A Bigger Life by Louise O’Neill: A willingness and openness to surprise at its best
Commitment to being out in the world with other people may reveal one of the book’s most vital messages
TikTok
Irish politicians got to have a go at Big Tech, but will anything change?
Those of us who have seen similar moments to this week’s Oireachtas Committee play out in the past suspect we will still be having these conversations in the future
From quiet quitting to iced coffee: What is Gen Z’s problem with work?
Might their aversion to work and their self-reported misery be related?
Prospect of social media company directors being held criminally liable raised by TDs
Media committee addressed issue of online safety failures around dangerous driving content
Children need stronger protection from harmful online crime content, media watchdog says
Coimisiún na Meán will address Oireachtas committee alongside Meta, TikTok and Google, amid concern over dangerous driving videos shared online
Google, Meta and TikTok to defend record of policing illegal content at Oireachtas
Media regulator concerned about ‘glorification of dangerous activity’ after fatal M9 crash in August
Explainer: Why it may take years for Google to pay its latest Irish fine
Data Protection Commission has levied about €4.5bn in fines on companies overall, yet barely €20m has been paid so far
Nobody else is going to turn your child’s phone off. But you can’t do it alone
A social media ban for under-13s or even under-16s is not pointless just because many will get around it
EU’s banning of under-13s from social media may not be the magic bullet
Australia’s experience shows that teenager have many routes around obstacles
Fresh fears for Dublin jobs as TikTok plans lay-offs
Social media giant’s move comes weeks after previous round of cuts by company in the capital
EU to bring in minimum age limit of 15 to set up social-media accounts
Tech giants will be required to verify age of users under draft proposals due this week
TikTok agrees to appear before Oireachtas media committee after initial refusal
Social media company says it is now in a position to accept committee invitation following discussions with gardaí and regulator
Social media algorithms carefully designed to reward reckless youthful behaviour
A video of someone driving at 190km/h on the wrong side of a motorway in the early hours will escalate engagement
The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong
DPC ordered the HSE to audit stored records and ‘safely destroy any containing personal data that are no longer needed’. But these records have immense value
Social media’s age of the follower is replaced by tyranny of the recommender machine
It’s easy to rage against the machine. It’s harder to propose a viable alternative
Far-right AfD wins key state election, throwing Germany’s politics into uncertain era
An election in Saxony-Anhalt has become a defining test of whether Germany’s mainstream can still hold the line
Make no mistake, US settlement is a win for Meta
With US deal agreed, there is little question of EU really dropping the hammer on Big Tech
Children are turning to AI for advice. We have terrifying examples of where this can lead
One child told us: ‘You guys are not doing anything to help the kids but you all still allow AI use in the school’
Measures to keep young children from accessing online platforms failing, says report
Account creation on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram still relies solely on self-declaration of age
Investors shrug, but Meta’s $17bn payout comes with a reputational cost
Child protection case settlement removes offers certainty on what could have been a vastly larger liability
Wrong-way motorway driving could be detected by AI
Wrong-way motorway driving to face harsher penalties under new laws announced after M9 crash
Meta has settled its US case. What does it all mean?
Company denied wrongdoing but agreement could have a wider impact on its business
Stairway to Heaven – Frank McNally on how our favourite painting became a TikTok sensation
New generation is transfixed by The Meeting on the Turret Stairs
Online platforms did not remove disinformation posts during 2025 presidential election
Researchers flagged 85 social media posts as electoral disinformation, and 13 as online harassment
Meta reaches $16.68bn settlement over social media harms to children
Case relating to alleged failures of child protection was getting under way in California
Australian teens returning to TikTok after ban, data shows
Rate for children aged 10 to 12 is higher now than before the ban
Will Ireland continue to take TikTok’s money after M9 crash? Too bloody true we will
We are living off the immoral earnings generated by deliberately addictive and toxic content aimed at children
UK police arrest 12 people as investigation into wrong-way Middlesbrough crash widens
Comments follow fatal wrong-way collision that killed seven people in Middlesbrough
New Zealand plans to ban under-16s from social media platforms
One in three children aged between 13 and 17 spends at least five hours on social media a day, New Zealand PM says
‘There is a reckoning coming’: Landmark US case could see Meta forced to redesign their product
Potentially seismic lawsuit draws comparisons to 1990s pursuit of tobacco industry
The discourse around super-thin is fraught: Could we replace it?
On SkinnyTok, a TikTok subsection devoted to ‘thinspiration’, people claim extreme caloric restriction is the new mindfulness
John Wilson tried a TikTok-inspired Spicy Sauvy B – here’s his verdict
How to Drink Better: People have been adding ingredients to wine for thousands of years, so is this any different?
Seventeen-year-old girl killed in sword attack at school in Sweden
Police investigate if TikTok account that posted photo of weapon beforehand belonged to attacker
TikTok settles child privacy concerns case with US government for $400m
Suit brought by justice department accused short video app of knowingly allowing children to create accounts
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