Advertisers threaten to cut spending on Elon Musk’s X in record numbers
Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material
Stories related to social media firm X, formerly known as Twitter
Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material
Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems
The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020 dissects Irish life over 25 years, with the benefit of hindsight and the opening up of archives
Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content
The electric vehicle group’s founder is more likely to be in the news these days for his hard-right ramblings than for EVs
Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country
Judge Alexandre de Moraes says moves against platform are part of fight to protect democracy from misinformation and hateful content
Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter
Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?
Shifting back to X may may political sense, but it won’t help Trump Media’s shareholders
The billionaire’s actions undermines the contention that social media companies provide a value-neutral servic
Owning a media lodestar can be the ultimate ego trip as Elon Musk demonstrated with his travesty of an ‘interview’ with Donald Trump
There are powerful tools to counter the amplification of extreme material. We just need to use them
Taoiseach to convene meeting of State agencies and other stakeholders as concerns about online threats and inflammatory content escalate
Record WRC award after Twitter offered €22,834 severance to senior Irish Twitter staffer who was deemed by company to have resigned
Discussion on X hit by technical issues which platform’s owner blamed on a ‘massive’ cyberattack
The eejits who get caught have been hooked by algorithms engineered by social media companies
Former president, who was banned from Twitter in 2021, could provide boost to the platform
Elon Musk’s antics are turning off the most obvious customers for his cars
Trump cheerleading, inflammatory comments on British race riots and suing advertisers are all damaging to image of Tesla founder and X owner
Planet Business: Another acquisition target for Mars, Elon Musk’s advertiser lawsuit and the new name for Twickenham
Global Alliance for Responsible Media said it does not have resources to fight suit and continue operating
President blames Musk for being a driving force behind protests and dissent following the recent disputed election
Social network agreed to ‘suspend its processing of the personal data’, Data Protection Commission says
Outcry over unchecked antisemitic content and commentary on X sparked many big advertisers to pull ads from the platform
Taoiseach said he would ‘never be deterred’ from job by threats and intimidation online
Four men from Belfast charged as part of the investigation into the serious disorder on Saturday were all refused bail and remanded in custody
‘Professional’ protesters at recent anti-immigration events used tactics popular among far right in EU and US, security sources say
Tánaiste speaks about efforts to learn identity of those behind adverts as he outlines Government plans to overhaul defamation laws
From photography to working from home, being able to prove things are real is ever more important
What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs
Logging on to X/Twitter is likely to exacerbate feelings of loneliness, boredom, outrage and political polarisation, researchers at the University of Toronto found
Social media platform owned by Elon Musk faces fines of up to 6% of turnover if initial European Commission view is confirmed
When social media first took off, it was presented as a public commons, where people could exchange ideas and interests. What it eventually became couldn’t be further from that civilised concept
A high-profile call for tobacco-style warnings had no lasting effects on platforms’ shares
Tensions between billionaire and his top executive have been rising as the platform’s financial health has struggled
If the professional social network is now a place for personal posts, why isn’t it funnier?
Vast swaths of office space have been left empty after a big shift to remote working
Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions
Hugh Linehan: The link economy is dying, and with it an entire ecosystem that supported content creation and communication is coming to an end
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
An analysis on social media traffic showed most posts about Newtownmountkennedy demonstration came from the US
Emer McLysaght: This tainted emoji has tormented so many for so long. Why then, do I now find myself softening towards it?
Legislators should be ‘much more aggressive’ in holding technology firms to account, Oireachtas committee told
Simon Harris's social media skills have conferred on him an air of mystique among an older generation of politicians. But voters are less likely to be wowed
Billionaire was being questioned in lawsuit accusing him of promoting conspiracy theory
A recent New York Times profile prompted Ackman to post a 4,200-word reply on X
Online fake news and hybrid campaigns increase in advance of European elections
Abdelhafid Bensaada is suing a conversative news site for falsely linking him to the attack
Disruption for hundreds of thousands saw up to 550,000 reports of outages at peak of incident
Spend some time with younger people and the evidence of dopamine culture is everywhere
Sky’s Stephen van Rooyen tops Reputations Agency’s ranking of most influential CEOs on LinkedIn, ahead of Meta’s Anne O’Leary and Primark’s Paul Marchant
CSO’s latest monthly payrolls data highlights how global tech retrenchment is playing out
It started as an internal Twitter project, now it’s an alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices