New online safety code in the crosshairs as Elon Musk’s X takes media regulator to the High Court
Big tech fears more stringent rules being applied to their online platforms under a series of domestic and EU laws
Digital Services Act
The Irish Times view on Elon Musk and the regulators: more conflict ahead
The billionaire’s actions undermines the contention that social media companies provide a value-neutral servic
‘Coolock says no and we mean it’: How disinformation lit a torch in the north Dublin suburb
If you are convinced your community is being ‘invaded’, it becomes easier to justify violence. Disinformation is an accelerant that incites hate and fuels extremism
Blue checks on X deceiving users into engaging with harmful material, EU says
Social media platform owned by Elon Musk faces fines of up to 6% of turnover if initial European Commission view is confirmed
EU probes Meta over fears of child addiction to social media
Commissioner ‘not convinced’ online giant has done enough to mitigate risks to physical and mental health of young people from Facebook and Instagram
Amazon loses legal battle against EU’s Digital Services Act
Online company had challenged requirement to make a repository of detailed information on its online advertising publicly available
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
TikTok becomes second online platform to challenge new EU regulatory fee
Meta has also challenged the charge under the new Digital Services Act, imposed on 20 large online companies to cover monitoring compliance
Leading porn sites caught by new EU law to police online content
Xvideos, Pornhub and Stripchat face curbs on age verification and content moderation in latest move by regulators
EU law on harmful speech could make Ireland’s hate offences Bill obsolete
Unthinkable: Pushing ahead with the hate offences Bill may be a bad strategy, even if criticism of the initiative has been ‘completely misguided’
Amazon becomes first US company to challenge EU digital rules
Online retail giant files legal action against proposed legislation designed to rein in Big Tech
Ireland to ‘lead on enforcing’ EU laws on policing illegal content online
Government’s Digital Services Bill faced pre-legislative scrutiny from TDs on Wednesday
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