Free speech will be the big EU-US battleground in 2026 – and Ireland is in the crossfire
Ireland is in a highly precarious position as we head into 2026, on the faultline between our allies in the EU and the US administration and Big Tech
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Stories related to social media firm X, formerly known as Twitter
Online child safety could prove a major test for EU in battle with Trump
Anyone expecting a social media ban for Irish teenagers will be waiting and it’s not because we are bad parents
It’s time to ban the toxic teen popularity counter
Now that the Australian social media ban is here, surveys that suggested 80% of parents supported it in theory are beginning to look wildly optimistic
Matt Williams: This is not a game – Ireland must match Australia and stand up for children
Across the world young people’s health is being damaged by a scourge that is luring them away from sport and other invigorating pursuits. It’s time to tackle it
Elon Musk and X granted High Court permission to challenge Coimisiún na Meán investigation
Media regulator had commenced a formal investigation ‘into the provider of the X online platform under the EU Digital Services Act’
Culture wars have come for Dublin’s Winter Lights festival
Posts on X are channelling rage at the wokerati accused of being out to ban Christmas
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy: Artful portrait of youthfulness and beauty as women’s only sources of power
The author’s bleak debut novel critiques the commodification of youth and femininity in the US
EU fines Elon Musk’s X €120m for transparency violations
Penalty under the Digital Services Act risks escalating tensions with US government
TikTok and LinkedIn under investigation by Coimisiún na Meán
Concerns raised if platforms allow people to report suspected child sexual abuse material anonymously as required by law
X’s new user-location feature finds Maga accounts based in Thailand, Nigeria and Bangladesh
Online sleuths found users posting about US politics in various countries, prompting scrutiny over accounts
Ireland can’t credibly regulate AI while also living off Big Tech’s taxes
We missed the chance to shape social media before it shaped us – with AI there will be no second bite of the cherry
Government department fights move to clamp down on online fraud
Enterprise wary of upsetting social media giants by asked them to verify promoters of investment products on their platforms
ChatGPT, Spotify and X among websites down after outage at network firm Cloudflare
Tens of thousands of internet users locked out of websites due to internal server error
At Least It Looks Good from Space by Carl Kinsella: Between comedy and calamity
Kinsella proves a sharp satirist and shrewd observer of the minutiae of Irish life in this collection of essays
Coimisiún na Meán begins investigation into the social media platform X
Move stems from concerns over social network’s compliance with internal complaint handling system legislation
EU launches ‘Democracy Shield’ to fight disinformation and interference online
Michael McGrath says initiative aims to safeguard fairness of elections and counter foreign information manipulation
India accused of ‘state terrorism’ after suicide bombing kills at least 12 in Pakistan
Islamabad attack comes a day after a car explosion in New Delhi that PM Narendra Modi blamed on unnamed ‘conspirators’
Would a male pundit ever be described as ‘the Fred West of football commentary’?
Women soccer commentators still regular targets for prejudice and misogyny
‘Absolute violence and worse is the only thing that should happen’: How social media drove the Citywest riots
Far-right agitators, retweeted by prominent international figures including billionaire Elon Musk, used social media networks to foment anger
Social media platforms need to be ‘accountable’ for scam adverts, PayPal says
Payments giant backs Government proposal to crack down on ads linked to fraud schemes
Carl Kinsella on living with OCD: ‘It’s like having a puppet regime installed in your head’
The columnist and author on relating more to Generation X than his own age group, taking extended breaks from everyday life, and his existential dread of tech billionaires
Threads messaging to be rolled out in Ireland over ‘next few days’, says Meta
Function was launched in the US in July
Connolly keepie-uppies, Humphreys’s ‘quality videos’: The presidential social media battle
In online battle for support, Catherine Connolly is beating Heather Humphreys
Elon Musk hit by exodus of senior staff over burnout and politics
Churn at Tesla and xAI comes amid disillusionment with billionaire’s activism, strategic pivots and mass lay-offs
Jim Gavin won’t be the last victim of a smear campaign. When will platforms act?
Allegations about the presidential candidate received thousands of comments and nearly a million views, as platforms did little to stop the spread
Right-wing environmentalist and ‘Trump loyalist’ behind derogatory Jim Gavin posts
Kieran Kelly, former Waterford fisherman now living in Indonesia, declined to share any evidence for claims made online
X gets stay on temporary orders requiring it to reinstate account of cryptocurrency analyst
Analyst claims he is $20,000 a month out of pocket and followers at risk of being scammed by alleged impersonator accounts
Cryptocurrency analyst gets temporary court order requiring X to reinstate his account
Analyst claims he is losing up to $20,000 dollars monthly due to suspension
At least 19 people killed during protests against Nepal’s social media ban
Government claims online platforms and apps missed deadline to register under new regulations
Oops! What branding flops tell us about the companies involved
Corporate makeovers can be very expensive and they frequently misfire
Man (38) jailed over ‘vile social media attacks’ on former Agsi chief Antoinette Cunningham
Andrew McGovern, from Rathowen, pleaded guilty to posting ‘sinister’ and ‘blatantly false’ material on Twitter
Social media algorithms are boosting videos of attacks on asylum seekers, Irish campaign group says
Videos being posted online of homeless asylum seekers culminate in attacks on them and their tents
X wants to appeal High Court ruling dismissing Coimisiún na Meán case
Company formerly known as Twitter alleged media regulator engaged in ‘overreach’ in approach to restrictions on some video content
Irish regulators take aim at Big Tech, but how will the online safety code be implemented?
Failure to meet protection obligations will mean fines of up to €20 million or 10 per cent of platform’s annual turnover
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