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Media

Advertising regulator will start using AI to monitor Irish influencers

The measure is in response to a growing lack of trust in social media marketing ads
  • Donal MacNamee
  • March 1, 2023
Social Media

European Commission bans staff from using TikTok

Employees given until March 15 to get rid of the social media app, the commission said in an email to employees on Thursday
  • Business Post
  • February 23, 2023
Social Media

Children as young as 8 viewing harmful online content as companies ‘not policing’ age restrictions

A new survey has found one in five 8-12 year-olds have seen something online that they ‘wouldn’t want their parents to know about’
  • Aaron Rogan
  • February 7, 2023
Media

Ireland’s Big Tech-funded media regulator seeks watchdog for online platforms

Government adds extra role as expert warns Coimisiún na Meán will need vast resources to oversee Europe’s defacto online tech industry
  • Daniel Murray
  • February 6, 2023
Design For Life

I’m addicted to social media, but don’t want to give it up entirely

This week, expert Louize Carroll advises a reader who needs social media for work, but is exasperated by the sheer amount of time they inevitably end up spending on it
  • Louize Carroll
  • January 21, 2023
Column

Eithne Shortall: All I want for after Christmas is to be free from social media

We’ve heard of Movember and Veganuary: what we need now is a name for a month without the endless making of little films and sharing of every thought
  • Eithne Shortall
  • December 23, 2022
Legal

An exercise in failure: when a social media ‘wellness lifestyle’ venture sours

An online fitness class business partnership between influencer Niamh Cullen and Bold Communications turned sour amid allegations of ‘personal distress’ and legal letters detailing an intellectual property dispute
  • Catherine Sanz
  • December 18, 2022
Connected

Jess Kelly: Social media need not be a hellscape

It’s not all bad on social media, a bit of muting and blocking can ensure your experience stays positive
  • Jess Kelly
  • November 25, 2022
Social Media

Elon Musk to scrap lifelong user bans as he takes control of Twitter

A stream of executives have left as the billionaire completed his takeover of the social media firm
  • Bloomberg
  • October 28, 2022
Twitter

Twitter launches edit button for paying subscribers

Company is specifically testing the edit button with a small group of users in hopes of quickly resolving possible issues
  • Bloomberg
  • September 1, 2022
Media

Willie O’Reilly: The Irish like their media more than most – but bad news is causing some to turn off

In Ireland, we access far more news and trust more of what we read, but the effects of distressing news cycles can’t be ignored by publishers
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • June 17, 2022
tourism

Dermot O’Leary and Laura Whitmore among influencers employed by Tourism Ireland in €1.7m campaign

State’s tourism agency has for years brought celebrities and journalists to Ireland for ‘familiarisation visits’ designed to win positive media coverage
  • Donal MacNamee
  • June 3, 2022
Media

Willie O’Reilly: Wagatha Christie case should be a lesson in caution

The libel trial between two English footballers’ wives has gripped the public imagination, but the consequences for those involved could be costly
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • May 28, 2022

Willie O’Reilly: A Musk-owned Twitter must protect more than ‘free speech’

It remains to be seen how the world’s wealthiest man will change the world’s most powerful social media platform, which he is set to buy for $44 billion
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • May 1, 2022

Willie O’Reilly: The voices you can trust in the fog of war

Amid all the noise and ill-informed conjecture, a handful of social media commentators stand out for their clear-eyed analysis of the war in Ukraine
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • April 22, 2022

Twitter to set up dedicated abuse report system for Oireachtas

The proposal follows research published by the Business Post last month which found that 96 per cent of the 50 female politicians surveyed had experienced abuse on the platform.
  • Emmet Ryan
  • March 13, 2022

Twitter promises faster action on fake news amid Ukraine invasion

Facebook owner Meta says it is ‘closely monitoring’ for misinformation on its platforms
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 24, 2022

Willie O’Reilly: In revealing America’s toxic underbelly, Louis Theroux has a dilemma

Forbidden America, the BBC’s new documentary on digital media-savvy white supremacists, comes dangerously close to promoting the nest of vipers it seeks to expose
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • February 20, 2022

Willie O’Reilly: The last whoops and hollers of the internet’s Wild West

The Twitterati were incandescent over the sale of Wordle, while Spotify seemed to think it had no responsibility for Covid misinformation on its Joe Rogan podcast
  • Willie O'Reilly
  • February 6, 2022

Deirdre Heenan: Twitter’s double-edged sword leaves Beattie’s liberal credentials in tatters

The UUP leader is just the latest politician to find out that contentious social media posts have the potential to derail a career
  • Deirdre Heenan
  • January 30, 2022

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