Social Media

Bill expected to climb higher as regulator is facing 12 such cases

Commissioner says Gordon Lyons’s actions had potential of ‘heightening tensions’ during rioting in North last year

Some Irish sporting organisations did the only thing they could do to protect their athletes from the worst excesses on X

Plus: What teens think of new age verification proposals for social media, Skerries residents up in arms over active travel scheme, and Emer McLysaght on the fear that plagues those living on their own

Teenagers at a recent workshop had all witnessed violent, extreme, racist, sexist and unhealthy body image content online

Parents worry about toxic social media and their children accessing inappropriate content but they are not powerless in limiting access

Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good

There is evidence to suggest that, even though we are connected to more and more people online, we are struggling greatly with loneliness and anxiety

In the capital, Nuuk, people are stocking up on petrol and food as they contemplate the worst after Donald Trump’s threats

Elon Musk’s site has evolved from one that influenced culture and helped foment revolution to one where users ‘get nothing back except rage’

Last year, I used my phone as respite - doomscrolling, listening to podcasts in the shower and audiobooks while going to sleep

Get off your phone and out into the real world with this inspiring list of screen-free things to do in the year ahead

A number of young women express disquiet about reactions being monetised by content creator

Coco’s Law bans sharing of intimate images but does not appear to criminalise generating them

Parents can now limit time spent on platform’s short-form video content

State-driven attempts to shut down a corner of the public realm are wrong

Staff, who review material on social media networks for safety, seek union recognition, better redundancy terms

Social network’s tool Grok has been creating illegal images at the request of users

Looking too far into the future can make fools of us, but data-centre power shortfall and social media regulatory wrangles lie ahead

The voices of citizens yearning for change are being muted despite the end of Maduro’s dictatorship

Regulator, Rape Crisis Ireland and civil liberties campaigners criticise generated images using Grok

From daily tasks to planning for the future, here are 52 ways to make your life easier this year

Patrick O’Donovan’s proposal around ID verification comes from a good place but could cause problems

Greece Letter: As physical books give way to ‘multipurpose spaces,’ students and academics fear the loss of the university’s intellectual heart

‘Is it bad letting the government parent our kids? It’s impossible for us to police it,’ says one mother

There is a sense of being caught between outdated structures and increasingly unstable new realities

Are we soon going to reach posting zero, the point at which people stop sharing online? I hope so

Micheál Martin and his team ease back on the contrition and their inept handling of the presidential election campaign

Social media has only increased the pressure to flaunt spending, but there is an alternative

Tánaiste’s victim-impact statement submitted to court as woman jailed for threatening online messages

Artificial intelligence is compounding the pressure many teenagers face, says psychologist

We may be overprotecting our children in the real world while leaving them exposed to online threats

Anyone expecting a social media ban for Irish teenagers will be waiting and it’s not because we are bad parents 

Proposed rules would affect people from Ireland travelling to the US on an Esta

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

Government sides with Labour in row over Leaders’ Questions pecking order

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

The Irish Government is developing a digital wallet as an age verification tool amid online safety push

Company argues law forces intrusive verification and isolates teens from online communities

Social media ban on under-16s a ‘sticking plaster on gaping wound’, Dáil hears