Johnny Ryan
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
Watching the European Commission’s press conference now.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Watching the European Commission’s press conference now.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
See letter here bsky.app/profile/kris...
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
See letter here bsky.app/profile/kris...
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Damn good annotation, though
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Damn good annotation, though
Recommender algorithms controlled by unfriendly foreign powers threaten democracy and security. They artificially boost authoritarians and break society apart. They silence the rest of us.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Recommender algorithms controlled by unfriendly foreign powers threaten democracy and security. They artificially boost authoritarians and break society apart. They silence the rest of us.
Just look at the latest revelations that location data showing where European Commission officials live, and their movements within the Berlaymont -- data being leaked by online advertising.
Consent popups are a red herring.
What we need is enforcement of the law.
netzpolitik.org/2025/databro...
Consent popups are a red herring.
What we need is enforcement of the law.
netzpolitik.org/2025/databro...
Databroker Files: Targeting the EU
Precise locations and revealing movement patterns: the mobile phone location data of millions of people in the EU is up for sale. Collected supposedly only for advertising purposes, this data can also...
netzpolitik.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Just look at the latest revelations that location data showing where European Commission officials live, and their movements within the Berlaymont -- data being leaked by online advertising.
Consent popups are a red herring.
What we need is enforcement of the law.
netzpolitik.org/2025/databro...
Consent popups are a red herring.
What we need is enforcement of the law.
netzpolitik.org/2025/databro...
If we had had any enforcement of consequence from European authorities, and the Irish Data Protection Commission in particular, then the vast majority of these notices would no longer be displayed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESn...
Surveillance in online advertising data | Al Jazeera Untangles #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
If we had had any enforcement of consequence from European authorities, and the Irish Data Protection Commission in particular, then the vast majority of these notices would no longer be displayed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wESn...