Study shows few effective age controls at social media firms
More than 1m underage users of Meta, Snap in Australia, report says, ahead of law banning such users
Snapchat
Parents, if you’re going to ban anything, ban devices from bedrooms
A number of children told us they regularly sleep with their phone under their pillow
Norma Foley’s pouch plan acknowledges that phones cause harm. It may yet see her end up in history books
Plan signals mobile phones – and by extension social media platforms – are detrimental to children. The question now is what the Government will do next
Age of influencers: how content creation has become the toughest of dream jobs
‘Influencing’ didn’t exist as a career 20 years ago but it’s now one of the most popular, with ever-younger people aspiring to become the next big thing on social media
Roblox and YouTube main sources of online content which ‘bothered or upset’ primary school children - report
Online safety charity says there is ‘vital need’ for online safety education in schools
Age checks for social media aimed at protecting primary schoolchildren are ‘broken’, says Norma Foley
Up to half of sixth class pupils included in Snapchat groups in some schools
‘There is enormous damage being done’: Social media firms grilled at Oireachtas committee
Legislators should be ‘much more aggressive’ in holding technology firms to account, Oireachtas committee told
Super Bowl turns into Swift Bowl as Taylor’s fans adopt Kansas City Chiefs
Planet Business: Tech earnings takeaways, McDonald’s Middle East troubles and a former pop star at the Pop Con launch
Social media is 20 years old. How are we still getting so much wrong?
Burden of protecting children online cannot fall exclusively on parents - Big Tech must stop prioritising profit over child safety
Court strikes off teacher who sent inappropriate Snapchat messages to girls
High Court hears man described one of the girls, who were aged 13 and 14, as a ‘little ride’
Online safety commissioner ‘had to ask’ some social media platforms to take down Navan schoolboy attack video
Commissioner asked platforms to report to her about their handling of video shared more than five million times
Overuse of smartphones ruining ability to study, say many secondary students
Social media platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram are most popular among students who spend several hours a day online
Social media algorithms causing ‘profound damage’ to young people - Stephen Donnelly
Minister for Health says it is time to ‘get behind the curtain’ of how tech firms operate to be better able to protect children and adolescents
A chatbot that can advise teenagers how to hide pot and lose their virginity? Nothing creepy about that at all
Breda O’Brien: Teenagers, not known for their extensive fact-checking or emotional balance, are expected to train Snapchat’s My AI monster for free
We often don’t notice the walls around our pretty internet playgrounds
Karlin Lillington: I’d like to think we’ve reached a moment of reconsideration where people will opt for an open web model with more freedom, less surveillance, and greater user control
Markets rally after days of turmoil fuelled by bank worries
Traders in Dublin say Thursday was a ‘day of two halves’ amid late session rally
Advertising giant WPP sees 2023 revenue gains above analyst estimates
Experts had predicted flat growth for company
Social media influencers fail to label half of advertisements, watchdog finds
Consumers admit to being misled by product recommendations and have flagged concerns about crypto and other ‘finfluencing’
‘TikTok is eating the world’: short-video app building itself into an advertising juggernaut
Reach among young adults overcomes advertisers’ concerns about group’s Chinese owners, content quality and problems with bot traffic
Snap shares plummet as advertising demand slumps
Social media company says it will ‘substantially reduce’ hiring and shake up strategy
Elon Musk can learn from the changing fortunes of Snapchat
App now has 100m more users than Twitter and its user base is growing faster than Facebook’s
Primary pupils beset by ‘anxiety and mental health problems’
Social media and Covid-19 disruption among the factors behind rise, INTO congress hears
EU Ombudsman criticises ‘antediluvian’ regulation on public access to documents
Emily O’Reilly investigating commission’s failure to disclose texts to Pfizer chief on vaccines
Dutch criminals exploiting vulnerable young people, study finds
Young people with learning difficulties or volatile families most at risk, researchers say
Fear of further riots in Dutch cities as Covid restrictions tighten
As Dutch infection rates soar the motive behind riots on the streets this week remains unclear
Nearly a quarter of teen girls see harmful weight-loss content online – study
Study finds parents underestimate children’s exposure to harmful online content
What are the alternatives to Facebook if it goes down?
Ciara O’Brien: The social media platform wields a lot of power over our lives than we care to think about
How to help your teen develop a healthier relationship with social media
Consider letting your child text with a best friend on a shared family device to start
WhatsApp introduces option for disappearing photos and videos
Users will be able to share media which can only be viewed once by recipient before disappearing
Virtual fashion: Clothing that grows on your skin and outfits that exist only on screen
A digital garment can take five days to make and cost up to €550
Facebook to suspend Donald Trump’s account for two years
Former US president appeared to praise actions of the Capitol rioters in January post
Online tips: ‘Know what is expected of you before you start’
Student tips for online learning: What you need to know about blended and online learning
Tech firms are ‘washing their hands’ of online ‘lynch mobs’, says Foster
Inaction of Google, Facebook and Twitter is allowing anonymous users to ‘harass women’
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