Sentence tripled for man (24) who punched then-girlfriend for ‘liking’ TikTok
Gavin Lawlor repeatedly assaulted victim (18) and continued to attack her while on bail for assaults
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‘Reporting and blocking alone are not enough’: Young people call for action on social media
Advocates spoke of spending ’hours’ on their phones, encountering bullying with lack of action from social media companies
Supreme Court finds for TikTok in dispute with Data Protection Commission
Social media platform fighting €530m fine over breach of GDPR regulations
TikTok MEP’s viral videos face real-world test in the ballot box
YouTube influencer Fidias Panayiotou wants to upend politics in Cyprus
What’s driving the cultural obsession with the 1990s?
Who wouldn’t want to live in a place where you can hang around cafes without computers, afford to rent in lively cities and where no one is surveilling you?
Men might have coined the term, but women invented ‘looksmaxxing’
Unthinkable: Looksmaxxing in its radical form is unsettling, involving everything from ‘bone-smashing’ to using crystal meth for weight management
Lower, shorter, dumber: many new so-called sports are just violence porn
Lower, shorter, dumber: many new so-called sports are just violence porn, while others seek to profit from shrinking attention spans
Bogus complaints see Irish Times articles, solicitor’s videos on Rob Heneghan delisted by Google
News reports about high-profile betting tipster removed from search results while Terry Gorry has social media accounts disabled
Who represents the Irish people?
The organisers of the fuel protests had neither the right nor the authority to speak on behalf of ‘the people of Ireland’
‘I love my job, but the loneliness is hard’: Reality of life as a travel influencer
Five Irish travel content creators on income, workload and the reality behind social media travel
Emer McLysaght: I live to scroll. It’s for ‘work’, I convince myself
I bought a new phone and a Brick to close off distracting apps. But I'm not ready yet to deploy the Brick's full power
Addictive by design: this is the verdict every parent has been waiting for
The real win from this case will be if tech firms are forced to change the way their products are designed
Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman have lost the morning crankiness and found a zippy chemistry
Radio: Unexpected side effects of the war in Iran add to Newstalk’s commendable drivetime energy, while Oliver Callan’s show has a distinctive twang
Q&A: It’s been a bad week for social media. What happens now?
A US jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for harm caused by the design of their products
Meta and Google case: Is this social media’s ‘big tobacco’ moment?
A landmark trial found Instagram and YouTube are dangerously addictive. The verdict could reshape social media – and the internet itself
Meta and YouTube found liable in US social media addiction trial
Los Angeles jury awards plaintiffs $3m in damages following first case of its kind to go to court
Hundreds of scientists back all-Ireland service to tackle misinformation
Science Media Centre aims to debunk myths and stop misinterpretations of science taking hold
How a former asylum seeker grew her €9m car dealership via social media
Nadia Adan helms a business with two garages, more than 500,000 followers on social media, and €9m in revenue
Where is Ireland’s manosphere?
Louis Theroux’s new documentary pulls back the curtain on the world of ‘traditional’ masculine influencers - but where are the Irish players?
What is the manosphere and why is everyone talking about it?
Louis Theroux’s new documentary explores the world of male influencers who target confused young boys
Banning social media won’t work. Here is a smarter way to deal with the problem
It’s naive to think a blanket ban on social media will make the problem go away
In 2026, New Yorkers want to be JFK jnr and Carolyn Bessette
Three decades after his untimely death, JFK jnr remains a symbol of glamour, heartbreak, and enduring fascination
‘Parents haven’t a clue’: Ireland urged to get young people off ‘toxic’ social media
People Before Profit Bill aims to ban recommender algorithms suggesting content for under 18s
TikTok challenge to DPC privacy breach finding opens before High Court
Regulator also imposed fine of €530 million on the company
TikTok’s analogue bags: Stuffed with wool, watercolour kits and no shortage of irony
Cult of the smartphone-free bag hints at the enduring power of Big Needlepoint
TikTok can redact information from confidential documents in appeal against €530m DPC fine
Redactions are for commercially, technically and financially sensitive information in some 6,000 pages of documentation, barrister says
How Ireland’s regulators are taking action against Big Tech
Data Protection Commission has imposed billions in fines in recent years, but has collected only a fraction so far
OpenAI seeks new Dublin headquarters with space for over 400 workers
ChatGPT developer narrows search for new EMEA hub to two potential locations in city and docklands
Tenancies board posts portrayed landlords as ‘unscrupulous’, claims representative group
Complaint not taken seriously by State agency, says Irish Property Owners Association
Social media apps should come with warnings about ‘addictive design’
EU recently stated that TikTok has breached regulations
Can social media ruin your child’s life? A jury is set to decide
The first in a series of legal cases to allege that Instagram, YouTube and other platforms are dangerously addictive is on trial
Big tech is profiting from deepfake videos of celebrities selling face cream and Bitcoin
Almost all of Meta’s revenue comes from ad sales, while ads still make up about three-quarters of Google's revenue
The Irish Times view on fraudulent ads: Social media companies must pay a price
Revenue derived from them should be treated as proceeds of crime
Social media companies made €32m serving scam ads to Irish users, research estimates
Irish users encounter fewer scam advertisements than those in other countries but lost more to scams than others across Europe
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