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The Hibernian Law Journal has extended its submissions deadline for a further two weeks.

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⏳ 2 weeks left! Join KR21 & SCOIR on 11 March (14:00 GMT) as Prof @cearta.bsky.social (@tcddublin.bsky.social) outlines the transformative potential of an Irish Research Outputs and #OpenAccess Bill. 🎫 Join to boost Ireland’s #competitiveness: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #SPR #RightsRetention

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UK creative industry flexing today!

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A New Look at vouchers in liquidations www.cearta.ie/2025/02/a-ne... My new blogpost, feat @conorpope.bsky.social

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Start each day with a positive thought and a great cup of coffee 🌞☕️. #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer

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A New Look at vouchers in liquidations www.cearta.ie/2025/02/a-ne... My new blogpost, feat @conorpope.bsky.social

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In case anyone wants the academic analysis of why Yvette Cooper’s ‘backdoor’ mandates are so awful, here’s the classic journal article. academic.oup.com/cybersecurit...

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Just a wee excited this arrived today! Trying to catch up on views outside of trad legal and economic theory on AI. We need a complete picture for any future regulation.

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Along with Stuart Macdonald and @drkatyvaughan.bsky.social, I am compiling a new Concise Encyclopaedia of Terrorism Law, to be published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social. We already have a fantastic line up of contributors, but now we are looking for more!

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Defamation reform – one step backward, one step forward, and a mis-step www.cearta.ie/2025/02/defa... My recent blogpost on Irish #defamation reform

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Reposting, together with screenshots of (most of) the draft principles we generated.

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Irish Independent’ publisher sues Elon Musk’s X over scam adverts designed to look like genuine news stories. Mediahuis Ireland says fictitious articles bear the paper’s logo and reporter bylines, and infringe its trademarks and copyrights m.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

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Why Australia’s Campaign Finance Reform is Likely to Face Constitutional Challenge Labor Coalition cap political donations; on Verfassungsblog by Anne Twomey verfassungsblog.de/why-australi...

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A new Oireachtas [Parliamentary] committee on defence and security will probe cyber safeguards in Irish institutions amid growing concern within Government that Ireland could be left exposed. m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...

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Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven 🌸☕️. #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer

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X challenging Berlin Court’s DSA decision

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Good win for Munster. What we're trying to do always takes a bit of time to get going after a break because it's very reliant on that week to week flow. Tough first half but a very good second against a tough Scarlets side. Excellent result.

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Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed

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I was pleased to attend a State Dinner, hosted by Pres. Macron, for participants of the AI Action Summit. It was an honor to be invited to deliver remarks at Elysee Palace on Three Fallacies in how we think about AI, now published @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...

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Join us at the new Sussex Centre for Law and Technology for a research and policy seminar on the Online Safety Act! The seminar is partly funded by the @bileta.bsky.social Research Seminar Awards. 📍 Sussex uni and online 🗓️ Friday 6 June 2025 Call for papers: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-...

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Super excited to see this in print. My latest book, co-edited with stephen young and harry hobbs looking at "Pseudolaw and Sovereign Citizens" is now out from Hart.

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#JamesBond in battle to keep hold of 007 super spy’s name - Dubai-based property developer is challenging #trademark registrations, including the saying ‘Bond, James Bond’; by Mark Sweney in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

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Is the EU’s Digital Services Act Compliant with The Right to Freedom of Expression? asks Adina Portaru on @oxhrh.bsky.social ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/is-the-eus-d...

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NEW PAPER with the incomparable @ariezra.bsky.social called “Rethinking Youth Privacy” forthcoming in Virginia Law Review. Part one of a series so more soon. Here we go papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @uvalaw.bsky.social

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#CopyrightMadness in action: @glynmoody.bsky.social shows even Shakespeare can't escape #DMCA abuse. The mechanism fails ordinary users caught up in a complex copyright system stacked against them. Time to reform a system beyond salvaging! #YouTube #DigitalRights walledculture.org/copyright-ma...

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Belgium: A model for the transposition of the EU anti-#SLAPP Directive; by Dirk Voorhoof on Inforrm's Blog inforrm.org/2025/02/12/b...

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1/2 Declan Ganley defamation action against CNN can be heard in Ireland, judge rules Broadcaster argues US more appropriate forum via @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

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With the Lucy Letby case back in the news, here’s our recent podcast on the expert evidence in her case. Including concerns at the amount of media commentary by expert witnesses. open.spotify.com/episode/3FqE...

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Thursday 13/02/2025 09:30 Judgment C-383/23 Approximation of laws ILVA (Amende pour violation du RGPD) Questions referred

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🚨 EPIC, @democracyforward.bsky.social, and a federal worker filed suit today against DOGE over its illegal seizure of personnel records and payment system data—actions which constitute the largest data breach in American history. 🧵 Read our full complaint here: epic.org/wp-content/u...

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AI technology: then and now. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Coffee is my constant motivation 🚀☕️. #CoffeeLovers #CafeExplorer

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Still looking for contracts peeps in these parts. Here's my blog post about that old chestnut, the notion that it's risky to deviate from "tested" contract language. www.adamsdrafting.com/for-the-nth-...

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And so, farewell then, ePrivacy Regulation (an object lesson in lobbying unwanted legislation to a standstill) pro.politico.eu/news/193718

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🧠 KR21 & SCOIR team up: Let's shape the future of knowledge sharing! Hear from Prof @cearta.bsky.social (@tcddublin.bsky.social) on 11 March (14:00 GMT) how an 🇮🇪 Research Outputs & #OpenAccess Bill can enable #SecondaryPublishingRights & #RightsRetention. 🎟️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Graham Smith (thread on Bluesky) re: judgement on Australian eSafety Commissioner’s office shortcutting of formal process to demand content takedowns from Twitter/X https://alecmuffett.com/article/112239 #OnlineSafety #australia #censorship

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NEW DRAFT PAPER: "The Two Tests of Search Law: Reconciling Katz and Jones," explaining why the Jones search test is physical intrusion, not trespass law—and why it matters. Just posted at SSRN, download it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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The Atlas was developed by MU's All-Island Research Observatory (AIRO) with Ireland's three Regional Assemblies and gives a view of over 200 social, economic and environmental indicators across the country. www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

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Douglas Adams was right. We are going to be wiped out by a virulent disease contracted via unsanitary telephones. He just got the type of telephones and the nature of the disease wrong.

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Media regulator announces €5.7m in new funding for local news and court reporting. Coimisiún na Meán awards majority of grants to local media outlets www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/0...

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