Outrage as Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief
Outrage as Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief
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Outrage as Ireland picks ex-Meta lobbyist as new data protection chief
Civil society is outraged by Ireland data protection agency — the key one in the EU — picking a former Meta lobbyist as its new commissioner.
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.