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
Life Instagram slapped with €405m GDPR fine over breaches The social media platform becomes the third Meta-owned company to be hit with privacy penalty 6 Sep
Life Twitter allowed government agents access to user data, says whistleblower Former employee Zatko says the social media platform gave unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data 24 Aug
Radio Surge pricing and navigating the creative economy with Unify’s Hugh Callaghan Ticketmaster tries it on with the Boss and a new resouce for personal brand management 29 Jul
Life Telegram to roll out premium tier as it tops 700m daily users The company has remained tight-lipped about pricing but is launching a paid-for tier ahead of rivals 21 Jun
Blogs The dinosaurs of social media won’t be replaced by Mastodon The planned mass exodus of Twitter won’t happen, but it will remain a niche social network with a bark bigger than its bite, says Jason Walsh 27 Apr
Life LinkedIn filled with deepfake ‘virtual employees’ Stanford Internet Observatory researchers find more than 1,000 fake profiles on the business site 12 Apr
Life Majority of European purchasing decisions are influenced by social media In Ireland, all generations look to social media ads before making a purchase 7 Apr
Life Jack Dorsey admits regret for helping to decentralise the Internet The former Twitter CEO took to the platform he founded to express regret at the 'damaging' development of the Internet 4 Apr
Radio Universal Robots’ Mark Gray on Industry 4.0 Good news for physical media and why manufacturing will not die after Industry 4.0 20 Mar
Life More than half of Irish people struggle to tell difference between real and fake news Deloitte report finds 18-24-year-olds more likely to trust news from social media platforms 3 Feb
Life TikTok phishing campaign tried to scam over 125 influencer accounts Hackers threatened to delete accounts over copyright violations 19 Nov
Blogs Social media outages a reminder of network fragility Facebook has precious little to do with enterprise IT, but its recent travails are a warning to us all, writes Jason Walsh 20 Oct
Life TikTok removed 81.5m videos in Q2 for violating guidelines The platform identified and removed 94.1% of the content before it was reported 18 Oct
Life Research investigates children’s right to be heard through social and digital media Technological University Dublin for the Ombudsman for Children’s Office look at positive uses for new media 23 Sep
Life Hate speech on the decline on Facebook, company reports Social network claims removal of hate speech content has increased 15-fold 23 Aug
Radio ModelManagement.com’s Andreas von Estorff on fashionable AI Emerging tech for emerging talent, and the week's breaking stories 20 Aug
Trade UK regulator puts Facebook’s Giphy acquisition in doubt CMA says takeover will "negatively impact competition between social media platforms" 13 Aug
Life US senator wants social media companies held liable for anti-vax lies Amy Klobuchar calls for some Section 230 protections to be stripped from social media 26 Jul
Life Consumers flocking to social commerce during pandemic 78% of Irish consumers have bought products directly from social media 18 Jun
Life President Biden repeals and replaces Trump’s TikTok executive order For the second time since May, Biden voids a Trump-era executive order targeting social media 10 Jun
Life Social media advocates sue Florida over new law Big tech industry organisations aim to strike down SB7072 31 May
Life Sony inks integration deal with chat app Discord The partnership follows rumours of a collapsed takeover deal with Microsoft 5 May
Life Article 19: Social Media Council would help Ireland combat online disinformation Would involve participation from social media companies, media, and members of civil society 26 Mar
Life Hiding ‘Likes’ on Instagram can make you less lonely, say researchers Omitting image performance figures found to protect users' wellbeing 25 Feb
Life Article 19 launch campaign to tackle disinformation online Young Irish activists to spearhead debate on disinformation and freedom of expression 4 Dec
Life Majority of social media users notice uptick in fake news during pandemic Baby Boomers account for the biggest rise in online news consumption 3 Sep
Life Facebook says it won’t even try to block 2020 election disinformation Social network gives up on moderation effort 15 Jun
Blogs The social media dilemma More pressure on social media platforms to be responsible for the content they host - from an odd source 29 May
Life Climate change top concern amongst Irish millennials Two-thirds believe they would be happier with reduced use of social media 24 Sep
Life Social media overload affects students’ academic performance, finds NUIG study Social media 'depletes the self-control needed to study diligently and develop one’s career' 18 Sep
Life Children spend equivalent of 61 days a year online – report Almost half of children speak to strangers online 10 Sep
Life Twitter celebrates 12 years of the hashtag Last year Irish people used hashtags for entertainment and altruism 23 Aug
Life Twitter simplifies rules in attempt to maintain “platform integrity” Revised measures to keep “everyone safe and supporting a healthier public conversation” 10 Jun
Life 90% of people feel social media has a ‘fake news’ problem, study finds Tech week survey finds 38% noticed significant changes since the new GDPR laws were introduced 15 May
Pro Social media turns cyber security crises into catastrophies – study DCU researchers find Twitter most toxic network for company share prices 19 Dec
Blogs Facebook, Clegg and politics In pondering this odd move, after sheer wonderment comes cold hard reality 12 Nov
Life DCU Institute to lead €2.4m EU project tackling fake news Researchers challenge dubious claims with verification indicator 7 Nov
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