New campaign warns about misogynistic content and challenges online messaging where women can be ‘pressurised’ into care roles

Social media platforms should be given a safety score to allow parents and users assess their suitability, high commissioner says

Prolific author Elle Kennedy has published her first YA novel, Thornbird, a satisfyingly twisty and swoony mystery tale

Preparing to climb the old-fashioned way, I am reminded that the modern Reek Sunday is nothing like it was 25 or 30 years ago

Over 82 per cent of young people attending a conference on children’s voices were very concerned about content available online

Case is ‘cautionary warning against the kind of influences on young men these days’, judge says

Many people no longer feel they have control over when they read the news as outlets chase engagement

Most people I encounter are not bigots, or psychopaths. But as soon as I open a social media app, I’m faced with a terrible and lurid array of aggravating things

Both Peter Gray and Jonathan Haidt believe that children are over-supervised in childhood. But they differ on phones

Four Irish teenagers talk about navigating friendships and social hierarchies in the era of social media and the manosphere

Documentary on momfluencer is a disquieting portrayal of manipulation behind the picket fences of an idyllic town

Michelle Keane purged her contempt after spending what judge said were ‘three difficult days’ in Limerick Prison

Latest legal actions could involve decisions on complaints against social media giant

Six in 10 young drivers would overtake a cyclist without leaving enough space to keep other drivers happy, UCD study finds

Ban is first to be enacted in Europe as concerns grow about impacts on health and safety of minors globally

Minister for Communications Patrick O’Donovan wants restrictions on online access for children in place by the end of this year

The use of the app will not be compulsory and older forms of ID will still be usable

Design features such as notifications, streaks and autoplay worry me just as much as harmful content

European Commission report calls for staged approach with total ban only affecting young people under 13 years of age

It functions, among other things, as an antidote to the relentless propagandising of the tech world, with its insistence on AI as an inevitable replacement of human labour