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Coimisiún na Meán said that the three companies would have to take specific measures to protect their services from being used for the dissemination of terrorist content

The marketing communications group grew its net profit to more than €4m last year and has expanded again in 2024

Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald take message directly to young voters on X, Instagram and TikTok

UK consumer protection advocates Which? found that certain air fryers gather personal data that has little or no relevance to the functioning of the product

Such is social media platform TikTok’s impact on restaurant culture that for some eateries the app is as critical as cutlery, while for foodie content creators it’s a career maker

Storing thousands of images and videos, most of which you will never look at again, is slowing down your phone and costing you money

Coimisiún na Meán’s online safety code for video-sharing platforms contains echoes of the 2008 banking crisis

Her campaign ads have tackled everything from women’s rights to Putin. Meanwhile, billionaires have blocked their newspapers from taking a stand

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

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

Plan signals mobile phones – and by extension social media platforms – are detrimental to children. The question now is what the Government will do next

The TikTok and Instagram star, who is hosting a new podcast, has grown used to attention from strangers. Not all of it is welcome

The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo at Bluesky

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

‘Influencing’ didn’t exist as a career 20 years ago but it’s now one of the most popular, with ever-younger people aspiring to become the next big thing on social media

Social media platform to bring all employees together under one roof in bid to foster stronger ‘one-team’ culture

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

As more people question their smartphone use, some are consciously turning their backs on the virtual world in favour of real life

Filipino cuisine is taking over in food while romance tropes such as #grumpysunshine dominate BookTok

Restriction to apply between 14 and 16 with age verification technology trial to begin soon, says PM

Irish Prison Service says consultants assessing facility, which closed in 2016, with view to providing feasibility report into site’s future

Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material

Online safety charity says there is ‘vital need’ for online safety education in schools

Big Tech just lost its ‘get-out-of-jail-free card,’ says lawyer for child’s mother after court ruling

Unthinkable: We have become more interested in the representations of things than the reality of those things

What seems like harmless entertainment can be hard-sell advertising and a problem for your bank balance

It has been said to prevent cavities and gum recession and to whiten teeth, but some dental professionals are sceptical

There are powerful tools to counter the amplification of extreme material. We just need to use them

With Girl on Couch’s TikTok ‘man in finance’ viral pop hit and the popularity of ‘dating up’ on Netflix’s Bridgerton, are Gen Z singletons learning to embrace new dating priorities?

Islamic State is using social media apps such as TikTok to reassert its influence, say experts

Alina Karabko had no Dublin accommodation and needed to wake up at 3am for two-and-a-half hour drive to work, she told Workplace Relations Commission

The potential redundancies come after TikTok laid off between 250-300 of its Dublin employees in April

Books are a cult phenomenon as they have never been before, it started with Harry Potter and continues with BookTok

Richard McGreevy (28) tells judge he was very angry at the time and did not intend for his TikTok video to go viral

Sinn Féin leader says there has been a particularly vicious focus online on her and her party in attempt to ‘alienate sentiment’

It is estimated that due to the posts the company has lost over €4 million in investment from 20 creators who have declined to work with the company.

Lidl using social network app to promote games to new fans

A high-profile call for tobacco-style warnings had no lasting effects on platforms’ shares

Average Irish home has nine devices connected to the internet, but middle-class cohorts have greater access to technology than their working-class counterparts

Discovery follows launches of data breach investigations concerning a former psychiatric hospital in Donegal and a hospital in Dublin