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# Social Media

This month
July 2024
Why are women giving birth alone in Ireland - and across the world?
Inside the online freebirthing movement that’s gaining popularity worldwide.
The Journal speaks to women who have freebirthed in Ireland and beyond about their reasons for going outside of the medical system.
One woman who became immersed in exclusive, private online groups says leaving the extreme end of the freebirth movement felt like 'leaving a cult'.
Some in Ireland are freebirthing because they can't access HSE homebirthing services.
A Louth woman, Naomi James, who died after giving birth at home without a medic present, also participated in online groups, and freebirthing influencers.
Eimer McAuley
7 Jul
18.4k
Last month
June 2024
Social media a “clear threat” to teenagers' mental health, say Irish doctors
20 Jun
7.0k
42
Almost one-third of students feel they don't belong at school, says new report
19 Jun
10.7k
55
Eamon Ryan and Michael Healy-Rae condemn social media abuse during election campaign
18 Jun
12.2k
50
Poll: Should social media platforms have a warning label?
18 Jun
15.2k
70
X-ed: Likes are becoming private on the site formerly known as Twitter
12 Jun
6.9k
Beheadings, porn, abuse and anxiety: A teacher talks to his students about their smartphone use
Eoghan Cleary
Updated 11 Jun
16.9k
How Ireland's non-white election candidates are targeted with misinformation and racist abuse
6 Jun
4.8k
This year
2024
Updated online safety code criticised for not addressing ‘toxic and harmful’ algorithms
27 May
6.6k
13
Calls for social media giants to 'come down on top of' accounts advertising fake euro notes
Some accounts seen by The Journal advertised counterfeit banknotes claiming to be “100% undetectable”.
Jane Moore
17 May
10.3k
European Elections: Will young people get out and vote?
Leon Diop
16 May
3.9k
ByteDance says it has 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US law threatens ban
16 hrs ago
6.1k
21
Australian PM calls Musk an 'arrogant billionaire' in row over videos of Sydney church stabbing
23 Apr
13.6k
'I joined the Oireachtas Israeli and Palestinian friendship groups — but I'm no longer involved', says junior minister
21 Apr
33.7k
Opinion: We can no longer leave children alone to face this unregulated tech world
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated 18 Apr
7.5k
42
'Water off a duck's back': Eoin Ó Broin on video showing him being accosted on Dublin street
16 Apr
26.4k
Meta to tell politicians that app stores should be responsible for age verification
16 Apr
4.8k
23
Challenges of reporting from Gaza: How inaccurate reports of a dead Irish aid worker went viral
13 Apr
6.1k
Fake ad data Tánaiste obtained from Google through court order being 'forensically analysed'
8 Apr
13.5k
Opinion: How did we ever believe self-regulation by tech platforms would be a good idea?
Noeline Blackwell
30 Mar
8.4k
84
Hate Speech law: 'As legislators, it is our responsibility to draw the line on hate'
Malcolm Byrne
27 Mar
11.5k
78
Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, as his social media company is to go public
22 Mar
18.8k
40
Bank of Ireland warns of fake articles designed to 'steal customers' money' with crypto scams
15 Mar
9.2k
18
Debunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany
14 Mar
18.7k
Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for almost $130 million in unpaid severance
4 Mar
9.2k
Debunked: The Irish Muslim Council has not put up stickers advocating for ‘Sharia Law’
27 Feb
11.4k
X tells private Oireachtas hearing it will abide by Irish hate speech laws
Updated 21 Feb
8.5k
‘Hiding from M-hunters’: TikTok accused of pushing managers into issuing low performance reviews
21 Feb
38.1k
15
WhatsApp to lower minimum age requirement across Europe from 16 to 13
15 Feb
8.8k
26
Social media companies refuse to support government’s calls for age verification measures
14 Feb
7.1k
30
AI algorithms pushing content 'romanticising' suicide to children, Oireachtas Committee hears
13 Feb
7.4k
14
Mark Zuckerberg apologises to parents during heated Senate hearing on online child safety
31 Jan
14.1k
11
Meta would only meet politicians if Oireachtas hearing was private (but here's what they said anyway)
31 Jan
8.2k
6
Senior Irish-based X employee seeks to sue Elon Musk for defamation over tweet he sent
15 Jan
16.9k
With Silicon Valley 'visionaries', profits are prioritised over true technological progress
Peter Bloom
13 Jan
12.6k
14
Tánaiste Micheál Martin says it's not feasible to ban children from using social media
1 Jan
11.9k
44
Last year
2023
Poll: Have you signed up to Threads?
29 Dec 2023
19.9k
37
Taoiseach and Tánaiste both express concerns over X after report on how it moderates content
24 Dec 2023
14.7k
Advertising watchdog clamps down on posts from Irish influencers not marked as ads
11 Dec 2023
8.8k
15
Irish media regulator asks public for their input on new online safety rules for social media
8 Dec 2023
5.4k
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