Jason Walsh
Jason Walsh (b. 1978) is a reporter and social commentator based in Ireland. He has contributed to the Irish Times, the Irish Examiner, the Guardian, the Independent, the Sunday Business Post and the Sunday Times and is Ireland correspondent of the The Christian Science Monitor. He writes regularly about culture, politics and society.
Updated: 21 April 2011
The EU plan to pass an internet privacy law enshrining the “right to disappear” online will dramatically affect how companies like Facebook conduct business, and raises questions about freedom of expression on the web. 
What the European Union is giving to Internet users and online privacy activists with one hand, it's taking away with the other, argues an American newspaper, reporting on a groundswell of opposition to increased surveillance of personal data.