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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🇪🇺💪 Good news: 🔒 Greens/Pirates & Left file amendments to end #ChatControl 1.0 mass scanning! ✅🔥
We need to win the majority in the LIBE committee now – this is our chance!
Ask your MEPs: Are you for or against #chatcontrol? ✊⚡
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool
We need to win the majority in the LIBE committee now – this is our chance!
Ask your MEPs: Are you for or against #chatcontrol? ✊⚡
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool
February 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
🇪🇺💪 Good news: 🔒 Greens/Pirates & Left file amendments to end #ChatControl 1.0 mass scanning! ✅🔥
We need to win the majority in the LIBE committee now – this is our chance!
Ask your MEPs: Are you for or against #chatcontrol? ✊⚡
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool
We need to win the majority in the LIBE committee now – this is our chance!
Ask your MEPs: Are you for or against #chatcontrol? ✊⚡
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool
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Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. nyti.ms/3Os1oxf
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
And this was the company’s cynical view on when, and how, to do it:
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Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
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"The names of donors in Northern Ireland are automatically withheld due to Troubles-era rules which sought to protect their security".
Such arrangements were made on the assumption that the DUP wouldn't be funding political advertising in England.
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Such arrangements were made on the assumption that the DUP wouldn't be funding political advertising in England.
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£425k DUP Brexit drive funded by pro-Union donor
The DUP has confirmed that it received £425,000 from a group of business people led by a Scottish Conservative party member and passed it on to help fund the UK pro-Brexit campaign.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"The names of donors in Northern Ireland are automatically withheld due to Troubles-era rules which sought to protect their security".
Such arrangements were made on the assumption that the DUP wouldn't be funding political advertising in England.
share.google/okT8SFSYoeKK...
Such arrangements were made on the assumption that the DUP wouldn't be funding political advertising in England.
share.google/okT8SFSYoeKK...
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Ian Paisley Jr inviting Erika Kirk to Northern Ireland and wanting to set up a branch of Turning Point there should be a bigger story given the DUP's murky funding of advertising etc back in the Brexit referendum.
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Ian Paisley Jr inviting Erika Kirk to Northern Ireland and wanting to set up a branch of Turning Point there should be a bigger story given the DUP's murky funding of advertising etc back in the Brexit referendum.
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On the one hand I think there are several structural factors that have brought Orbán to a reckoning; on the other, I choose to believe the prospect of a re-democratisation of Hungary is down to Troy Parrott.
Irish striker’s late goal ended Hungary’s campaign and punctured the prime minister’s expensive sporting vision
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
February 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
On the one hand I think there are several structural factors that have brought Orbán to a reckoning; on the other, I choose to believe the prospect of a re-democratisation of Hungary is down to Troy Parrott.
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Fellow journalists, instead of looking over there -- where Elon points as he burbles about sci fi inanities like launching his satellites by giant catapult -- look over here, and tell us what he's *actually doing* www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Fellow journalists, instead of looking over there -- where Elon points as he burbles about sci fi inanities like launching his satellites by giant catapult -- look over here, and tell us what he's *actually doing* www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Discord recently announced that many more users will need to scan their face or upload ID, verifying their age so they can continue to access parts of the platform. Someone quickly made a tool that they say bypasses it with a simple 3D model you control
www.404media.co/free-tool-sa...
www.404media.co/free-tool-sa...
Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification Check With a 3D Model
The tool presents users with a 3D model they can then manipulate to, the creator says, bypass Discord's age verification system.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Discord recently announced that many more users will need to scan their face or upload ID, verifying their age so they can continue to access parts of the platform. Someone quickly made a tool that they say bypasses it with a simple 3D model you control
www.404media.co/free-tool-sa...
www.404media.co/free-tool-sa...
Fascinating case study here for anyone interested in open justice and data protection.
UK's Ministry of Justice orders deletion of court reporting database founded by Irish journalist share.google/pnHyYQ5L4h0C...
UK's Ministry of Justice orders deletion of court reporting database founded by Irish journalist
The Labour Party has been accused of ‘wanting to make it harder for journalists to report the truth’.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Fascinating case study here for anyone interested in open justice and data protection.
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UK's Ministry of Justice orders deletion of court reporting database founded by Irish journalist share.google/pnHyYQ5L4h0C...
UK's Ministry of Justice orders deletion of court reporting database founded by Irish journalist
The Labour Party has been accused of ‘wanting to make it harder for journalists to report the truth’.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
UK's Ministry of Justice orders deletion of court reporting database founded by Irish journalist share.google/pnHyYQ5L4h0C...
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by the 2030s you’ll be showing zoomers in their 30s how to use file systems
it is the year 2026, I am approaching my mid-30s, and I am still helping older colleagues with basic computer tasks such as converting a word doc to a PDF
I expect to do so until they’re all dead
I expect to do so until they’re all dead
February 11, 2026 at 8:33 PM
by the 2030s you’ll be showing zoomers in their 30s how to use file systems
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I have been a little surprised that this shoe hadn't dropped already. The more that businesses become seen as extensions of a particular government's interests, the less that many other governments will want to have any relationship to them. See also the CapGemini brouhaha.
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I have been a little surprised that this shoe hadn't dropped already. The more that businesses become seen as extensions of a particular government's interests, the less that many other governments will want to have any relationship to them. See also the CapGemini brouhaha.
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When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
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"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
www.newscase.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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“Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed”
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Government bodies need to get off X, now
Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed, writes Clare O'Donoghue Velikic
www.irishexaminer.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed”
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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🇪🇺🚨 TODAY is do or die: Will the EU majority SUPPORT suspicionless mass scanning of your private chats?
Every call, every email counts right now!
Use this updated message to MEPs: ✍️
👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool #chatcontrol
If you care, they will.
Every call, every email counts right now!
Use this updated message to MEPs: ✍️
👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool #chatcontrol
If you care, they will.
fightchatcontrol.eu
fightchatcontrol.eu
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
🇪🇺🚨 TODAY is do or die: Will the EU majority SUPPORT suspicionless mass scanning of your private chats?
Every call, every email counts right now!
Use this updated message to MEPs: ✍️
👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool #chatcontrol
If you care, they will.
Every call, every email counts right now!
Use this updated message to MEPs: ✍️
👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool #chatcontrol
If you care, they will.
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Russia's FSB, trickling out new purported details of the alleged attackers of GRU Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev: the shooter was recruited by Ukraine's SBU last Aug.; was trained at a Kyiv shooting range; was promised $30K. His accomplice was allegedly a Navalny supporter. (caveat lector etc.)
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Russia's FSB, trickling out new purported details of the alleged attackers of GRU Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev: the shooter was recruited by Ukraine's SBU last Aug.; was trained at a Kyiv shooting range; was promised $30K. His accomplice was allegedly a Navalny supporter. (caveat lector etc.)
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FSB putting the word out on the street it costs less than a Kia Sorento to murder the deputy head of the GRU
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM
FSB putting the word out on the street it costs less than a Kia Sorento to murder the deputy head of the GRU
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CJEU, EU data protection law
New judgment: European Data Protection Board decision obliging national data protection authorities to penalise WhatsApp for GDPR breaches can be challenged by WhatsApp - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
The merits of the challenge will now be decided by EU General Court
New judgment: European Data Protection Board decision obliging national data protection authorities to penalise WhatsApp for GDPR breaches can be challenged by WhatsApp - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
The merits of the challenge will now be decided by EU General Court
curia.europa.eu
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 AM
CJEU, EU data protection law
New judgment: European Data Protection Board decision obliging national data protection authorities to penalise WhatsApp for GDPR breaches can be challenged by WhatsApp - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
The merits of the challenge will now be decided by EU General Court
New judgment: European Data Protection Board decision obliging national data protection authorities to penalise WhatsApp for GDPR breaches can be challenged by WhatsApp - curia.europa.eu/site/upload/...
The merits of the challenge will now be decided by EU General Court
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“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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A social media ban is effectively a ban on having friends who don't live nearby, which is what most under-16s use it for. For some kids, those friends are a lifeline
February 7, 2026 at 9:05 AM
A social media ban is effectively a ban on having friends who don't live nearby, which is what most under-16s use it for. For some kids, those friends are a lifeline
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These bans are short-sighted and inhumane and pushed by people who do not understand the complexity of social media
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:56 AM
These bans are short-sighted and inhumane and pushed by people who do not understand the complexity of social media
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I wrote on Russia's cyber-attack against Poland's energy system in December, why it suggests a more aggressive Russian approach to disrupting critical infrastructure in Europe, and why the involvement of the FSB, Russia's security service, is bad news. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
Russia’s sabotage campaign is becoming bolder
Hacks against Polish energy plants suggest the FSB is involved
www.economist.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I wrote on Russia's cyber-attack against Poland's energy system in December, why it suggests a more aggressive Russian approach to disrupting critical infrastructure in Europe, and why the involvement of the FSB, Russia's security service, is bad news. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
Good thread on (even more!) risks with Ring intercoms.
Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Good thread on (even more!) risks with Ring intercoms.