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Ireland is big tech’s lapdog – and that compromises its EU presidency

The country is dependent on the global giants that call Dublin home. Irish ministers can’t be trusted to chair vital European digital sovereignty talks, says Irish civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

The Guardian - UK

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own

By trusting the US, we handed Trump a kill switch. Yet Europe’s digital sovereignty is an achievable goal, says civil liberties campaigner, Johnny Ryan

The Guardian - UK

This is Europe’s secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble

Growth in the US economy – and the president’s political survival – rest on AI. The EU must use its leverage and stand up to him, says the Irish Council for Civil Liberties’ Johnny Ryan

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The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

The Guardian - UK

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online

Ireland holds the algorithm off-switch. Ursula von der Leyen must force Dublin to use it says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

The Guardian - UK

Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms

The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

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Meta to ask EU users’ permission to show targeted advertising

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company will stop harvesting audience data to create profiles for advertisers after regulatory rulings

The Guardian - UK

Tipperary storm Cusack Park to stake their Championship claims

Manager Liam Cahill praised the Premier’s goal-scoring “opportunists” after capitalising on a series of Clare defensive mistakes

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