Irish Gov Makes Critizising Big Tech and Irish DPC a Crime
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The proposal is that where the Irish DPC gives confidential information to somebody as part of an investigation, it can instruct that person not to leak the information it gave. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2023-06-2...
It's possible to oppose the amendment without putting a dishonest spin on it like "Irish Gov Makes critizising Big Tech and Irish DPC a Crime."
This particular headline makes an honest appeal to your emotions.
The US FTC has the same power, except the instruction must be signed by an in-house judge and the proposed amendment should have a similar safeguard.
If the headline was something like "Irish Gov Proposes Law With Inadequate Safeguards", I'd agree with it, but "Irish Gov Makes Critizising Big Tech and Irish DPC a Crime" is a false statement.
Based on a quick scan, I'm not convinced that the draft bill text matches the article text either, and the blatantly sensationalist headline makes it kind of hard to trust them to be honest about summarizing that text.
Like, sure, I get it. Writing an honest headline would make it harder to rile up a mob. But if the law is as bad as they claim it is, surely it is possible to describe that honestly and still have it be effective.
The ICCL is the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. They're fully independent of the government and are funded by memberships. If you're an Irish citizen they're well worth supporting (only €40 per annum). I'm a member.
I wonder what the cost/quid pro quo was to get that up.
- It's the only one reporting this.
- If you read the amendment it doesn't actually appear to match the claim.
You can't criticize if you can't talk about their wrong doings because they declared them confidential.
> The Amendment has to be approved by the Irish Parliament on Wednesday.
It’s a real stretch to say a government making or amending a bill that has to be approved by Parliament is “making something illegal”. That’s too much artistic license. Moreover, it hasn’t happened yet
For e.g. aviation
https://www.irishtimes.com/special-reports/aviation-finance/...
> It is estimated that Ireland commands a 60 per cent share of the global leasing market, with more than 50 aircraft leasing companies including 14 of the world’s top 15 lessors based here.
> The Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the national independent authority responsible for upholding the fundamental right of individuals in the EU to have their personal data protected.
> The DPC is the Irish supervisory authority for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and also has functions and powers related to other important regulatory frameworks including the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (2011) and the EU Directive known as the Law Enforcement Directive.