Bluesky, the non-toxic alternative to X, has had a glow-up. But is the app here to stay?
Social media app that feels a lot like early Twitter has attracted millions of new users this month and, so far, is not annoying like Threads
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Bluesky is starting to surge amid upheaval in the social media world
Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m
Sport Twitter, now X, deplorable, compelling and mindless ... but still, it’s hard to say goodbye
‘It can feel like this is the space where we all put our most toxic part, where the collective black dog lurks’
‘Toxic’ X just not worth it anymore, the Guardian concludes
X marks the exit door for the news title, which has announced it will no longer post on Elon Musk’s platform
The concept of the alpha male human is cultural, not biological
Elon Musk should know that human social structures are more fluid than even the most complex of animal hierarchies
The Guardian leaves X, calling it a ‘toxic media platform’
News outlet cites 'often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform' and says US election 'underlined' its decision
Services operated by tech companies TikTok, X and Meta ‘exposed to terrorist content’, media regulator finds
Coimisiún na Meán said that the three companies would have to take specific measures to protect their services from being used for the dissemination of terrorist content
Core’s Aidan Greene: ‘Amazon.ie will be a gamechanger for Irish advertising clients’
The marketing communications group grew its net profit to more than €4m last year and has expanded again in 2024
Gardaí expand social-media monitoring to combat far-right extremism and serious offending
Many gardaí still calling for additional resources for open-source intelligence, particularly in investigations into online child sexual abuse
‘Pints and tries, c’mon the guys’: Party leaders use Ireland v New Zealand clash to kick off campaigns on social media
Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald take message directly to young voters on X, Instagram and TikTok
Light touch regulation did not work with banks and won’t work for video sharing platforms like TikTok
Coimisiún na Meán’s online safety code for video-sharing platforms contains echoes of the 2008 banking crisis
High Court gives X six weeks to file defence to George Galloway’s defamation claim
Broadcaster and former MP suing social media platform over labelling his account ‘Russian state-affiliated’
Regulating social media is an impossible job but someone has got to at least try
Coimisiún na Meán’s online safety code is as much about what it doesn’t do as what it does
New online safety code to protect children on social platforms including Facebook, YouTube and TikTok
Coimisiún na Meán’s code will affect all video-sharing platforms with EU headquarters in Ireland
George Galloway’s legal team to ask X to file defamation defence in High Court
Former British MP took action against the social media platform two years ago after it labelled his account ‘Russian state-affiliated media’
Is Twitter to blame for Tesla’s troubles?
Carmakers shares down 40% since Musk bought social media network
The silence of the ‘Shinnerbots’: How social media lost political credibility
So-called ‘slop’ is driving people and advertisers from social media. But platforms are also throttling political content
Pavel Durov built an app bigger than Elon Musk’s. Now it’s known as the dark web in your pocket
The arrest of the deeply private Russia tech titan has put the spotlight on illegal activity on Telegram, a preferred tool of the Irish far right. But Durov insists he is a defender of free speech
Twitter appeals WRC record payout ruling for unfair dismissal
Social media giant – now known as X – ordered to pay award of €550,131 to former executive Gary Rooney
No, Elon Musk will not be a trillionaire by 2027
Any claim that anyone is to be a trillionaire any time soon is not credible
Media regulator opens review into how social media platforms deal with illegal online content
An initial information-gathering process by Coimisiún na Meán into how social media platforms deal with illegal online content could ultimately be expanded into an investigation or enforcement action
Australia proposes legal minimum age for children to access social media
Restriction to apply between 14 and 16 with age verification technology trial to begin soon, says PM
Presidential election debate offers opportunity and peril for Kamala Harris
As polls tighten, vice president and Donald Trump will come face to face for the first time in their campaigns for White House
Advertisers threaten to cut spending on Elon Musk’s X in record numbers
Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material
High Court dispute between X and data regulator is resolved
Issue centred on use of personal data to train AI systems
Diarmaid Ferriter: Why are Irish people so preoccupied with what others might think?
The Revelation of Ireland 1995-2020 dissects Irish life over 25 years, with the benefit of hindsight and the opening up of archives
Tesla’s brand takes another hit amid Musk controversies
The electric vehicle group’s founder is more likely to be in the news these days for his hard-right ramblings than for EVs
Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?
Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content
Brazilian court orders ‘total suspension’ of X as row with Elon Musk deepens
Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country
Elon Musk’s X braced for ban in Brazil amid fight with judge
Judge Alexandre de Moraes says moves against platform are part of fight to protect democracy from misinformation and hateful content
I gave up on X because of the drip, drip of casual racism
Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter
Who’s afraid of X owner Elon Musk?
Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?
Trump ditches Truth Social investors for Elon Musk and X
Shifting back to X may may political sense, but it won’t help Trump Media’s shareholders
The Irish Times view on Elon Musk and the regulators: more conflict ahead
The billionaire’s actions undermines the contention that social media companies provide a value-neutral servic
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