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johnnyryan.bsky.social
Director of ICCL Enforce http://Enforce.ie. Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS. https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
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In fact “outsize” plays a grim role Note to The Economist: outsize is an ugly way of saying large

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💥 Whopper scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: Brussels is issuing burner phones & basic laptops to commissioners & senior officials travelling to the US for IMF/World Bank spring meetings next week to avoid risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for China. www.ft.com/content/20d0...

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Quite beautiful, from @spignal.bsky.social

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Europe is creating a "Democracy Shield". EU countries are racing to rearm. The European Commission must confront 3 new realities 1. The US is turning autocratic and hostile JD Vance’s Munich speech shows that Musk’s boosting AfD and other far-right candidates across the EU has official US support

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One of the best pieces I’ve read recently on the algorithmic assault that advances extremism in Europe. From @johnnyryan.bsky.social: “Europeans must have the freedom to communicate with one another without foreign censorship and interference.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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My piece in The Guardian this morning: EU race to rearm is pointless if hostile foreign powers can still use online algorithms to boost authoritarians to power across Europe. Europe’s new “Democracy Shield” should immediately shut them down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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My follow-up piece for @euobserver.com. #Bullshit generator for archive access and the lack of procurement process for #AI at European Parliament. "When you want facts, you do not ask the gossiper. When you want facts, you do not ask generative AI." euobserver.com/digital/are5...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

For a thoughtful analysis of the tariffs read @matthewstoller.bsky.social —> open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

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Our new investigation reveals the European Parliament's inept deployment of Anthropic AI model Claude By my colleague @krisshrishak.bsky.social

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

CNBC photo editors FTW. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/s...

submitted 14 days ago • 159 comments

The great @sallyhubbard.bsky.social is now on BlueSky!

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Thread on the Tony Blair Institute, it’s AI hype, and what appears to be silly and dangerous lobbying by it against the interests of writers, performers, and artists.

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Strong piece from my colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social in The Examiner: Hungary shows how dangerous police facial recognition can be www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

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AI Lab manager job with @abeba.bsky.social aial.ie/pages/hiring...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Meta stole my intellectual property (two books I wrote and various articles) to train Llama. Search result from The Atlantic’s LibGen search tool www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Meta stole my books, articles, and other intellectual property to train Llama. Search result from @theatlantic.com’s LibGen search tool www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Just so we’re all clear, the Supreme Court *expressly ruled* that the president cannot fire FTC commissioners without cause in 1935’s Humphrey’s Executor. Trump’s action here is brazenly illegal under any interpretation of the law as it stands. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 29 days ago • 157 comments

Whether it’s Hillary Clinton sharing risotto recipes on a private server or Donald Trump giving a foreign billionaire with close ties to Vladimir Putin full access to all White House WiFi transmissions, both candidates had cybersecurity problems.

submitted 29 days ago • 27 comments

Our statement against Meta’s muzzling of Sarah Wynn-Williams’ detailed expose www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-sl...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Here is some of Sarah Wynn-William's account of Meta's deals with Ireland on data and tax. It is quite a read. (Today, Meta went to court to block her from promoting this book.) www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Meta is trying to muzzle her from telling the inside story on Irelands GDPR “lapdog” deal with Meta and other Meta chicanery www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/t...

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Meta’s internal “lapdog” description of the Irish Data Protection Commission is damning. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

🤯🇪🇺 The Heritage Foundation, the Trump admin’s agenda-setting think tank, is receiving proposals from illiberal forces in Poland & Hungary on reshaping the EU. Obtained by @vsquare.bsky.social, these include dismantling the EU Commission, the ECJ & renaming the bloc the European Community of Nations.

submitted 38 days ago • 20 comments

WW2 poster from the United States Sabotage, Bigotry, Foreign Propaganda, pushing over America's pillars: Justice, Equality, Unity, and Liberty

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