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# Internet

This year
2023
Voices
Extract: 'Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover shows we badly need a new future for social media'
In an extract from her new book, Social Capital, author Aoife Barry looks at the early days of Twitter and what it has morphed into since Musk took over.
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Apr 21st 2023, 6:30 PM
# Medicine
Almost 1 million doses of illegal and counterfeit medicine seized by HPRA in 2022
Almost half of the substances seized were sedative medicines or anabolic steroids.
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Mar 29th 2023, 1:29 PM
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2022
# Iran
US moves to help Iranians access internet as protesters continue to rally after woman’s death
Iran has been rocked by a week of bloody protests over the death last week of Mahsa Amini.
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Sep 23rd 2022, 9:25 PM
# Podcast
The Explainer: Is the internet bad for our brains?
Listen here to find out from cyberpsychology researcher and lecturer Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton.
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Mar 16th 2022, 7:30 PM
# Internet
Thousands knocked offline in Europe in apparent cyber attack
Some people in Germany, France, Hungary, Greece, Italy and Poland were affected by the outage.
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Mar 4th 2022, 10:43 PM
# Volcano
Tonga’s internet finally restored five weeks after volcanic eruption and tsunami
Around 90km of cable had to be replaced after it was damaged.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 7:19 AM
# the good information project
Open Thread: How would you 'fix' the internet?
This month The Good Information Project looks at tech and the new digital age. We want to know how the internet could be ‘fixed’ to improve quality of life in Ireland.
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Feb 7th 2022, 8:00 PM
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# Off and Back On
Explainer: Some of the world's best known websites went down today - why?
The Irish Times, Amazon, Gov.UK and other major sites weren’t available earlier today – here’s what happened.
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Jun 8th 2021, 4:46 PM
# outages
Major media and government websites live again after outage across several countries
Fastly, one of the world’s major content delivery networks, said a “fix has been applied” after an outage across its global network.
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Jun 8th 2021, 2:15 PM
# blog but not forgotten
Trump pulls his own blog from the internet after 29 days
The blog was launched after the former US president was banned from Twitter, Facebook and other platforms.
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Jun 3rd 2021, 7:33 AM
# Internet
Increasing majority of children aged 8-12 use social media, according to new survey
Charity CyberSafeKids found that 92% of children in this age group own their own smart device.
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Feb 9th 2021, 6:20 AM
# Videos
YouTube suspends Trump’s account due to concerns about 'ongoing potential for violence'
The video sharing website said it will also disable comments on the US president’s channel “indefinitely”.
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Jan 13th 2021, 7:22 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'The children I meet are often shattered by their social media use'
Often, girls are worn out by body judgement and boys by overuse of video games, writes Stella O’Malley, a psychotherapist.
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Feb 26th 2020, 7:00 AM
# internet of everything
From 'two TV' households to ubiquitous smartphones: How Irish media habits have changed this decade
From Taoisigh announcing their resignation on Twitter, to misleading political ads, here’s a quick review of how we’ve changed.
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Dec 28th 2019, 8:30 PM
# rural broadband
Government spends more than €25m on consultancy fees for National Broadband Plan
The fees were paid to firms for advice given from 2013 to date.
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Aug 24th 2019, 12:10 AM
# no internet
Three promises to refund customers after credit is taken from accounts
Some customers received an SMS advising them that they had zero credit and/or had reached their roaming limit.
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Aug 7th 2019, 3:10 PM
# jobs for the lads
The group behind entertainment site LADBible is opening an Irish hub
The social media publishing giant recently opened an office in Australia.
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Jun 3rd 2019, 6:31 AM
# internet in mourning
Online celebrity Grumpy Cat dies aged 7
The cat made her owner Tabatha Bundesen of Arizona, a wealthy woman
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May 17th 2019, 8:51 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should the government spend €3bn on the National Broadband Plan?
Opposition parties claim the plan is not good value for money.
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May 7th 2019, 11:38 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you use the same password for all your online accounts?
The Data Protection Commission launched a statutory inquiry into Facebook’s password storage.
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Apr 27th 2019, 10:15 AM
# WiFi
Government set to decide whether to sign off on €3bn National Broadband Plan
The plan aims to bring high-speed internet to smaller towns and one-off homes around Ireland.
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Apr 26th 2019, 1:38 PM
# Reddit
Victim of 'Irish Sluts' Reddit page says she felt 'physically sick' when she saw her photos online
Details of where the women live and where they attend college or school were also posted on the site.
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Feb 10th 2019, 9:30 PM
# operation ketch
Addresses in 11 counties searched as part of investigation into child sexual abuse images
Twenty-three searches have been carried out by gardaí in recent days.
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Feb 5th 2019, 5:36 PM
# Cyber Safety
80% of 8 to 10-year-olds own a device capable of accessing the internet, and 40% are talking to strangers online
Today is Safer Internet Day, with organisations working to raise awareness around how people can be more safe online.
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Feb 5th 2019, 6:15 AM
# Cybersecurity
Vietnam criticised for new law cracking down on anti-State content online
Tech giants such as Facebook and Google will also have to hand over user data if asked by the government.
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Jan 2nd 2019, 3:37 PM
# Cyber Safety
32% of Irish children are talking to strangers online every week
Over half of nine year olds are on social media despite age restrictions, a new survey has found.
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Sep 10th 2018, 8:27 AM
# Explainer
The department claims it remains on track but what's happening with the National Broadband Plan?
SSE pulled out of the tendering process yesterday.
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Jul 30th 2018, 9:10 PM
# Extradition
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom suffers setback in his fight against extradition to the US
He faces jail terms of up to 20 years.
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Jul 5th 2018, 8:35 AM
# Star
'I'm watching her games on the internet... We'll be texting each other'
Ireland boss Colin Bell has hailed Denise O’Sullivan as a perfect example for younger players to follow.
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Jun 5th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Pitch perfect
Yanny or Laurel? What do you hear in the internet's latest mind-melting debate
It’s The Dress 2018.
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May 16th 2018, 8:48 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you agree with someone sharing photos of their children online?
For some, sharing photos of their children is the most natural thing imaginable. For others, it’s completely unfair to the child in question.
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May 6th 2018, 11:03 AM
# be in ctrl
With 'vulnerable' children contacting strangers, government launches 'internet safety resource' for schools
Most children aged between 8 and 13 own a smartphone.
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Feb 6th 2018, 2:09 PM
# operation ketch
Child porn: Gardaí seize 'tens of thousands' of images in 31 searches
The searches took place across private residences in 12 counties over the weekend.
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Feb 5th 2018, 4:18 PM
# Smartphones
Varadkar says children need to be protected from predators online
The digital age of consent in Ireland is 13.
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Jan 31st 2018, 10:49 PM
# Internet
The National Broadband Plan hangs in the balance as Eir 'reluctantly' quits the project
Only one firm is left in the running to build the long-delayed network.
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Jan 31st 2018, 6:46 PM
# Gimme Dem Clicks
Buzzfeed has joined forces with a massive Beijing firm to bring its content to China
Bytedance will select what it broadcasts of BuzzFeed’s content to avoid the wrath of Chinese censors.
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Jan 28th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Internet Safety
Denis Naughten says banning children from the internet 'isn't practical'
The government is moving towards appointing a Digital Safety Commissioner.
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Jan 25th 2018, 3:11 PM
# Major project
Amazon's grand plans for its new Dublin data centre could use as much power as a city
The US tech giant says it could build up to eight facilities at Mulhuddart.
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Jan 20th 2018, 6:30 AM
# power hungry
Amazon's grand plans for its new Dublin data centre could use as much power as a city
The US tech giant says it could build up to eight facilities at Mulhuddart.
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Jan 17th 2018, 5:36 PM
Voices
'I was effectively homeless as a teenager – that sort of thing leaves its mark on a young person'
Mark Elliott talks about what he learned from his father’s business crashing.
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Jan 14th 2018, 4:00 PM
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