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krisshrishak.bsky.social
The excellent @shamimmalekmian.bsky.social @dublininquirer.com
whose earlier piece triggered our investigation has also written about this

www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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abeba.bsky.social
"The Minister states that “the chatbot was tested extensively...checking responses to “55 questions out of which 53 were deemed successful"

Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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krisshrishak.bsky.social
The bottom of the article has some of the errors. As @wendylyon.bsky.social who identified these errors emphasises, these are only a selection of errors.

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wendylyon.bsky.social Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.bsky.social · 3d
You can read a selection of my criticisms of the chatbot’s replies (I emphasise, merely a selection) here
krisshrishak.bsky.social Kris Shrishak @krisshrishak.bsky.social · 3d
Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.

@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social

www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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krisshrishak.bsky.social
And the department is not immune to the #AIHype.

One of the documents received through FOI requests makes this claim:

“Copilot doesn’t just connect ChatGPT with Microsoft 365,” but it “turn[s] your words into the most powerful productivity tool on the planet.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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krisshrishak.bsky.social
Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.

@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social

www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Department of Justice chatbots mislead people seeking information
Irish Department of Justice internalises the AI hype and takes no responsibility for misleading chatbots.
www.iccl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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dublininquirer.com
A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online. Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy. www.dublininquirer.c...
Two people, seen from behind, in silhouette, stand looking at a poster saying "Who's getting tracked? And by whom?" that is part of an exhibition on data brokers.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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shamimmalekmian.bsky.social
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice? It has now retired its asylum chatbot Erin, but has infused Tara, the non-asylum immigration chatbot with AI. Read more here www.dublininquirer.com/was-the-depa...
Was the Department of Justice using experimental chatbots to give immigration advice?
“The public should not be used as guinea pigs, particularly vulnerable groups in a legal process which could be impacted by a chatbot giving an incorrect answer.”
www.dublininquirer.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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wendylyon.bsky.social
I can’t begin to tell you how bad this chatbot is
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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iccl.bsky.social
EU governments will soon vote on whether they support the "Chat Control" bill. If passed, then every message you send will be scanned for child abuse material, even on encrypted apps like WhatsApp — undermining the privacy and security of everyone in the EU ➡️ www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-an...
ICCL and DRI welcome Justice Committee's concerns about proposed EU law which could lead to mass surveillance of private messages and emails
The proposed EU law could mandate the monitoring of virtually all public and private digital communications
www.iccl.ie
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
We told the DPC about this. It has known for years.
But yesterday it released this in a statement - perhaps in an attempt to absolve itself from the location scandal shown on national TV recently.
The statement is incorrect.
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
Screenshot from their website shows where a person is, and where they were on what previous days.
Google and other major RTB players are shown as sources for their worldwide data.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
After 8 years of inaction, the DPC now claims that RTB adtech does not provide location data to dodgy firms.
Wrong.
Meet "Patternz" for example:
An Israeli surveillance tool built on RTB data that provides a targeted individual's coordinates and "driving path" www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
olgacronin.bsky.social
Here's a video explaining how Chat Control surveillance would work by the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy...

fair.tube/w/72DCPMByyS...

#speirgorm
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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signal.org
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
olgacronin.bsky.social
I just emailed Minister of Justice Jim O'Callaghan demanding Ireland does not support the new Chat Control bill - a mass surveillance, encryption-breaking and anonymity-ending law: Will you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...
Stop EU Chat Control
I just emailed Minister of Justice Jim O'Callaghan demanding Ireland does not support the new Chat Control bill which lets the EU read all of your WhatsApp and Signal messages without encryption. Will...
action.uplift.ie
October 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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lamhfada.bsky.social
I just emailed Minister of Justice Jim O'Callaghan demanding Ireland does not support the new Chat Control bill which lets the EU read all of your WhatsApp and Signal messages without encryption. Will you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/st...

#Spéirghorm #Ireland #ChatControl
Stop EU Chat Control
I just emailed Minister of Justice Jim O'Callaghan demanding Ireland does not support the new Chat Control bill which lets the EU read all of your WhatsApp and Signal messages without encryption. Will...
action.uplift.ie
October 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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tupped.bsky.social
Sorry, but this is some old baloney. But also, I have GDPR questions about the emergance of this story.
October 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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ccc.de
Chat Control would make it mandatory for service providers to scan all communications & files. There’s no system that’s only for the “good guys” www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... #chatkontrolle
Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped
The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat…
www.eff.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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greens-efa.eu
Stop #ChatControl: Why scanning all our private messages is a very bad idea. Learn what you can do to stop it.

We are now 🔴 live with our MEP @marketkag.bsky.social and experts from Signal, CDT & more. 👇
Stop Chat Control: Why scanning all our private messages is a very bad idea
The government should not have access to all the messages or photos you send. Period. Scanning all messages, photos and files, without consent or even suspicion is a major breach of our right to…
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September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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iccl.bsky.social
Women's Aid, the Garda Representative Association (GRA) and the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) have called for action to be taken to address the sale of smartphone location data by brokers in the #AdTech industry ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
September 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
On @antonsavage.bsky.social NewsTalk Radio this morning:
We warned Helen McEntee (then Minister for Justice) five years ago about Data Protection Commission's refusal to stop the flow of data about Irish people to data brokers - as now exposed by RTE Prime Time.

www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wa...
ICCL warned watchdog about sale of Irish sexual abuse survivors’ data in 2020 — but DPC and minister did nothing
In 2020, ICCL went undercover and purchased data identifying 200 Irish people tagged as survivors of sexual abuse. The findings were handed to the Data Protection Commission and the Minister for Justi...
www.iccl.ie
September 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
olgacronin.bsky.social
In light of RTÉ Prime Time exposé, @johnnyryan.bsky.social spoke today on radio about how in 2020 he bought similar data identifying 200 Irish people tagged as sex abuse survivors. He gave evidence of this - and more - to DPC and Justice Minister... but nothing happened.

www.iccl.ie/news/iccl-wa...
ICCL warned watchdog about sale of Irish sexual abuse survivors’ data in 2020 — but DPC and minister did nothing
In 2020, ICCL went undercover and purchased data identifying 200 Irish people tagged as survivors of sexual abuse. The findings were handed to the Data Protection Commission and the Minister for Justi...
www.iccl.ie
September 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
NEW

Has the government overreached in using terrorism law against Palestine Action?

A disclosed MI5 document indicates that the basis for proscription may be weak

By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The New York Times has now published a document which sets out the government’s basis for the proscription. This is the “open” version of the MI5 assessment that has been placed before the courts in litigation challenging the proscription. The judges would also see a “closed” version with material not to be placed in the public domain. One hopes the “closed” version is a far more impressive document than the one published, which is a flimsy and unconvincing piece of work. The assessment even admits—twice—that most of the activity of Palestine Action cannot be called terrorism. The document overall reads as if it has been compiled backwards, intending to justify a conclusion that needed to be reached. If so, it will not be the first intelligence document to have been created in such a way. The assessment relies on the group having caused “serious” property damage, which is the relevant statutory test. The problem here is that the spraying of paint and graffiti by the group does not meet the threshold of seriousness. The document also relies on “open source” estimates of the cost of damage which, if one looks at the cited sources, trace back to a claim which the police themselves put to arrested protesters in interview. As such there is a certain circularity: the state is relying on the state claiming the damage is serious.
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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johnnyryan.bsky.social
Cantillon in the mornings Irish Times
September 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM