Johnny Ryan
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
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Clear communication.
This writer knows what they think, and what they want the reader to know.
This writer knows what they think, and what they want the reader to know.
February 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Clear communication.
This writer knows what they think, and what they want the reader to know.
This writer knows what they think, and what they want the reader to know.
Bravo. The new Dutch coalition government's agreement is committing to digital sovereignty
(Machine translation)
Original in Dutch --> www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/site/binarie...
H/T @stollmeyer.bsky.social
(Machine translation)
Original in Dutch --> www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/site/binarie...
H/T @stollmeyer.bsky.social
www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Bravo. The new Dutch coalition government's agreement is committing to digital sovereignty
(Machine translation)
Original in Dutch --> www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/site/binarie...
H/T @stollmeyer.bsky.social
(Machine translation)
Original in Dutch --> www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl/site/binarie...
H/T @stollmeyer.bsky.social
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February 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Former PMs to VDL
“This confrontation concerns…the right of nations to govern themselves without foreign interference; and their ability to protect their children in the digital age.
The question is not whether Europe can strike a deal, it is whether Europe and the rest of the world can remain free”
“This confrontation concerns…the right of nations to govern themselves without foreign interference; and their ability to protect their children in the digital age.
The question is not whether Europe can strike a deal, it is whether Europe and the rest of the world can remain free”
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Former PMs to VDL
“This confrontation concerns…the right of nations to govern themselves without foreign interference; and their ability to protect their children in the digital age.
The question is not whether Europe can strike a deal, it is whether Europe and the rest of the world can remain free”
“This confrontation concerns…the right of nations to govern themselves without foreign interference; and their ability to protect their children in the digital age.
The question is not whether Europe can strike a deal, it is whether Europe and the rest of the world can remain free”
This morning, former Prime Ministers urge Ursula von der Leyen to use EU trade bazooka against Trump
www.ft.com/content/af70...
www.ft.com/content/af70...
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 AM
This morning, former Prime Ministers urge Ursula von der Leyen to use EU trade bazooka against Trump
www.ft.com/content/af70...
www.ft.com/content/af70...
Google's 2007 spiel about its Doubleclick acquisition makes for hilarious reading two decades later
publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2007/12/anal...
publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2007/12/anal...
Analysis: The FTC clears our acquisition of DoubleClick
Posted by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer (Cross-posted to the Official Google Blog ) E...
publicpolicy.googleblog.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Google's 2007 spiel about its Doubleclick acquisition makes for hilarious reading two decades later
publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2007/12/anal...
publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2007/12/anal...
A spark of action from the European Commission on social media recommender algorithms at long last ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission investigates Grok and X\'s recommender systems under the Digital Services Act
The European Commission has launched a new formal investigation against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
January 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
A spark of action from the European Commission on social media recommender algorithms at long last ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
The latest evidence that broadcasting people’s movements and intimate data in the Real-Time Bidding online advertising system is truly dangerous.
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The latest evidence that broadcasting people’s movements and intimate data in the Real-Time Bidding online advertising system is truly dangerous.
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
www.wired.com/story/ice-as...
The EU and US may (we do not know) have arrived at a 1938 style Munich Declaration "agreement" over Greenland.
But this is no recipe for peace for our time. Nor was it then.
But this is no recipe for peace for our time. Nor was it then.
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 AM
The EU and US may (we do not know) have arrived at a 1938 style Munich Declaration "agreement" over Greenland.
But this is no recipe for peace for our time. Nor was it then.
But this is no recipe for peace for our time. Nor was it then.
We still do not know whether there was a Greenland deal, or threats, or continued cowering, or who did and said what.
So far as I can tell this morning no one absent from the private meetings in Davos knows yet why Trump backed down.
We do not yet know
-what we said by who to Trump
-whether Rutte was pivotal
-what the deal was, or if there is any deal at all
-we don’t even know if any big EU threat was made
We do not yet know
-what we said by who to Trump
-whether Rutte was pivotal
-what the deal was, or if there is any deal at all
-we don’t even know if any big EU threat was made
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 AM
We still do not know whether there was a Greenland deal, or threats, or continued cowering, or who did and said what.
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Vows response if Trump restarts the scrap:
"Any threat to acquire European territory by force would be unacceptable. Tariffs would also undermine the foundations of transatlantic relations, if they are put in place, Europe's answer would be united, calm, measured and firm."
"Any threat to acquire European territory by force would be unacceptable. Tariffs would also undermine the foundations of transatlantic relations, if they are put in place, Europe's answer would be united, calm, measured and firm."
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Vows response if Trump restarts the scrap:
"Any threat to acquire European territory by force would be unacceptable. Tariffs would also undermine the foundations of transatlantic relations, if they are put in place, Europe's answer would be united, calm, measured and firm."
"Any threat to acquire European territory by force would be unacceptable. Tariffs would also undermine the foundations of transatlantic relations, if they are put in place, Europe's answer would be united, calm, measured and firm."
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Here at #EUCO, 🇪🇺PMs & presidents are discussing transatlantic relations.
Based on their comments as they entered, we can see that the leaders are divided into three camps. And Chancellor Merz seems to have joined the Meloni appeaser camp. davekeating.substack.com/p/meloni-was...
Based on their comments as they entered, we can see that the leaders are divided into three camps. And Chancellor Merz seems to have joined the Meloni appeaser camp. davekeating.substack.com/p/meloni-was...
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Here at #EUCO, 🇪🇺PMs & presidents are discussing transatlantic relations.
Based on their comments as they entered, we can see that the leaders are divided into three camps. And Chancellor Merz seems to have joined the Meloni appeaser camp. davekeating.substack.com/p/meloni-was...
Based on their comments as they entered, we can see that the leaders are divided into three camps. And Chancellor Merz seems to have joined the Meloni appeaser camp. davekeating.substack.com/p/meloni-was...
So far as I can tell this morning no one absent from the private meetings in Davos knows yet why Trump backed down.
We do not yet know
-what we said by who to Trump
-whether Rutte was pivotal
-what the deal was, or if there is any deal at all
-we don’t even know if any big EU threat was made
We do not yet know
-what we said by who to Trump
-whether Rutte was pivotal
-what the deal was, or if there is any deal at all
-we don’t even know if any big EU threat was made
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 AM
So far as I can tell this morning no one absent from the private meetings in Davos knows yet why Trump backed down.
We do not yet know
-what we said by who to Trump
-whether Rutte was pivotal
-what the deal was, or if there is any deal at all
-we don’t even know if any big EU threat was made
We do not yet know
-what we said by who to Trump
-whether Rutte was pivotal
-what the deal was, or if there is any deal at all
-we don’t even know if any big EU threat was made
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The moment for making nice “has ended” and “the time has come to stand up against Trump,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO secretary-general and ex-Danish prime minister, told BBC radio.
January 22, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The moment for making nice “has ended” and “the time has come to stand up against Trump,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO secretary-general and ex-Danish prime minister, told BBC radio.
Dude, use the teleprompter
January 21, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Dude, use the teleprompter
Paul Krugman is asking the critical question: will Europe finally use its power?
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Paul Krugman is asking the critical question: will Europe finally use its power?
This is truly terrifying
When the government demands that an institution provides a list of all the Jewish employees, the outcome is never a good one
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Penn Calls Government’s Demand for Lists of Jewish Staff ‘Disconcerting’
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
This is truly terrifying
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needs to be done Europe-wide.
and applied to US World Cup too - don't buy tickets
and applied to US World Cup too - don't buy tickets
Danish consumers have started to boycott U.S. products. UdenUSA, an app to identify U.S. products is now 4th most popular in the App Store.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Apps, der kan frasortere amerikanske varer, stryger til tops
Et stille oprør mod den amerikanske supermagt lurer i supermarkederne.
www.dr.dk
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM
needs to be done Europe-wide.
and applied to US World Cup too - don't buy tickets
and applied to US World Cup too - don't buy tickets
Danish consumers have started to boycott U.S. products. UdenUSA, an app to identify U.S. products is now 4th most popular in the App Store.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Apps, der kan frasortere amerikanske varer, stryger til tops
Et stille oprør mod den amerikanske supermagt lurer i supermarkederne.
www.dr.dk
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Danish consumers have started to boycott U.S. products. UdenUSA, an app to identify U.S. products is now 4th most popular in the App Store.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Merz calculating whether to hit Trump back
He should consider
1. If Trump + big tech algos continue boosting AfD in to power, won’t AfD Govt find a way to jail Merz?
2. Can German car industry replace lost exports to the US with Euro military production?
3. US midterms too far away.
Punch hard
He should consider
1. If Trump + big tech algos continue boosting AfD in to power, won’t AfD Govt find a way to jail Merz?
2. Can German car industry replace lost exports to the US with Euro military production?
3. US midterms too far away.
Punch hard
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Merz calculating whether to hit Trump back
He should consider
1. If Trump + big tech algos continue boosting AfD in to power, won’t AfD Govt find a way to jail Merz?
2. Can German car industry replace lost exports to the US with Euro military production?
3. US midterms too far away.
Punch hard
He should consider
1. If Trump + big tech algos continue boosting AfD in to power, won’t AfD Govt find a way to jail Merz?
2. Can German car industry replace lost exports to the US with Euro military production?
3. US midterms too far away.
Punch hard
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
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Gov. Newsom at Davos rips into world leaders who think they can appease Trump: “I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders.…this is pathetic”
January 20, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Gov. Newsom at Davos rips into world leaders who think they can appease Trump: “I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders.…this is pathetic”
Bravo to Tusk, Poland’s PM.
(Though European leaders should stop using X to announce their defiance)
(Though European leaders should stop using X to announce their defiance)
January 20, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Bravo to Tusk, Poland’s PM.
(Though European leaders should stop using X to announce their defiance)
(Though European leaders should stop using X to announce their defiance)
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I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.