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AIG executive accused of posting anti-Semitic comments no longer working for company
John Gillick claimed his X account, which accused Jewish people of being ‘filthy dogs’ and ‘human scum’, was hacked
Palestine supporters such as Sally Rooney are demonised like apartheid opponents, says Mary Robinson
Former president visited West Bank with Elders group and was shocked by ‘Israeli flags asserting a kind of supremacy’
Advert showing grandparents hugging grandchildren is taken down amid criticism
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre removes online video, saying it does not want ‘negativity’ to impinge on its work
What happens when an out-of-control teenager is your son?
In the News podcast: Kitty Holland talks about the case of a boy missing from Tusla care for more than two weeks
Guilty Pleasure by Patricia Nilsson: Exposing how online porn has shaped our lives
An incisive and vital book, with a glaring omission
Did the internet really get less toxic after Russian data centres went down?
A viral theory that online discourse went quiet after Ukrainian drone attacks tells us something about our confidence in data security
The Last Good Day on the Internet, and The Internet We Could Have Had: How it started vs how it’s going
Books by Mark Little and Christopher M Kelty take radically different approaches to the web’s lost promise
‘Hands off’: Brazilians protest outside Meta in Dublin over claims of election bias
Brazil’s top electoral court ruled on Thursday Meta must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two candidates
Garda regains control of official X accounts after crypto hack
Garda warned public not to interact with the Garda Traffic and Info accounts
More than half of under-12s have overnight access to smart devices, survey says
Most young people say their parents, too, are on smartphones for long periods
Addictive online features should be disabled by default, report on use by children finds
Blanket social media ban for under-16s would ‘unlikely provide’ comprehensive solution to harms
Can Lula defy history? Brazil’s left seeks unprecedented run-off turnaround
Students, activists and social media organisers have mobilised, but polls still show Flávio Bolsonaro ahead before this month’s decisive vote
Credit unions win again as Re-turn, Ryanair and RTÉ fare poorly for customer service
Customer experience scores fell globally but hit highest level in Ireland in almost a decade
Toxic Threads review: ‘I was getting all this hate for wanting to be a dad’
Television: Brian Dowling Gourounlian chronicles his experiences of social media abuse in moving documentary
How much are we being watched in our everyday lives without realising?
How much are we being watched in our everyday lives without realising?
Barbarous botched execution and livestreaming a firing squad
Washington has lost its moral compass at home and its respect abroad
Is wine really going out of fashion?
How to Drink Better: There is a slump, particularly in red wine, but not necessarily in this market
AI deepfakes: Let’s remove ‘we didn’t mean it’ from tech companies’ book of excuses
Companies that have enabled this, intentionally or not, need to take a long, hard look in the mirror
Don’t be a ‘permissive parent’, warns an expert with decades of experience helping families
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
Like Nikita Hand, Cornell case’s Jane Doe is either uncommonly brave or a sadomasochist
Toxic masculinity is real and we should not be afraid to say so. What needs refreshing is how the term is used
How to make it as a digital creator? Find something unique
Easy access and high rewards draw millions to careers in social media but agents say the challenges are underestimated
Doctors object to ‘self-healing’ coach who said cancer was curable with bicarbonate of soda
Barbara O’Neill, who is due to speak in Ireland next week, poses ‘sometimes life-threatening risks’ through her advice, experts warn
Trial by everyone: Cornell case shows why Ireland’s strict court reporting rules matter
The ground will not stop shifting, but the principle that people are tried on the evidence in court, and nowhere else, remains worth fighting for
Deepfake Ireland on Virgin Media One: Gráinne Seoige’s distress in this grim film is palpable
Television: Seoige revisits her experience of AI-generated deepfake images while looking at the wider issue of misogyny on the internet
Krispy Kreme rage, Teresa Mannion, HomeToVote: The moments that made the Irish Internet truly great
The viral moments we’d like to preserve if the vast online archive disappeared tomorrow
Marina Hyde’s last Guardian column: ‘You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs’
The veteran columnist signs off after an ‘endlessly enlightening and stimulating’ 25 years
‘If you don’t like it, don’t come’: proud locals bristle at Blackpool’s dark tourism reputation
It has always been a hotspot for fun, sticks of rock and rollercoasters, but now it also has a surfeit of addicts and deprivation
Nurse posted photos on Instagram of woman (90s) sleeping on heavily soiled bed, inquiry told
Jerymay Palma Gargallano, who appeared before a fitness-to-practise committee of Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, found guilty of professional misconduct
Don’t let social media inspo stress you out. Here’s what you really need to furnish your new home
How to make your new home feel luxurious, even on a limited budget
Hope amid the dangers of tech, magic, and bad breakups: this month’s YA recommendations
New books for teen readers from Máire Zepf, Kelechi Okafor, Elizabeth Acevedo and Catherine Doyle
Irish politicians got to have a go at Big Tech, but will anything change?
Those of us who have seen similar moments to this week’s Oireachtas Committee play out in the past suspect we will still be having these conversations in the future
From quiet quitting to iced coffee: What is Gen Z’s problem with work?
Might their aversion to work and their self-reported misery be related?
Nobody else is going to turn your child’s phone off. But you can’t do it alone
A social media ban for under-13s or even under-16s is not pointless just because many will get around it
Mark Little: ‘Protests against data centres is the biggest wave of civic activism since the 1960s’
The broadcaster turned entrepreneur on messianic tech billionaires, and his new book tracking his journey from tech-optimism to disillusionment to a new cautious hope
‘Children are constantly doom scrolling’: Teenagers on the EU’s social media age limits
Social media companies will face fast-track enforcement with investigations of rule breaches undertaken in 90 days
Gardaí ‘acted appropriately’ before fatal M9 crash, Fiosrú says
Watchdog says officers followed BMW on N78 in Athy before five teenagers being killed when car went in wrong direction on motorway
Good environmental journalism matters – and so does what appears on the other pages
Accuracy in climate reporting risks being undermined by promotions elsewhere
Social media age limits: Von der Leyen hits on control-shift alternative
Providing proof of age will present big obstacle to EU plan
Social media exclusion unfair to children, says rapporteur
Special Rapporteur on Child Protection says onus should be on tech companies to behave ethically
Pinterest appoints new managing director for Britain and Ireland
Fintan Gillespie to oversee company’s business, working with advertisers and partners and the local team
EU to bring in minimum age limit of 15 to set up social-media accounts
Tech giants will be required to verify age of users under draft proposals due this week
EU to curb teenage access to social media but stop short of outright ban
Move comes amid concern Big Tech cannot be trusted to protect children from harmful content
Simon Harris says he disagrees with constituency director’s post that Trump is a ‘moron’
Tánaiste said it was appropriate online posts had been deleted since, and added he had not been aware of them
TikTok agrees to appear before Oireachtas media committee after initial refusal
Social media company says it is now in a position to accept committee invitation following discussions with gardaí and regulator
Children need EU states to agree on social media ban, says O’Donovan
Minister calls for unity of purpose, as in the future, people will say, ‘you had the opportunity to do something for us, and you did nothing’
Toxic nature of public debate drives decent people out of conversation
We could be left with a society dominated by those most willing to shout, insult and threaten
Social media algorithms carefully designed to reward reckless youthful behaviour
A video of someone driving at 190km/h on the wrong side of a motorway in the early hours will escalate engagement
One in five Irish children and teens use AI for schoolwork, survey suggests
Almost a third of Irish participants said they had encountered ‘gory’ or violent imagery online
‘Lymphatic workouts’ and the latest social media wellness hype
Experts say there is little evidence to suggest specific exercise routines reduce lymphatic bloating or swelling
X faces Irish investigation over concerns children not protected from pornography and violence
Media regulator Coimisiún na Meán raises specific concerns at age assurance protocols and parental controls on platform
Social media’s age of the follower is replaced by tyranny of the recommender machine
It’s easy to rage against the machine. It’s harder to propose a viable alternative
‘I see things a little differently’: How to overcome conflict in your relationship
Relationships and community: To move forward with anything, it’s vital to learn how to co-operate with people with whom you strongly disagree
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