TJ McIntyre
@tjmcintyre.com
I'm an associate professor of law at University College Dublin specialising in technology law (mostly privacy/data protection/cybercrime/fundamental rights), consultant solicitor with FP Logue LLP, and chair of Digital Rights Ireland.
If I were a cloud provider, I would not name my company after the key users press to reload websites that are not working.
Bank Of Ireland outage leaves some customers locked out of apps and online banking.
Seems to be related to an F5 cloud maintenance update
m.independent.ie/irish-news/b...
Seems to be related to an F5 cloud maintenance update
m.independent.ie/irish-news/b...
Bank Of Ireland outage leaves some customers locked out of apps and online banking
Bank Of Ireland says that some of its mobile app and 365 Online banking customers are having difficulties accessing services.
m.independent.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If I were a cloud provider, I would not name my company after the key users press to reload websites that are not working.
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"The Trump administration often uses the term “sovereignty” to describe its efforts to get other countries to allow in fewer foreign citizens and harden their borders — even as it tries to impose policies on sovereign nations."
"The Trump administration often uses the term “sovereignty” to describe its efforts to get other countries to allow in fewer foreign citizens and harden their borders — even as it tries to impose policies on sovereign nations."
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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"The Trump administration often uses the term “sovereignty” to describe its efforts to get other countries to allow in fewer foreign citizens and harden their borders — even as it tries to impose policies on sovereign nations."
"The Trump administration often uses the term “sovereignty” to describe its efforts to get other countries to allow in fewer foreign citizens and harden their borders — even as it tries to impose policies on sovereign nations."
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Every word is jaw dropping. "file reports if the governments appear to be overly supportive of immigrants" "raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of a migration background"
wtf does that even mean
wtf does that even mean
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every word is jaw dropping. "file reports if the governments appear to be overly supportive of immigrants" "raise U.S. concerns about violent crimes associated with people of a migration background"
wtf does that even mean
wtf does that even mean
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Not good enough that our government has gone full blood and soil, we're exporting it elsewhere
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Not good enough that our government has gone full blood and soil, we're exporting it elsewhere
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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In terms of which cleavage point eventually incites the inevitable “American Evangelical Catholicism” schism the pope refusing to use ChatGPT to generate infinite homilies is probably the funniest
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In terms of which cleavage point eventually incites the inevitable “American Evangelical Catholicism” schism the pope refusing to use ChatGPT to generate infinite homilies is probably the funniest
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Sad to see. The Holy See’s virulent anti-AI stance will hold the Church back as other religions continue to innovate. Praying the Pope adopts a grindset more compatible with the speed of the modern world
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sad to see. The Holy See’s virulent anti-AI stance will hold the Church back as other religions continue to innovate. Praying the Pope adopts a grindset more compatible with the speed of the modern world
Irish Supreme Court judgment in Poptoshev v DPP, finding constitutional the offence of failure to disclose a phone/computer passcode when a search warrant is being carried out. Reasonable treatment of the self-incrimination point, weaker on whether this power is proportionate without safeguards.
Judgments | The Courts Service of Ireland
www2.courts.ie
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Irish Supreme Court judgment in Poptoshev v DPP, finding constitutional the offence of failure to disclose a phone/computer passcode when a search warrant is being carried out. Reasonable treatment of the self-incrimination point, weaker on whether this power is proportionate without safeguards.
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:
National Cyber Security Bill raises mass surveillance and internet death penalty concerns as proposed powers exceed EU directive (NIS2)
Digital Rights Ireland and ICCL will address the Oireachtas Justice Committee to raise concerns about the National Cyber Security Bill 2024.
www.iccl.ie
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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:
I'll be appearing in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration later today to discuss Irish transposition of the NIS2 Directive; @ciananbrennan.bsky.social has a preview of the issues in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts
The National Cyber Security Bill will also give “extremely wide” internet-blocking powers to the State's cyber security unit if passed, the director of Digital Rights Ireland has warned.
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'll be appearing in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration later today to discuss Irish transposition of the NIS2 Directive; @ciananbrennan.bsky.social has a preview of the issues in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social.
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While you do not want the WSJ generally writing that about you, you specifically do not want Jonathan Weil writing that about you.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
While you do not want the WSJ generally writing that about you, you specifically do not want Jonathan Weil writing that about you.
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Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Media literacy is down, so to be clear, when the WSJ writes “Ultimately, the fact pattern Meta relies on to meet its conflicting objectives strains credibility” about your accounting practices and runs an accompanying flowchart, that is the equivalent of a 500-foot neon sign reading “FRAUD”
Post a movie where you are from.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Post a movie where you are from.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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Now if only the op-ed pages considered the implications of this for their declining circulation numbers
what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Now if only the op-ed pages considered the implications of this for their declining circulation numbers
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
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Did not have “Trump regime may have been planning to provide refuge for Bolsonaro after he fled Brazil”
and that’s leaving aside a non-zero possibility Trump regime was planning on extracting Bolsonaro.
and that’s leaving aside a non-zero possibility Trump regime was planning on extracting Bolsonaro.
It seems their fears were justified.
According to Trump, he spoke to Bolsonaro "last night" and that "they were going to be meeting in the very near future."
Starts around the 2 minute mark: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
According to Trump, he spoke to Bolsonaro "last night" and that "they were going to be meeting in the very near future."
Starts around the 2 minute mark: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Did not have “Trump regime may have been planning to provide refuge for Bolsonaro after he fled Brazil”
and that’s leaving aside a non-zero possibility Trump regime was planning on extracting Bolsonaro.
and that’s leaving aside a non-zero possibility Trump regime was planning on extracting Bolsonaro.
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The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Irish Times published and lauded John Collison's op-ed, but did they fact-check it?
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
Andrew Jackson did. Thoroughly.
If you spent time reading the original, you'd want to give time to this counterpoint as well.
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Millions of Gen Zers are watching Hitler and Holocaust denial clips on Instagram
fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
fortune.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Millions of Gen Zers are watching Hitler and Holocaust denial clips on Instagram
fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
fortune.com/2025/11/20/g...
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I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
Roses are red,
And so are my dearests.
They’re
And so are my dearests.
They’re
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Roses are red,
And so are my dearests.
They’re
And so are my dearests.
They’re
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An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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If this is the agreement, it's the kind of "grand bargain" that Russia's been angling for since it decided to back Trump in 2016. Both in terms of its scope *and* in terms of form: 🇷🇺 got to sit with the 🇺🇸 at the great-power table and decide the fate of a country in 🇷🇺's sphere of privileged interest.
The scope for rent-extraction by the Trump administration in this agreement is staggering. Lots of joint funds, even a mandate for the U.S. to capture 50% of the profits from reconstruction (what does that even mean)... and also the U.S. will receive "compensation" for security guarantees?
The full leaked text of the proposed US-Russia agreement on Ukraine (translated from Russian):
November 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If this is the agreement, it's the kind of "grand bargain" that Russia's been angling for since it decided to back Trump in 2016. Both in terms of its scope *and* in terms of form: 🇷🇺 got to sit with the 🇺🇸 at the great-power table and decide the fate of a country in 🇷🇺's sphere of privileged interest.