Coimisiún na Meán

Coimisiún na Meán ‘finalising’ decision on future of broadcast moratorium

Broadcasters and the Electoral Commission have called for it to be abolished

Is the Republic’s online safety code up to the task?

Reconciling the GDPR with the AI Act poses issues, but I think they are minor compared to the hard problem of making the new safety code work in any realistic way

Regulating social media is an impossible job but someone has got to at least try

Coimisiún na Meán’s online safety code is as much about what it doesn’t do as what it does

New online safety code to protect children on social platforms including Facebook, YouTube and TikTok

Coimisiún na Meán’s code will affect all video-sharing platforms with EU headquarters in Ireland

Kneecap: Could Ireland be on track for its second international feature Oscar nomination?

In 2023, An Cailín Ciúin secured Ireland’s first ever nomination in this category. Could Kneecap make it twice in three years?

The Irish Times view on porn and sexual violence: an undeniable link

What is clear is that the current environment is causing serious harm, in particular for women

RTÉ was in the GPO before and it didn’t work. Here’s a better idea for the Donnybrook campus

A Digital Media Campus at Donnybrook could be the centre of an N11 media corridor running from Google, TikTok and Amazon near Dublin city centre to Microsoft and Ardmore Studios to the south

Irish-Nigerian businesswoman says she was bombarded with abuse as her activism increased

Mamobo Ogoro’s Gorm Gathering aims to bring together creatives from all backgrounds to share their stories

Media regulator to carry out regular reviews into RTÉ public funding under new proposed reforms

Legislation will ‘enhance accountability, transparency and value-for-money in our public service media’, says Minister

Public funding remains elusive for independent radio

Deeply disappointed IBI members are calling for urgent Government intervention in the sector as budget and election beckon

Tensions unpicked between Coimisiún na Meán and Department of Media

Media regulator has grown rapidly but has argued internal corporate practices it inherited from its predecessor not fit for a larger organisation

New media watchdog sought to spend up to €2m on furniture for Ballsbridge offices

Coimisiún na Meán's furniture budget is €500,000 but sought higher sum in case it expands in future

Regulator expressed strong concerns with TikTok about content featuring self-harm, misogyny

Coimisiún na Meán held meeting with tech firm after RTÉ investigation and report by DCU Anti-Bullying Centre

Independent broadcasters question workability of reporting schemes

Independent broadcasters not happy

Ireland’s tech regulators and gardaí to brief Ministers on improving online safety

‘We find ourselves at an important juncture in terms of regulating the digital world,’ Taoiseach says

Media regulator opens review into how social media platforms deal with illegal online content

An initial information-gathering process by Coimisiún na Meán into how social media platforms deal with illegal online content could ultimately be expanded into an investigation or enforcement action

Riots, online safety and rights prove awkward bedfellows

Legislators are struggling to balance protection on the one hand and with the need to avoid disproportionate restriction on the other

Ireland has vowed to get tough on social media platforms - what are the options?

Taoiseach to convene meeting of State agencies and other stakeholders as concerns about online threats and inflammatory content escalate

Temu runs €720m in revenue through Irish subsidiary

Fast-growing online consumer goods site moved ‘principal executive offices’ from Shanghai to Dublin in 2022

TG4 seeks €13.6m to set up news operation free of RTÉ editorial control

News service provided by RTÉ to TG4 is ‘no longer fit for purpose’, says TG4 boss Alan Esslemont

Need for Coimisiún na Meán’s new journalism schemes tells its own story

Public should benefit from media regulator’s allocation of €6m to two funds that will support local reporting

Coimisiún na Meán launches €6m local democracy and courts reporting schemes

Funds designed to support public interest journalism at a time when news sector is under pressure, says Minister for Media

Where is the pride in RTÉ? There doesn’t seem to be any ambition to make it special

If RTÉ is moving away from its DNA, outsourcing key programmes and limiting what it makes in-house, then what is it for?

TikTok could face fines over political ads during local and European elections

Social media platform is the subject of a complaint to the media regulator that it breached the EU Digital Services Act

Four in 10 people in Ireland ‘worn out by the amount of news there is these days’

News and information overload a ‘common complaint’, Reuters Institute digital news report finds, but more people now pay for news

Getting new regulator up and running was like building an aircraft while flying, says executive chair

Government has given approval for staffing levels at media and online safety regulator Coimisiún na Meán to increase to 200

Regulator targets harmful video-sharing content with updated code and fines of up to €20m

Coimisiún na Meán accused of doing ‘U-turn’ by removing measures to address toxic algorithms

Broadcasting moratoriums are dangerous in a deepfake age and should be phased out

Imposing an artificial silence on the eve of polling undermines broadcasters and risks damaging democracy

Court urged to overturn media regulator’s decision to include Tumblr in online safety code

Tumblr says designation will have very serious consequences

Age checks for social media aimed at protecting primary schoolchildren are ‘broken’, says Norma Foley

Up to half of sixth class pupils included in Snapchat groups in some schools

Show-us-the-money time for Irish press amid plans for publicly funded news coverage

Coimisiún na Meán has opened up consultations on its local democracy and courts reporting schemes – it’s a landmark moment for news publishers

Seven complaints registered with new online watchdog centre

Coimisiún na Meán to follow up reports to its contact centre with relevant digital services companies

‘Tide is turning more rapidly than ever in terms of obesity management’

Disadvantaged groups, however, continue to be disproportionately affected by an overall rise obesity over the past 30-plus years

Tumblr’s High Court case against regulator to be heard in May

Site claims it is ‘clearly not’ a video-sharing platform

Coimisiún na Meán has its work cut out with new EU Digital Services Act

Ireland has an opportunity to be the Digital Services Act’s model regulator. But some chances have already been squandered

Hate speech inciting violence now potentially illegal under EU law, regulator says

EU directive aimed at illegal activity and disinformation online comes into effect across all member states

Much of the Irish media belongs to foreign owners and that matters

As a new regulator-backed website suggests, decisions about media aimed at an Irish audience are often taken overseas

Age verification won’t stop children accessing porn online

Current technology won’t accomplish Coimisiún na Meán’s ‘gold standard’ proposals to verify users accessing inappropriate internet content

New broadcasting and online regulator has not had an auspicious start

Karlin Lillington: The strange hybrid Coimisiún na Meán faces great challenges and one mooted porn registry idea is mega-scale bonkers

Tumblr takes High Court action against Ireland’s media regulator

Second technology giant to take judicial review against Coimisiún na Meán after being designated a ‘video-sharing platform’

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