Life US TikTok sale deadline extended after China cuts off negotiations due to tarriffs Trump issues another reprieve after talks collapse 7 Apr
Life TikTok faces uncertain future as US sale deadline approaches Democratic senators urge Trump to extend the deadline for the sale of social network 27 Mar
Trade TikTok struggles for balance between growth and protecting users DSA report says nearly 21.2m pieces of content removed from July-December 2024 4 Mar
Life Telegram receives hefty fine after slow response to child abuse investigation Australian regulator loses patience with encrypted messaging platform 3 Mar
Life TikTok restored in the US after ban lasts 14 hours Trump signals cosy relationship with Big Tech as ban hastily lifted 20 Jan
Life Meta to replace fact-checkers with ‘community notes’ system similar to X Over the next months, Meta will phase in a community notes system and simplify its policies on fact-checking 10 Jan
Blogs Bluesky surge is impressive but the old days won’t be coming back The Twitter offshoot’s growth is impressive, but video has killed the text star, says Jason Walsh 20 Dec
Life Microblogging platform Bluesky nets 700,000 members after Trump election Tired users look for friendlier place to tweet 12 Nov
Life Australia moves to ban social media for children under 16 Govt cites risks to mental and physical health for new law that could come into force next year 7 Nov
Life Deepfake epidemic hits US schools Legal measures are being implemented to criminalise the malicious use of deepfakes, but preventive measures and social norming strategies are also... 25 Oct
Life Coimisiún na Meán adopts final Online Safety Code Code targets illegal content, harmful impacts of recommender systems, inadequate protections for children on social media 21 Oct
Life Update on X sparks outrage over online security Rival platform Bluesky talks up user protection as concerns over AI training data surface 21 Oct
Life Judge in California allows lawsuits against Meta in US over mental health of teens Lawsuits contend that social media sites designed to be addictive 17 Oct
Life Musk says X will let blocked accounts still see user posts No word on when controversial change will come into effect 27 Sep
Life Telegram shares IP addresses and phone numbers in illegal activities Messaging app makes concessions to French law enforcement 24 Sep
Life X stops business activities in Brazil after threats to court Owner Musk slams court over 'unlawful' orders to screen content for disinformation 19 Aug
Life Investor turns to crowdfunding in attempt to save TikTok’s US operation Entrepreneur turns to crowdfunding model despite ByteDance saying video sharing service not for sale 29 May
Life More than a quarter of young people say social media posts influence their politics Survey finds younger generations more interested in engaging with candidates on a more personal level 22 May
Life Dorsey calls for ‘decentralised protocol’ for X Twitter co-founder sounds off on frustrations with competing social networks Bluesky 13 May
Life TikTok CEO defiant as Biden administration signs off on ‘sell or ban’ law CEO promises users the site will not shutter US operation 26 Apr
Radio TalentHub’s Ellie Doyle on more inclusive workplaces Bad news from Tesla, sort of good news from Meta and definitely some bad from Apple 26 Apr
Radio Social media under the microscope and Dimitra’s Jon Trask on blockchain in agriculture Revealing investigations for TikTok and YouTube and how one company is bringing setting up farmers with smart contracts 19 Apr
Life TikTok partners with The Mary Robinson Centre for New Youth Climate Leaders Alliance Programme to run from May until the end of the year 11 Apr
Life Universal Music Group threatens to pull song catalogue from TikTok Social media platform has until midnight to hammer out new deal 31 Jan
Radio Samsung switches it up with the Galaxy S24 Under the hood of the phone that thinks it knows it all 19 Jan
Blogs Zuckerberg/Musk drama more pulling at Threads for attention The clown-like battle of the CEOs is a morbid symptom of the fall of social media, says Jason Walsh 14 Jul
Radio Microsoft Builds up, Meta tears down Big Tech parts with big money and the rest of the week's headlines 26 May
Blogs The best way to resist Internet lies is to refuse to rush to judgement All is not lost in the battle aginst the Internet's sea of biases, blindspots and lies, argues Jason Walsh 19 May
Blogs The view from the social media cheap seats is good, for now TikTok has climbed to unimagined dizzy heights, but there is no reason to think Facebook is in trouble, says Jason Walsh 12 May
Radio Victoria Gascon Perez on technology transfer at UL More trouble in social media, and how the key to creating a great spin-out 14 Apr
Radio Virgin Orbit crashes to Earth How AI is changing networks and the New York Times pushes back against Twitter 11 Apr
Blogs Ireland cannot dance around growing privacy concerns Growing global pressure on the Chinese social media challenger puts Ireland in the spotlight, says Jason Walsh 20 Mar
Radio Threadjacking, portraits too good to be true and UN AI advisor Neil Sahota A master inventor gives his view on artificial intelligence 24 Feb
Blogs Under the influence Numbers of video game streamers cratering since the end of the Covid lockdowns are just one more sign playtime is over, says Jason Walsh 17 Feb
Life Majority of Irish adults wish they spent less time on their devices, says Deloitte survey More than a third of respondents check their phone at least 50 times a day 21 Nov
Trade Elon Musk condemns Twitter’s data security lapses The Tesla owner banks on whistleblower claims to bolster countersuit against social network 19 Sep
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