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# Social Media

Last year
2023
TikTok fined £12.7 million in UK after it ‘did not do enough’ to keep under-13s off platform
Tusla contacted social media platforms several times last year over online abuse towards staff
France becomes latest country to ban TikTok from public employee work phones
TikTok chief faces off with US lawmakers as ban looms
Taoiseach says Govt seeking expert advice on TikTok after UK bans app on work devices
Gardaí investigating alleged Waterford assault arrest woman for allegedly making false statement
Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'
Lavender
Opinion: 'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'
Margaret Lynch
Vast majority of LGBTQ+ young people exposed to 'dramatic increase' in hateful content online
Poll: Have you ever bought anything because an 'influencer' posted about it?
Artificial intelligence to be used to ensure influencers comply with advertising code
Canada bans TikTok on government phones and devices over data protection worries
Social media companies aren't doing enough to remove misinformation about migrants, Harris says
Poll: Do you use TikTok?
European Commission and Council bans staff from using TikTok on official devices
Social media has 'distracted significantly' in Nicola Bulley investigation, say police
German woman alleged to have killed a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death
Debunked: London Police are not criminally investigating COVID-19 vaccines
Therapist: How do we challenge toxic masculinity and its appeal to impressionable young men?
Geoffrey McCarthy
Andrew Tate due in Romanian court to appeal against continued detention
All time
Injunction judgement reserved over allegedly defamatory social media posts by Conor McGregor
Almost half of adverts posted by social media influencers not labelled as such, research finds
No social media, no milkshakes: How Australia upset World Cup odds
Twitter employee: 'Our jobs are gone but we hope EU and UK law will protect us'
Twitter Employee (Anon)
EU Justice Commissioner to meet with Meta and Twitter during Ireland visit
Taoiseach condemns 'utterly reprehensible' attack on two Gardaí outside pub in Ballyfermot
Opinion: As a former Twitter employee, I'm horrified by what Elon Musk is doing
Declan Cashin
Twitter's survival is about more than just Elon Musk getting his way - here's why
Laura Byrne
Poll: Which social media platform do you spend the most time on?
The Explainer: What do the layoffs at Meta and Twitter mean for the tech industry?
Musk tells staff to brace for ‘difficult times’ as he warns of Twitter’s demise
Could Mastodon take over from Twitter - and how do you join?
WhatsApp begins rolling out Communities feature to bundle together group chats
Musk announces 'content moderation council' for Twitter
Kanye West begins process of buying alternative social media platform Parler
Debunked: Figures on Covid-19 deaths and underlying conditions have been taken out of context
YouTube becomes latest platform to ban Andrew Tate for breaching hate speech rules
HSE flagged over 3,000 Covid-19 social media posts due to misinformation
Domestic abuser Paul Moody was still active on dating apps days before his sentencing
Health products regulator warns against unauthorised 'self-tanning' substance