Musk frequently shares or highlights posts complaining about immigration into Ireland by Michael O’Keeffe, one of a number of Irish people to have grabbed the world’s richest man’s attention
Valuation would match price Musk paid for site despite loss of users and advertisers
‘As an American taxpayer I don’t want my dollars going towards this crap,’ Donald Trump’s press secretary told reporters
Regulator alleges businessman’s failure to follow disclosure rules delivered $150m benefit on share purchases
Veteran executive seen as a potential Google CEO must tackle threats from Trump to tech rivals
Elon Musk’s social media network has been a source of ‘disquiet for many years’, says religious group
Twitter International takes issue with new Online Safety Code’s approach to “restricted” video content
It is less easy to hate someone with baffling ideas when you know and like them as a person
As people – even Stephen King – flee the platform, discussion of where to move to feels underpinned by a sadness that the kind of virtual space they crave may no longer be possible
Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m
‘It can feel like this is the space where we all put our most toxic part, where the collective black dog lurks’
News outlet cites 'often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform' and says US election 'underlined' its decision
Broadcaster and former MP suing social media platform over labelling his account ‘Russian state-affiliated’
Coimisiún na Meán’s code will affect all video-sharing platforms with EU headquarters in Ireland
Former British MP took action against the social media platform two years ago after it labelled his account ‘Russian state-affiliated media’
Carmakers shares down 40% since Musk bought social media network
So-called ‘slop’ is driving people and advertisers from social media. But platforms are also throttling political content
The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo at Bluesky
Social media giant – now known as X – ordered to pay award of €550,131 to former executive Gary Rooney
Restriction to apply between 14 and 16 with age verification technology trial to begin soon, says PM
Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material
The electric vehicle group’s founder is more likely to be in the news these days for his hard-right ramblings than for EVs
Plus: Pizza man Brian MacGoey buys an upper-crust pad, Google eyes Boland’s Mills merch, and Young Fine Gael in a flap about proposed social media ban
Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content
Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country
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
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
Elon Musk’s antics are turning off the most obvious customers for his cars
Global Alliance for Responsible Media said it does not have resources to fight suit and continue operating
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
Data Protection Commission focuses on company’s use of user data to train its Grok enhanced search tool
‘Professional’ protesters at recent anti-immigration events used tactics popular among far right in EU and US, security sources say
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
It is estimated that due to the posts the company has lost over €4 million in investment from 20 creators who have declined to work with the company.
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?
Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
Up to half of sixth class pupils included in Snapchat groups in some schools
Emer McLysaght: This tainted emoji has tormented so many for so long. Why then, do I now find myself softening towards it?
Billionaire was being questioned in lawsuit accusing him of promoting conspiracy theory
Respect to Work campaign hopes to boost union membership in tech and finance sectors
While other social platforms are still growing worldwide, new figures suggest daily usage of Elon Musk’s company has waned
Abdelhafid Bensaada is suing a conversative news site for falsely linking him to the attack
CSO’s latest monthly payrolls data highlights how global tech retrenchment is playing out
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
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