Johnny Ryan
@johnnyryan.bsky.social
Director of ICCL Enforce https://iccl.ie/Enforce Previously Chief Policy Officer of Brave. FRHistS.
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
https://ie.linkedin.com/in/johnnyryan1
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.
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
This new Trump demand is a test for Europe. Read @davekeating.substack.com. He has been consistently excellent on what Europe must do.
In my view, all cards must be on the table. Even painful ones, as I said in The Guardian in December www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In my view, all cards must be on the table. Even painful ones, as I said in The Guardian in December www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan
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
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This new Trump demand is a test for Europe. Read @davekeating.substack.com. He has been consistently excellent on what Europe must do.
In my view, all cards must be on the table. Even painful ones, as I said in The Guardian in December www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In my view, all cards must be on the table. Even painful ones, as I said in The Guardian in December www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Precisely
This is it, Europe. It's now or never.
Do you want to be vassal states of America, or do you want to be sovereign?
The choices you make at this moment will determine your future for decades.
Do you want to be vassal states of America, or do you want to be sovereign?
The choices you make at this moment will determine your future for decades.
January 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Precisely
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These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
Trump now tariffing EU if Greenland is not ceded. Macron is now rightly pushing to deploy Europe’s Trade Bazooka. As I wrote in The Guardian months ago this is long overdue.
My call in October —> www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Macron today —> www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
My call in October —> www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Macron today —> www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan
The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Trump now tariffing EU if Greenland is not ceded. Macron is now rightly pushing to deploy Europe’s Trade Bazooka. As I wrote in The Guardian months ago this is long overdue.
My call in October —> www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Macron today —> www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
My call in October —> www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Macron today —> www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the IETF. Today, nearly 8000 IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups and every day billions of people use technologies developed in the IETF. https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
January 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the IETF. Today, nearly 8000 IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups and every day billions of people use technologies developed in the IETF. https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
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Headline: German Nazis flood US seeking support from Trump, Musk, Thiel.
I had relatives who put their lives on the line to fight Nazis and protect American freedom.
www.ft.com/content/7550...
I had relatives who put their lives on the line to fight Nazis and protect American freedom.
www.ft.com/content/7550...
German far right courts Donald Trump and Maga in hunt for powerful friends
AfD officials, worried their party might be banned at home for extremism, have made repeated visits to the US
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Headline: German Nazis flood US seeking support from Trump, Musk, Thiel.
I had relatives who put their lives on the line to fight Nazis and protect American freedom.
www.ft.com/content/7550...
I had relatives who put their lives on the line to fight Nazis and protect American freedom.
www.ft.com/content/7550...
Europe is caught in a pincer.
Digital ethics is now a fighting sport, rather than an abstract concept.
Digital ethics is now a fighting sport, rather than an abstract concept.
January 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Europe is caught in a pincer.
Digital ethics is now a fighting sport, rather than an abstract concept.
Digital ethics is now a fighting sport, rather than an abstract concept.
This is a mad thing to say in privacy policy for a home alarm / security camera monitoring app (Alarm.com)
Paraphrasing the highlighted text -
“We will not your data with others … unless ‘necessary’ for our business”
Paraphrasing the highlighted text -
“We will not your data with others … unless ‘necessary’ for our business”
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is a mad thing to say in privacy policy for a home alarm / security camera monitoring app (Alarm.com)
Paraphrasing the highlighted text -
“We will not your data with others … unless ‘necessary’ for our business”
Paraphrasing the highlighted text -
“We will not your data with others … unless ‘necessary’ for our business”
Irish political leaders cannot claim that we need new law before the Grok CSAM machine can be shut down
Here is a table of available law to protect our children—>
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Here is a table of available law to protect our children—>
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Irish political leaders cannot claim that we need new law before the Grok CSAM machine can be shut down
Here is a table of available law to protect our children—>
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Here is a table of available law to protect our children—>
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
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“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.
January 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
“So now you have the Gardaí, the AI Minister and multiple legal experts including @iccl.bsky.social saying the legislation is all there already - it’s going to be increasingly difficult for the Government not to take a position on this”.
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There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
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Once more, Walsh saying "we have the legislation".
The suggestion from politicians in recent days that this is some problem that is beyond us as a society and state to deal with is falling apart here.
The suggestion from politicians in recent days that this is some problem that is beyond us as a society and state to deal with is falling apart here.
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Once more, Walsh saying "we have the legislation".
The suggestion from politicians in recent days that this is some problem that is beyond us as a society and state to deal with is falling apart here.
The suggestion from politicians in recent days that this is some problem that is beyond us as a society and state to deal with is falling apart here.
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A reminder: it doesn't have to be this way.
Mexico has a hell of a lot more to lose than Europe by angering Trump. Yet this is the response of its president just now.
This isn't a global phenomenon. Why have Europeans proven to be so uniquely cowardly over the past year?
Mexico has a hell of a lot more to lose than Europe by angering Trump. Yet this is the response of its president just now.
This isn't a global phenomenon. Why have Europeans proven to be so uniquely cowardly over the past year?
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
A reminder: it doesn't have to be this way.
Mexico has a hell of a lot more to lose than Europe by angering Trump. Yet this is the response of its president just now.
This isn't a global phenomenon. Why have Europeans proven to be so uniquely cowardly over the past year?
Mexico has a hell of a lot more to lose than Europe by angering Trump. Yet this is the response of its president just now.
This isn't a global phenomenon. Why have Europeans proven to be so uniquely cowardly over the past year?
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Yes, just a little strange...
"It sounds a little strange, but I was explaining to (Zelensky). President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity, and other things at very low prices," Trump said.
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Yes, just a little strange...