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.
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The idea that you’d need to upload your passport (or equivalent digital ID) to wish your auntie happy birthday on Facebook, or send a WhatsApp, will make for an interesting national debate.
Maybe entering a new era of ‘mandatory but not compulsory’ for national IDs in Ireland.
Maybe entering a new era of ‘mandatory but not compulsory’ for national IDs in Ireland.
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The idea that you’d need to upload your passport (or equivalent digital ID) to wish your auntie happy birthday on Facebook, or send a WhatsApp, will make for an interesting national debate.
Maybe entering a new era of ‘mandatory but not compulsory’ for national IDs in Ireland.
Maybe entering a new era of ‘mandatory but not compulsory’ for national IDs in Ireland.
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I don’t know how many book contracts I’ve signed over the years, but it’s well over 50. Even with an expert agent, I had to read each one carefully. Never, ever, EVER rely on an LLM to interpret a contract for you. There’s a reason that lawyers are regularly humiliated in court for relying on them.
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
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Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
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Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
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December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I don’t know how many book contracts I’ve signed over the years, but it’s well over 50. Even with an expert agent, I had to read each one carefully. Never, ever, EVER rely on an LLM to interpret a contract for you. There’s a reason that lawyers are regularly humiliated in court for relying on them.
I'm quoted in the Irish Times on the risks of travelling to the US once it starts demanding 5 years of social media data for visa waivers. TL;DR - if you must travel to the US and don't want to risk ending up in an airport cell, preclearance is your best option.
Is Trump’s plan to seek five years of social media history for a visitor visa workable?
AI will enable officials to get quick answers from large amounts of data, which could be bad news for Trump critics
www.irishtimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm quoted in the Irish Times on the risks of travelling to the US once it starts demanding 5 years of social media data for visa waivers. TL;DR - if you must travel to the US and don't want to risk ending up in an airport cell, preclearance is your best option.
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I have donated €100 to @hateaid.org today, but there are also many others (see e.g. edri.org/about-us/our... or noyb.eu) that will come under more and more pressure by the US in the next year(s).
Organisations Archive - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
edri.org
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I have donated €100 to @hateaid.org today, but there are also many others (see e.g. edri.org/about-us/our... or noyb.eu) that will come under more and more pressure by the US in the next year(s).
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The "sanctions" against heads of European NGOs for simply doing there job under the law on #HateSpeech (where much was outsourced by the industry to "trusted flagers" and alike) is another level and is obviously very close to home @noyb.eu. It's urgent to support your local Digital Rights NGOs.
December 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The "sanctions" against heads of European NGOs for simply doing there job under the law on #HateSpeech (where much was outsourced by the industry to "trusted flagers" and alike) is another level and is obviously very close to home @noyb.eu. It's urgent to support your local Digital Rights NGOs.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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If the US wants to sanction an EU Commissioner for work he did to restrict the spread of extremism in the EU then that is a decision that must have consequences, incl reciprocal denial of visas - not least for the leaders of tech companies who lobby the White House to undermine the EU / EU law
France foreign minister: ‘France strongly condemns the visa restriction imposed by the United States against Thierry Breton, former minister and European Commissioner, and 4 other European figures. The Digital Services Act (DSA) was democratically adopted in Europe so that what
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If the US wants to sanction an EU Commissioner for work he did to restrict the spread of extremism in the EU then that is a decision that must have consequences, incl reciprocal denial of visas - not least for the leaders of tech companies who lobby the White House to undermine the EU / EU law
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Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has been sanctioned by the United States for threatening Twitter with consequences for possible inaction on removal of illegal content and disinformation requirements. #Image(s) #EuropeanUnion
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December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has been sanctioned by the United States for threatening Twitter with consequences for possible inaction on removal of illegal content and disinformation requirements. #Image(s) #EuropeanUnion
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https://i.redd.it/eir5vtgu019g1.png
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In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In a major escalation against the EU, alongside civil society representatives the Trump Administration sanctions former Commissioner Breton for work he did in official capacity ↘️ www.state.gov/releases/off...
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The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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It's wild, truly. Speaking as an organizer, their strategy, organizing, and movement infrastructure development has been absolutely spectacular.
But they have placed decades of investment in the hands of absolute bunglers (Vought maybe being an exception).
An incredible gamble.
But they have placed decades of investment in the hands of absolute bunglers (Vought maybe being an exception).
An incredible gamble.
I'm mentioning this b/c the folks who hatched the grand theocratic plot to overthrow American pluralist democracy were smart & sophisticated. That's why it's so astonishing that the people they've picked to push the project across the finish line are such blathering idiots.
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's wild, truly. Speaking as an organizer, their strategy, organizing, and movement infrastructure development has been absolutely spectacular.
But they have placed decades of investment in the hands of absolute bunglers (Vought maybe being an exception).
An incredible gamble.
But they have placed decades of investment in the hands of absolute bunglers (Vought maybe being an exception).
An incredible gamble.
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Merry Christmas to the best the now deceased Irish Twitter had to offer. #Speirgorm
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Merry Christmas to the best the now deceased Irish Twitter had to offer. #Speirgorm
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CitizenGo’s attempted intervention in the presidential election was clumsy but remarkable: a foreign political organisation whose board includes a corrupt ex-politician linked to an international money laundering scheme tried to influence an Irish election
www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...
www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...
Foreign political organisation tried to interfere in Ireland
Its board includes a corrupt ex-politician linked to an international money laundering scheme.
www.ontheditch.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
CitizenGo’s attempted intervention in the presidential election was clumsy but remarkable: a foreign political organisation whose board includes a corrupt ex-politician linked to an international money laundering scheme tried to influence an Irish election
www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...
www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...
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Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Y’all know we have a tool for finding exactly these kinds of bad redactions, right? free.law/open-source-...
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Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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Meanwhile, the UK’s equivalent of the Dutch SyRi scandal (excessive data sharing and surveillance of benefit recipients, resulting in flat-out wrong and occasionally batshit errors) has been met not with government resignations but with a shrug.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Labour admits 60% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown
Exclusive: Scale of government’s anti-fraud fiasco is four times higher than previously admitted
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Meanwhile, the UK’s equivalent of the Dutch SyRi scandal (excessive data sharing and surveillance of benefit recipients, resulting in flat-out wrong and occasionally batshit errors) has been met not with government resignations but with a shrug.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog - www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... #ukgov is out of its tiny mind #encryption
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog - www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv... #ukgov is out of its tiny mind #encryption
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My entire X timeline is anti-EU posts from people I don't follow.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
My entire X timeline is anti-EU posts from people I don't follow.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
Even if I change it from 'for you' to 'following', it switches back to 'for you' each time I open the site.
X is being weaponised against the EU. And unfortunately X is still the public square for European journalists & politicians.
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US intelligence says Putin still aims to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim former Soviet territories in Europe, six sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
HUR Chief Budanov said Russia plans to occupy Baltic states by 2027, accelerated from 2030, and strike Poland without occupation, viewing the West as weak and indecisive.
December 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
US intelligence says Putin still aims to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim former Soviet territories in Europe, six sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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David Walliams just the latest in a long line of predatory dangers where the British media have sat on or killed stories that were already open secrets to enable them.
All whilst inventing stories to smear minority groups as dangers themselves.
An absolutely rotten industry.
All whilst inventing stories to smear minority groups as dangers themselves.
An absolutely rotten industry.
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
David Walliams just the latest in a long line of predatory dangers where the British media have sat on or killed stories that were already open secrets to enable them.
All whilst inventing stories to smear minority groups as dangers themselves.
An absolutely rotten industry.
All whilst inventing stories to smear minority groups as dangers themselves.
An absolutely rotten industry.
One for the tech law nerds: the Irish parliamentary committee on Justice has looked at the proposed legislation to give effect to the e-Evidence package and has human rights concerns. Featuring evidence from yours truly:
data.oireachtas.ie
December 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
One for the tech law nerds: the Irish parliamentary committee on Justice has looked at the proposed legislation to give effect to the e-Evidence package and has human rights concerns. Featuring evidence from yours truly:
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To all marveling at photos of NYT columnist David Brooks dining with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 years after Epstein finished his sentence for procuring a child for prostitution, here's what it was: the 2011 "Edge Billionaire's Dinner". Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were there too. 1/
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To all marveling at photos of NYT columnist David Brooks dining with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 years after Epstein finished his sentence for procuring a child for prostitution, here's what it was: the 2011 "Edge Billionaire's Dinner". Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were there too. 1/
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
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"The case, brought by Max Schrems in 2014, originally lasted 11 years and hit the Austrian Supreme Court three times and the CJEU two times. Mr Schrems was awarded €500 in damages" are we, as citizens and data subjects, fine with this? Meta definitely was, buying time and power...
noyb WIN: The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that Meta must give users full access to their data. All of Meta's claims of trade secrets or other limitations were rejected, leading to unprecedented access to the inner workings of Meta.
noyb.eu/en/austrian-...
noyb.eu/en/austrian-...
Austrian Supreme Court: Meta must give users full access to their data
The Austrian Supreme Court has issued a ruling in an 11-years long procedure against Meta
noyb.eu
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The case, brought by Max Schrems in 2014, originally lasted 11 years and hit the Austrian Supreme Court three times and the CJEU two times. Mr Schrems was awarded €500 in damages" are we, as citizens and data subjects, fine with this? Meta definitely was, buying time and power...
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This afternoon in the Dáil's last hours before it breaks for Christmas, the government will present new draft legislation which would give gardaí access to AI-powered surveillance.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 gives gardaí new powers to apply algorithms to images and video to find and categorise people using their biometric data.
This is AI-powered surveillance.
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
This is AI-powered surveillance.
data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...
data.oireachtas.ie
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This afternoon in the Dáil's last hours before it breaks for Christmas, the government will present new draft legislation which would give gardaí access to AI-powered surveillance.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
Our colleague @olgacronin.bsky.social lays out our many concerns about this legislation.
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Not good enough for Amazon Prime film recaps, and yet good enough to summarize your doctors visit. Good. Good, good, good.
Amazon Prime pulls AI-powered recaps after errors www.theverge.com/news/842978/... but the NHS continues to pilot an AI discharge summary tool based on Palantir's system (referred to in these minutes as the FDP - Federated Data Platform) www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/fe... 😷💻☠️
NHS England » Federated Data Platform Check and Challenge Group – minutes and action notes: 19 September 2025
NHS England » Federated Data Platform Check and Challenge Group – minutes and action notes: 19 September 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Not good enough for Amazon Prime film recaps, and yet good enough to summarize your doctors visit. Good. Good, good, good.