cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51617209
In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.



I mean, they used to work for a company that quite literally is built upon the practice of stealing people’s data and selling it to the highest bidder. Surely, that means they are the best person to know how to counter that, right? Right?!
/S