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

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

From Shark School to SexyTadhg and Dove Ellis to Hotgirl, here’s who’s tipped to take over in the year ahead

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

Challenges to Google, Meta, Apple and X will test Brussels’ willingness to stick with digital rule book

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

Adjudicator judged selection process to be ‘impartial’

YouTube series from US brings out the music lover in celebrities and civilians alike

Australia’s ban on social media for children under 16 is being closely watched around the world - and also by young people

The latest guidance from Revenue makes it clear that all social media income-generating activity is taxable

Kristin Cabot: ‘I want my kids to know you can make mistakes.. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them’

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

Creators on the video platform consistently underplayed the extent to which the disease is caused by underlying factors and genetics

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

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

Keir Starmer’s new Substack only proves the point

The country is trying to wean children under 16 off TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. Teenagers are sceptical

‘Balance’ phones, voice-messaging device and landlines are part of the equipment used by parents in Smartphone Free Childhood Ireland

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, YouTube, Reddit will need to deactivate all accounts for under 16s from December 10th

RCSI survey finds ‘strong’ link between high social media use and poor mental health among 15-16 year olds

Concerns raised if platforms allow people to report suspected child sexual abuse material anonymously as required by law

The group performed a sell-out show in the Academy in Dublin on Sunday night

We missed the chance to shape social media before it shaped us – with AI there will be no second bite of the cherry

Enterprise wary of upsetting social media giants by asked them to verify promoters of investment products on their platforms

Academic studies found that people who rely heavily on AI for tasks like writing generally perform worse than those who don’t

Michael McGrath says initiative aims to safeguard fairness of elections and counter foreign information manipulation

Going viral can help a candidate reach the masses but deepfake videos are ‘a threat to democracy’, expert says

Far-right agitators, retweeted by prominent international figures including billionaire Elon Musk, used social media networks to foment anger

The columnist and author on relating more to Generation X than his own age group, taking extended breaks from everyday life, and his existential dread of tech billionaires

Payments giant backs Government proposal to crack down on ads linked to fraud schemes

Mobile operator in talks to take over entire office building left vacant by TikTok

In online battle for support, Catherine Connolly is beating Heather Humphreys

Social media giant challenging decision over transfer of EU user data to China

Campaign history will be wiped out as providers of digital political ads press delete on their archives

Snobbery over apprenticeships is fading with the housing and cost of living crises making them more appealing

‘It’s up and down all the time, which is not very stable compared to somebody that’s on a salary’

Allegations about the presidential candidate received thousands of comments and nearly a million views, as platforms did little to stop the spread

‘This is going to be American-operated all the way,’ says US president

First congressional delegation to Beijing since 2019 calls for military dialogue as Trump and Xi plan to meet