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

Under Elon Musk, X is a vast disinformation network, a hotbed of extremism, a radicalisation tool. And now its chatbot is a creator, publisher and distributor of awful material

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

Media regulator had commenced a formal investigation ‘into the provider of the X online platform under the EU Digital Services Act’

Move stems from concerns over social network’s compliance with internal complaint handling system legislation

The columnist and author on relating more to Generation X than his own age group, taking extended breaks from everyday life, and his existential dread of tech billionaires

Andrew McGovern, from Rathowen, pleaded guilty to posting ‘sinister’ and ‘blatantly false’ material on Twitter

Labour Court hearing X appeal of €550,131 award by Workplace Relations Commission to former senior manager in social media group’s Dublin office

Labour Court hears former Twitter executive is over €16,000 out of pocket each month since failure to sign Musk’s ‘hard core’ email saw his ousted

Lawmaker reported allegations over moderation and rightwing content on social media platform

Antoinette Cunningham says content posted by Andrew McGovern was ‘filled with hate, disinformation, offensive content, lies’

Labour Court sets aside three days for hearing

When Elon Musk bought the former Twitter, it was heavily reliant on ads from blue-chip companies

Social network to proactively verify authentic notable accounts, adding check mark next to their names

The big ticket deals were derided at the time, but the apps are now two of the most important parts of Meta’s business

Martin cites damage to ‘significant sector’ in Republic if union should impose levies as retaliation

Data Protection Commission to investigate X over AI model training

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Combined company valued at $80 billion, businessman announces

Two books ask important questions about how our attention is manipulated and monetised