Commissioner says Gordon Lyons’s actions had potential of ‘heightening tensions’ during rioting in North last year

Some Irish sporting organisations did the only thing they could do to protect their athletes from the worst excesses on X

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Teenagers at a recent workshop had all witnessed violent, extreme, racist, sexist and unhealthy body image content online

Parents worry about toxic social media and their children accessing inappropriate content but they are not powerless in limiting access

Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good

There is evidence to suggest that, even though we are connected to more and more people online, we are struggling greatly with loneliness and anxiety

In the capital, Nuuk, people are stocking up on petrol and food as they contemplate the worst after Donald Trump’s threats

Elon Musk’s site has evolved from one that influenced culture and helped foment revolution to one where users ‘get nothing back except rage’

Last year, I used my phone as respite - doomscrolling, listening to podcasts in the shower and audiobooks while going to sleep

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A number of young women express disquiet about reactions being monetised by content creator

Coco’s Law bans sharing of intimate images but does not appear to criminalise generating them

Parents can now limit time spent on platform’s short-form video content

State-driven attempts to shut down a corner of the public realm are wrong

Staff, who review material on social media networks for safety, seek union recognition, better redundancy terms

Social network’s tool Grok has been creating illegal images at the request of users

Looking too far into the future can make fools of us, but data-centre power shortfall and social media regulatory wrangles lie ahead

The voices of citizens yearning for change are being muted despite the end of Maduro’s dictatorship

Regulator, Rape Crisis Ireland and civil liberties campaigners criticise generated images using Grok