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Outrage as Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief (euobserver.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 30 points 10 months ago

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    [–] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Possibly, yes. Set a thief to catch a thief.

    Personally I doubt the integrity of anyone working at Facebook.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    And they were a lobbyist. They weren't just a pretty functionary writing emails and getting coffee for the people in charge. They were actively and knowingly advocating for the abuses Meta is infamous for.

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    • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Now Ireland is Meta data so they would obviously need a Meta data protection chief.

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