliamentary immunity in Parliament, no matter the cost? asks Mathieu Leloup on ⁦‪Strasbourg Observers blog strasbourgobservers.com/2025/05/02/g...

An important legal ruling finding against the UK Government's protest laws- the Court of Appeal has dismissed the UK Government's appeal of the Divisional Court's finding that recent protest regulations went beyond the scope of the Government's legal powers. 1/2

TikTok fined €530 million for breaching #GDPR. For illegally transferring Europeans' data to China.

Irish Data Protection Commission fines TikTok €530 million and orders corrective measures following an inquiry into transfers of EEA user data to China. dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/…

TikTok fined €530m by Irish data protection watchdog Issue centres on transfer of European users’ personal data to China www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Am co-organising a symposium on the Irish Political Constitution with @alangreene.bsky.social and @laurcah.bsky.social Call for papers is currently live. If you have any interesting ideas on the topic, or know anyone who does, please do submit an abstract.

No, you can't own a recipe. You can own a very thin copyright in the expression of a recipe. But the specification of ingredients and processes? No. And that's good. www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/05...

Potential ‘whiskey fraud’ victims encouraged to come forward over investment scams www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...