So on the surface with the headline it does look alarming. When i first read it , I went uh oh.
However if you look at the DPCs cv you will see lots of depth beyond tech in media , government and in charities.
There are lots of checks and balances and oversight in the data commission. The people in big tech should be more concerned as this person knows how they operate internally !
Poacher has become the gamekeeper!
>outrage
Sounds serious…..
>Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Oh ok, nvm. Non story
What could possibly go wrong?
The Irish government are too busy congratulating themselves on being brilliant to realise whats actually going on.
Another fox hired to protect chickens
This was an insane appointment.
Meta have an appalling regulatory record, and how their former lead lobbyist in Ireland should be appointed to a leadership position in one of the key institutions regulating them is beyond belief.
I find it revealing that there are quite a number of people on here who seem to think it’s ok. What is these people’s thinking? Here are the possibilities,I can come up with:
(a) Ireland is reliant on FDI from the tech sector so it’s ok to send a message to tech companies that the regulator will give them a sympathetic ear?
If this is the case, it’s unnecessary. The DPC strike fear into no one. Meta get so many tax benefits out of being here that they are not going anywhere else in the EU. You don’t need to broadcast that you’re bent!
(b) There’s no problem with the revolving door. People are detached professionals. They can just switch from one side of the fence/argument to the other and execute their responsibilities with the same diligence, unaffected by their previous, roles, mentalities, and social universe.
I have a very nice bridge, if you’re interested, lightly used…
(c) All this data protection stuff is just bluster anyway. Let the market rule.
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Regulatory capture
So on the surface with the headline it does look alarming. When i first read it , I went uh oh.
However if you look at the DPCs cv you will see lots of depth beyond tech in media , government and in charities.
There are lots of checks and balances and oversight in the data commission. The people in big tech should be more concerned as this person knows how they operate internally !
Poacher has become the gamekeeper!
>outrage
Sounds serious…..
>Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Oh ok, nvm. Non story
What could possibly go wrong?
The Irish government are too busy congratulating themselves on being brilliant to realise whats actually going on.
Another fox hired to protect chickens
This was an insane appointment.
Meta have an appalling regulatory record, and how their former lead lobbyist in Ireland should be appointed to a leadership position in one of the key institutions regulating them is beyond belief.
I find it revealing that there are quite a number of people on here who seem to think it’s ok. What is these people’s thinking? Here are the possibilities,I can come up with:
(a) Ireland is reliant on FDI from the tech sector so it’s ok to send a message to tech companies that the regulator will give them a sympathetic ear?
If this is the case, it’s unnecessary. The DPC strike fear into no one. Meta get so many tax benefits out of being here that they are not going anywhere else in the EU. You don’t need to broadcast that you’re bent!
(b) There’s no problem with the revolving door. People are detached professionals. They can just switch from one side of the fence/argument to the other and execute their responsibilities with the same diligence, unaffected by their previous, roles, mentalities, and social universe.
I have a very nice bridge, if you’re interested, lightly used…
(c) All this data protection stuff is just bluster anyway. Let the market rule.
Apologists, please explain!
Oh FFS.
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