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

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.

  • Telorand@reddthat.com
    8·
    1 day ago

    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

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
      6·
      7 hours ago

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

      Personally I doubt the integrity of anyone working at Facebook.

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        2·
        4 hours 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.