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Comment by paulryanrogers

4 days ago

Where can I read more about this?

Just based on my comment the search query "Ireland compliance haven" would work, but for a more specific one, "ireland DPC big tech before:2026". The "before" is needed because else you'll only get news from a week ago exuberantly claiming that they're changing their behaviour.

Handling of their cases [0]. Suing the EU when it instructs them to investigate Meta's breaches, rather than doing the investigation [1].

> Former Meta lobbyist Niamh Sweeney will co-lead the Irish Data Protection Commission from mid-October. [2]

> A corporate lawyer who has worked for Big Tech played a key role in picking [her].

The DPC is the one responsible for going after GDPR violations. On the level of "Saudi Aramco lobbyist will co-lead the Environmental Protection Board". A lobbyist for the single worst offender in the entire world. You couldn't make it up. If you put it in a movie people would say it's too on the nose.

[0] https://noyb.eu/en/project/dpa/dpc-ireland

[1] https://iapp.org/news/a/court-upholds-edpb-s-authority-after...

[2] https://www.politico.eu/article/big-tech-lawyer-key-in-picki...