Fake online ads using Micheál Martin’s image believed to have originated in Belarus and Russia
Tánaiste speaks about efforts to learn identity of those behind adverts as he outlines Government plans to overhaul defamation laws
Stories related to social media firm X, formerly known as Twitter
Tánaiste speaks about efforts to learn identity of those behind adverts as he outlines Government plans to overhaul defamation laws
From photography to working from home, being able to prove things are real is ever more important
What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs
Logging on to X/Twitter is likely to exacerbate feelings of loneliness, boredom, outrage and political polarisation, researchers at the University of Toronto found
Social media platform owned by Elon Musk faces fines of up to 6% of turnover if initial European Commission view is confirmed
When social media first took off, it was presented as a public commons, where people could exchange ideas and interests. What it eventually became couldn’t be further from that civilised concept
A high-profile call for tobacco-style warnings had no lasting effects on platforms’ shares
Tensions between billionaire and his top executive have been rising as the platform’s financial health has struggled
If the professional social network is now a place for personal posts, why isn’t it funnier?
Vast swaths of office space have been left empty after a big shift to remote working
Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions
Hugh Linehan: The link economy is dying, and with it an entire ecosystem that supported content creation and communication is coming to an end
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
An analysis on social media traffic showed most posts about Newtownmountkennedy demonstration came from the US
Emer McLysaght: This tainted emoji has tormented so many for so long. Why then, do I now find myself softening towards it?
Legislators should be ‘much more aggressive’ in holding technology firms to account, Oireachtas committee told
Simon Harris's social media skills have conferred on him an air of mystique among an older generation of politicians. But voters are less likely to be wowed
Billionaire was being questioned in lawsuit accusing him of promoting conspiracy theory
A recent New York Times profile prompted Ackman to post a 4,200-word reply on X
Online fake news and hybrid campaigns increase in advance of European elections
Abdelhafid Bensaada is suing a conversative news site for falsely linking him to the attack
Disruption for hundreds of thousands saw up to 550,000 reports of outages at peak of incident
Spend some time with younger people and the evidence of dopamine culture is everywhere
Sky’s Stephen van Rooyen tops Reputations Agency’s ranking of most influential CEOs on LinkedIn, ahead of Meta’s Anne O’Leary and Primark’s Paul Marchant
CSO’s latest monthly payrolls data highlights how global tech retrenchment is playing out
It started as an internal Twitter project, now it’s an alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform
In its early days, it offered an optimistic vision. But the picture soon darkened and disregard for potential harms has been a recurring feature
Switch your ‘default setting’ to real life with social media somewhere you visit instead of the place you live
Burden of protecting children online cannot fall exclusively on parents - Big Tech must stop prioritising profit over child safety
Online harm is not an unintended consequence of social media. It’s baked into the design
Five big tech leaders appeared before the US Senate this week, but it remains to be seen whether anything of substance emerges
Passing the hate-speech legislation would be a better riposte
Funding by X of any such challenges faces serious obstacles but it has options
Sue Duke on dealing with lay-offs and the importance of good communication
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices