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But public perception doesn’t necessarily reflect actual levels of corruption. Having dodgy planning approved is not the same as buying a seat at the head of the government for a quarter billion dollars.

inamortyon Tesla sales in Europe down 45% in January

Religion has no place in school in that context

inamortyon Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn

The ban against protests was stated by the courts to have to be done case by case.

The headscarf ban is part of all religious symbols in public areas like schools and hospitals.

inamortyon X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum

If they fail to pay they will have their assets seized.

inamortyon EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control

Who is "they" and where is it being ignored? GDPR is quite clear on where it applies.

inamortyon Signal: Will leave the EU market rather than undermine our privacy guarantees

Do you have a front door to your house? Why? What can happen?

inamortyon Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

Sure thing: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20050210157/downloads/20...

inamortyon Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora

You could read a newspaper from the light in the middle of the night during the Carrington event, so not comparable at all.

inamortyon U.S. Rules Apple Illegally Interrogated Staff and Confiscated Union Flyers

Did Europeans descend from elves instead of primates?

inamortyon Apple deletes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on orders from Beijing

The EU is taking a more aggressive tack in recent years:

* Amazon was fined $908 million in 2022.

* Google was fined $113 million in the same year.

* Instagram, owned by Meta was fined $506 million.

Each of these fines would be drastically increased with further non-compliance

inamortyon A man has been swatted 47 times for making a joke about Norm Macdonald

So it should not be assumed to be a functioning first world country?

inamortyon U.K. rejoins Horizon Europe research funding scheme

The Big Red Bus is difficult to miss.

inamortyon TikTok fined €345M for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts

The country issuing the fine. Previously for Meta it was Ireland and Amazon it was Luxembourg.

inamortyon Sinead O’Connor has died

Read this one as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II#Sexual_abuse...

inamortyon Instagram Threads passes 10M users in seven hours

It's issues with GDPR: https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-...

inamortyon Instagram Threads passes 10M users in seven hours

And without any* users from the EU either.

inamortyon Why is desalination so difficult?

You're throwing a spanner in the water works now.

inamortyon Are you a late bloomer in work or love? Maybe you’re right on time

And an energy crisis.

inamortyon EU suggests breaking up Google's ad business in preliminary antitrust ruling

This is not true. If anything Ireland is too reliant on a few multi-national corporations. In 2022, corporate tax was the second highest income stream for the state: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/4992b-exchequer-surplus-...