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
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.
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?
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)
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...
European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath is under tough questioning from Claire McEvoy on the ICCL stage right now
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
European Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath is under tough questioning from Claire McEvoy on the ICCL stage right now
Good reporting by Irish Times’ Jack Power www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Good reporting by Irish Times’ Jack Power www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Watching the European Commission’s press conference now.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Watching the European Commission’s press conference now.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
Virkkunen still talking about “self assessment” by U.S. tech firms of the risks they pose European society.
This is deeply unserious.
Europes Democracy Shield: We needed to see both new measures that would protect democracy against US social media algorithms.
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Europes Democracy Shield: We needed to see both new measures that would protect democracy against US social media algorithms.
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath did not deliver them.
Europe remains largely defenceless. This will cost us.
Pic from www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Recommender algorithms controlled by unfriendly foreign powers threaten democracy and security. They artificially boost authoritarians and break society apart. They silence the rest of us.
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Recommender algorithms controlled by unfriendly foreign powers threaten democracy and security. They artificially boost authoritarians and break society apart. They silence the rest of us.
This seems an u nreasonable request, no?
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This seems an u nreasonable request, no?
Our complaint v Ireland is in the FT newsletter this morning
Details of complaint --> www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Details of complaint --> www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Our complaint v Ireland is in the FT newsletter this morning
Details of complaint --> www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Details of complaint --> www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Irish Justice Minister:
"The sale of data by Real-Time Bidding platforms is NOT ILLEGAL..."
This is wild. There is no way RTB data sale is legal as it currently operated.
www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...
"The sale of data by Real-Time Bidding platforms is NOT ILLEGAL..."
This is wild. There is no way RTB data sale is legal as it currently operated.
www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...
October 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Irish Justice Minister:
"The sale of data by Real-Time Bidding platforms is NOT ILLEGAL..."
This is wild. There is no way RTB data sale is legal as it currently operated.
www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...
"The sale of data by Real-Time Bidding platforms is NOT ILLEGAL..."
This is wild. There is no way RTB data sale is legal as it currently operated.
www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=20...
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announces award goes to Venezuelan opposition leader for opposing authoritarianism
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee announces award goes to Venezuelan opposition leader for opposing authoritarianism
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...
The U.S. FTC chair said that ICCL's report on the national security threat of RTB data was the impetus for the FTC's investigation and enforcement against the data broker Mobilewalla collecting RTB location data www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The U.S. FTC chair said that ICCL's report on the national security threat of RTB data was the impetus for the FTC's investigation and enforcement against the data broker Mobilewalla collecting RTB location data www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
In fact European authorities - including the DPC - have confirmed that RTB does indeed expose people’s location data and movements to data brokers in a binding Article 60 Decision.
See Art 60 Decision of 2/2/2022, EDPB, para 515 www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
See Art 60 Decision of 2/2/2022, EDPB, para 515 www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
October 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
In fact European authorities - including the DPC - have confirmed that RTB does indeed expose people’s location data and movements to data brokers in a binding Article 60 Decision.
See Art 60 Decision of 2/2/2022, EDPB, para 515 www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
See Art 60 Decision of 2/2/2022, EDPB, para 515 www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files...
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.
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
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.
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.
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...
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
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...
Google and other major RTB players are shown as sources for their worldwide data.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
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...
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
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...
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...
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in 1948
"The only hope lay in the revival of democracy as a fighting faith"
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
"The only hope lay in the revival of democracy as a fighting faith"
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
September 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in 1948
"The only hope lay in the revival of democracy as a fighting faith"
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
"The only hope lay in the revival of democracy as a fighting faith"
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes....
From @moonalice.com in The Guardian today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
From @moonalice.com in The Guardian today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In 2020 we handed the Minister for Justice & DPC evidence that that data on Irish victims of sexual abuse, of HIV/AIDS, and others were for sale from data brokers.
We warned that the DPC's refusal to act against the Real-Time Bidding data source since 2017 was the cause.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
We warned that the DPC's refusal to act against the Real-Time Bidding data source since 2017 was the cause.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In 2020 we handed the Minister for Justice & DPC evidence that that data on Irish victims of sexual abuse, of HIV/AIDS, and others were for sale from data brokers.
We warned that the DPC's refusal to act against the Real-Time Bidding data source since 2017 was the cause.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
We warned that the DPC's refusal to act against the Real-Time Bidding data source since 2017 was the cause.
www.iccl.ie/wp-content/u...
Cantillon in the mornings Irish Times
September 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Cantillon in the mornings Irish Times
The issue is not that people don't read terms and conditions.
1. The massive data free-for-all in online ads ("RTB") makes it impossible to obtain lawful consent. (See industry admission that RTB is incompatible with consent)
2. The DPC knew all of this since 2017 and refused to act.
1. The massive data free-for-all in online ads ("RTB") makes it impossible to obtain lawful consent. (See industry admission that RTB is incompatible with consent)
2. The DPC knew all of this since 2017 and refused to act.
September 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The issue is not that people don't read terms and conditions.
1. The massive data free-for-all in online ads ("RTB") makes it impossible to obtain lawful consent. (See industry admission that RTB is incompatible with consent)
2. The DPC knew all of this since 2017 and refused to act.
1. The massive data free-for-all in online ads ("RTB") makes it impossible to obtain lawful consent. (See industry admission that RTB is incompatible with consent)
2. The DPC knew all of this since 2017 and refused to act.