Free speech will be the big EU-US battleground in 2026 – and Ireland is in the crossfire
Ireland is in a highly precarious position as we head into 2026, on the faultline between our allies in the EU and the US administration and Big Tech
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Stories related to social media firm X, formerly known as Twitter
Online child safety could prove a major test for EU in battle with Trump
Anyone expecting a social media ban for Irish teenagers will be waiting and it’s not because we are bad parents
It’s time to ban the toxic teen popularity counter
Now that the Australian social media ban is here, surveys that suggested 80% of parents supported it in theory are beginning to look wildly optimistic
Matt Williams: This is not a game – Ireland must match Australia and stand up for children
Across the world young people’s health is being damaged by a scourge that is luring them away from sport and other invigorating pursuits. It’s time to tackle it
Elon Musk and X granted High Court permission to challenge Coimisiún na Meán investigation
Media regulator had commenced a formal investigation ‘into the provider of the X online platform under the EU Digital Services Act’
Culture wars have come for Dublin’s Winter Lights festival
Posts on X are channelling rage at the wokerati accused of being out to ban Christmas
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy: Artful portrait of youthfulness and beauty as women’s only sources of power
The author’s bleak debut novel critiques the commodification of youth and femininity in the US
EU fines Elon Musk’s X €120m for transparency violations
Penalty under the Digital Services Act risks escalating tensions with US government
TikTok and LinkedIn under investigation by Coimisiún na Meán
Concerns raised if platforms allow people to report suspected child sexual abuse material anonymously as required by law
X’s new user-location feature finds Maga accounts based in Thailand, Nigeria and Bangladesh
Online sleuths found users posting about US politics in various countries, prompting scrutiny over accounts
Ireland can’t credibly regulate AI while also living off Big Tech’s taxes
We missed the chance to shape social media before it shaped us – with AI there will be no second bite of the cherry
Government department fights move to clamp down on online fraud
Enterprise wary of upsetting social media giants by asked them to verify promoters of investment products on their platforms
ChatGPT, Spotify and X among websites down after outage at network firm Cloudflare
Tens of thousands of internet users locked out of websites due to internal server error
At Least It Looks Good from Space by Carl Kinsella: Between comedy and calamity
Kinsella proves a sharp satirist and shrewd observer of the minutiae of Irish life in this collection of essays
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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