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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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Roll up! Roll up! Registration is now open for the Symposium on "Generative #AI: Exploring Regulatory Opportunities, Challenges and Dilemmas" hosted by ‪@tcddublin.bsky.social‬ Law School in ‪@tlrhub.bsky.social‬ on Wednesday 18 June next eventbrite.ie/e/generative... #RegulatingAI

North Korean devices adopting features mirroring Microsoft Recall AI, screenshotting user behaviour every few seconds on their devices for later examination by law enforcement when the device is seized. www.techspot.com/news/108156-...

As the government moves to give Gardaí facial-recognition tech, it’s already available to the public to use – and misuse. Online tools allow people to identify others from photos – opening the way for targeted ridicule, doxxing, or worse. www.dublininquirer.c...

#ECJ: A third-country national who enters the European Union in an unauthorised manner cannot be penalised for facilitation of unauthorised entry solely because he or she is accompanied by his or her minor child 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

Pleased to post new paper on "ends" of #Irish strong albeit informal post-WWII external association with #Commonwealth during 1960s & 70s. This demise alongside continued #UK-Irish arrangements can tell us much about #UK, #Ireland, #Europe & Commonwealth history: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/4

Ireland’s extraordinary education revolution laid bare by two new reports

Coffee first, adulting second ☕️👩‍💼. #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer

BBC expected to appeal Gerry Adams #defamation finding as legal bill set to hit €3m m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

Gerry Adams awarded €100,000 damages in #defamation victory over BBC www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Very happy to share the Table of Contents of my new book, "Dark Patterns, Deceptive Design, and the Law: AI's Hidden Influence on Our Digital Experience" www.bloomsbury.com/uk/dark-patt...

Thanks to the editors of @verfassungsblog.de for publishing this new short essay, somewhat bleak, but it did give me the privilege of linking to work by my better half. verfassungsblog.de/in-the-grave...

Jury in Gerry Adams #defamation case against the BBC begins deliberations www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

New article by me 'Strategic Litigation and EU Law on Cross-Border Data Transfers: On the Place of EU Law in the Work of Schrems and NOYB' in the Nordic Journal of European Law, part of a Special Issue on the methods of EU law in the era of digitisation. journals.lub.lu.se/njel/article...

First case on AI and copyright referred to the CJEU Most people who have been paying attention to the copyright and AI debate in Europe has been expecting that at some point the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) would be tasked with interpreting some of the existing exceptions…

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...