Karlin Lillington

State controversially funded private sector initiative to leverage DNA samples from Irish people for profit

Many of its operational cogs and wheels run behind the scenes, meaning you probably didn’t notice anything

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland has, in some cases, recovered more than 85% of destroyed archive collections but gaps remain

Media need to focus on what’s happening at Twitter and Meta, not a ludicrous fight that was never likely to happen

Ireland will be a key player in regulation but setting rules requires unsettling levels of guess-making about how AI technologies might affect us

Numerous Patreon users report payments rejected as fraudulent

The fediverse has been trumpeted as a way to break the dominance of the social networking giants. Can it succeed?

‘Those rump members left on Musk’s comic book X-world should probably start thinking about alternatives'

Apple products were renowned for being user-friendly, but that's no longer the case

That so many people are so willing to opt for more Meta says much about how ghastly Twitter has become

Karlin Lillington: Despite a lack of clear research on harm to children from social media, there can be an rush towards legal curbs

Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection

Former insider at social media giant offers her personal witnessing of its algorithmic workings and the harms knowingly caused to us as people and communities

The State still listens to and parrots the arguments of self-interested, powerful sectors, leaving it to struggle to balance the needs of citizens, the economy and, now, the environment

Karlin Lillington: There’s been considerable US lobbying lately in the hopes of watering down legislation