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# Social Media

Last week
17th September 2023 - 23rd September 2023
Voices
Parenting: 'We can't block technology for our kids - that ship has sailed'
Margaret Lynch looks at the government’s backing of schools wishing to ban smartphones and wonders if it’s a red herring.
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# Social Media
Explainer: How does Russell Brand make money online?
Having lost his place on TV and radio, Brand has moved online in recent years and created a lucrative community for himself.
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Sep 19th 2023, 1:49 PM
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September 2023
# Data Protection Commission
TikTok fined €345 million by Ireland's data watchdog over processing of children’s data
Tiktok said that it “respectfully disagreed” with the level of the fine imposed and said it related to features and settings in place three years ago.
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Sep 15th 2023, 1:11 PM
# factcheck
Debunked: The Canadian government hasn't banned the British outlet GB News
Meta has been blocking all news content in Canada in response to a proposed new law.
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Sep 6th 2023, 1:39 PM
Last month
August 2023
# Digital Services Act
The European Union's tough new laws on social media content have officially come into force
Platforms with at least 45 million monthly active users will be subjected to fulfil every new obligation.
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Aug 25th 2023, 1:19 PM
# x
X's subscription service, formerly Twitter Blue, now allows users to hide their blue ticks
The blue checks have been mocked by some as a sign that the user is willing to pay for special treatment.
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Aug 3rd 2023, 7:26 AM
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2023
# Social Media
Elon Musk says Twitter is losing cash due to heavy debt and drop in advertising
In April, the billionaire said most of the advertisers who left had returned and the company might become cash flow positive in the second quarter.
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Jul 16th 2023, 12:30 PM
Voices
Therapist: Don't let the social media feed of others' perfect holidays get you down
Maxine Walsh addresses the pitfalls of doom-scrolling on social media, particularly at a time when summer adventures are everywhere.
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Jul 15th 2023, 7:00 AM
# Online Safety
Coimisiún na Meán: Ireland's new watchdog on using 'teeth' to take on social media giants
Coimisiún na Meán published its obligations for the next nine months in a work programme today.
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Jun 20th 2023, 5:13 PM
# Reddit
Explained: Why have thousands of Reddit forums gone dark and what does AI have to do with it?
Reddit’s decision has been met with dismay and frustration from moderators in charge of some of the website’s most popular forums.
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Jun 16th 2023, 1:34 PM
# LA
17-year-old boy falls to his death while climbing Los Angeles bridge for ‘social media broadcast’
The bridge opened last year and has quickly become a hotspot for social media stunts.
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May 25th 2023, 9:58 AM
# Social Media
TikTok files lawsuit to stop ban in US state of Montana
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the unprecedented prohibition into law on 17 May to come into effect in 2024.
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May 22nd 2023, 10:17 PM
# Twitter
Elon Musk announces new Twitter CEO
NBC had said earlier in the day that advertising executive Linda Yaccarino was leaving with immediate effect.
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May 12th 2023, 7:43 PM
Voices
Eoghan Cleary: My teenage students understand the difference between gender and sex
The teacher says his students are well able to wrap their heads around gender identity issues.
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Apr 28th 2023, 4:00 PM
# Social Media
Twitter, TikTok and Instagram to face much stricter content rules in EU
19 digital companies with tens of millions of users will have to up their regulation efforts in Europe from August.
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Apr 25th 2023, 3:33 PM
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
# Cyber Security
National Cyber Security Centre tells Government departments to avoid TikTok on official devices
Several countries have banned public sector employees from using the app on work devices in recent months.
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Apr 21st 2023, 1:59 PM
# Social Media
Twitter changes: 'Govt-funded' labels dropped as Musk admits paying for some celeb blue ticks
The change appeared soon after Twitter began the mass removal of its blue ticks yesterday.
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Apr 21st 2023, 8:45 AM
# Social Media
Facebook parent company Meta and TikTok decline invite to Oireachtas committee
Twitter did not respond to the invite nor were they contactable by telephone.
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Apr 12th 2023, 5:52 PM
# Data Protection
TikTok fined £12.7 million in UK after it ‘did not do enough’ to keep under-13s off platform
This comes after Australia earlier today said it will ban TikTok on government devices.
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Apr 4th 2023, 12:00 PM
# tusla
Tusla contacted social media platforms several times last year over online abuse towards staff
Tusla also said it was developing a new Violence, Harassment and Aggression Strategy to help its staff.
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Mar 26th 2023, 9:30 AM
# Ticking clock
France becomes latest country to ban TikTok from public employee work phones
Several other countries have also started to put restrictions on the use of the app.
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Mar 24th 2023, 1:54 PM
# Social Media
TikTok chief faces off with US lawmakers as ban looms
Tiktok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is under immense pressure across Western countries.
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Mar 23rd 2023, 7:51 PM
# Social Media
Taoiseach says Govt seeking expert advice on TikTok after UK bans app on work devices
Fine Gael’s Colm Markey has written to the Taoiseach and the Ceann Comhairle urging them to ban TikTok from government-issued phones.
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Mar 16th 2023, 5:10 PM
# Dungarvan
Gardaí investigating alleged Waterford assault arrest woman for allegedly making false statement
In a statement, gardaí also said they were not aware of any alleged “spate of attacks by foreign nationals as suggested”.
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Mar 15th 2023, 12:17 PM
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Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'
A wave of abuse greeted Lavender after she accepted the Album of the Year award for CMAT last week.
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Mar 14th 2023, 7:30 PM
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Opinion: 'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'
Mum Margaret Lynch looks at the question of smartphone use for children and shares her own experiences.
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Mar 11th 2023, 8:00 PM
# Social Media
Vast majority of LGBTQ+ young people exposed to 'dramatic increase' in hateful content online
Europe saw the ‘deadliest rise in anti-LGBTI+ violence in over a decade’ in 2022.
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Mar 6th 2023, 6:30 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Have you ever bought anything because an 'influencer' posted about it?
Research from the advertising watchdog reveals only one in 10 people have trust in what influencers post on social media.
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Mar 1st 2023, 10:59 AM
# Social Media
Artificial intelligence to be used to ensure influencers comply with advertising code
The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland ‘will use tech tools to capture information to assess’ social media posts.
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Mar 1st 2023, 10:42 AM
# tiktok
Canada bans TikTok on government phones and devices over data protection worries
The European Commission banned the app from its equipment last week.
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Feb 27th 2023, 9:44 PM
# Misinformation
Social media companies aren't doing enough to remove misinformation about migrants, Harris says
There have been numerous allegations about migrants and refugees circulating on social media in recent weeks.
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Feb 24th 2023, 12:04 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Do you use TikTok?
The European Commission and Council have banned staff from using TikTok on official devices.
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Feb 24th 2023, 9:44 AM
# Data Protection
European Commission and Council bans staff from using TikTok on official devices
TikTok today said the decision was based on mistaken ideas about its platform.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 6:45 PM
# nicola bulley
Social media has 'distracted significantly' in Nicola Bulley investigation, say police
Detectives maintain there is still no evidence of a crime in the mother-of-two’s disappearance last month.
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Feb 15th 2023, 2:18 PM
# Bavaria
German woman alleged to have killed a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death
According to a daily German newspaper, the woman was a beautician who entrapped the victim via Instagram by offering her cosmetics.
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Jan 31st 2023, 12:40 PM
# factcheck
Debunked: London Police are not criminally investigating COVID-19 vaccines
Despite accusations of murder, terrorism, genocide, and torture, no credible evidence was given.
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Jan 26th 2023, 1:51 PM
Voices
Therapist: How do we challenge toxic masculinity and its appeal to impressionable young men?
Geoffrey McCarthy looks at the Andrew Tate case and the troubling message it brings.
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Jan 22nd 2023, 3:00 PM
# Human Trafficking
Andrew Tate due in Romanian court to appeal against continued detention
The controversial social media influencer is charged with being part of an organised crime group, human trafficking and rape.
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Jan 10th 2023, 8:55 AM
Last year
2022
# Artem Lobov
Injunction judgement reserved over allegedly defamatory social media posts by Conor McGregor
Retired MMA fighter Artem Lobov claims that he has been the subject of a barrage of harassing and defamatory posts by McGregor.
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Dec 22nd 2022, 2:45 PM
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