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Social media taps into a dark human need to be mean to other people

As people – even Stephen King – flee the platform, discussion of where to move to feels underpinned by a sadness that the kind of virtual space they crave may no longer be possible

Bluesky is starting to surge amid upheaval in the social media world

Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m

Sport Twitter, now X, deplorable, compelling and mindless ... but still, it’s hard to say goodbye

‘It can feel like this is the space where we all put our most toxic part, where the collective black dog lurks’

The Guardian leaves X, calling it a ‘toxic media platform’

News outlet cites 'often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform' and says US election 'underlined' its decision

High Court gives X six weeks to file defence to George Galloway’s defamation claim

Broadcaster and former MP suing social media platform over labelling his account ‘Russian state-affiliated’

New online safety code to protect children on social platforms including Facebook, YouTube and TikTok

Coimisiún na Meán’s code will affect all video-sharing platforms with EU headquarters in Ireland

George Galloway’s legal team to ask X to file defamation defence in High Court

Former British MP took action against the social media platform two years ago after it labelled his account ‘Russian state-affiliated media’

Is Twitter to blame for Tesla’s troubles?

Carmakers shares down 40% since Musk bought social media network

The silence of the ‘Shinnerbots’: How social media lost political credibility

So-called ‘slop’ is driving people and advertisers from social media. But platforms are also throttling political content

As X declines, the social media echo chamber is back in vogue

The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo at Bluesky

Twitter appeals WRC record payout ruling for unfair dismissal

Social media giant – now known as X – ordered to pay award of €550,131 to former executive Gary Rooney

Australia proposes legal minimum age for children to access social media

Restriction to apply between 14 and 16 with age verification technology trial to begin soon, says PM

Advertisers threaten to cut spending on Elon Musk’s X in record numbers

Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material

Mean to the fiddler: Band in unfair sacking case had more than €376,000 in earnings

Plus: Pizza man Brian MacGoey buys an upper-crust pad, Google eyes Boland’s Mills merch, and Young Fine Gael in a flap about proposed social media ban

Can tech executives be held responsible for what happens on their platforms?

Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content

Tesla’s brand takes another hit amid Musk controversies

The electric vehicle group’s founder is more likely to be in the news these days for his hard-right ramblings than for EVs

Brazilian court orders ‘total suspension’ of X as row with Elon Musk deepens

Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country

Who’s afraid of X owner Elon Musk?

Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?

Trump ditches Truth Social investors for Elon Musk and X

Shifting back to X may may political sense, but it won’t help Trump Media’s shareholders

The Irish Times view on Elon Musk and the regulators: more conflict ahead

The billionaire’s actions undermines the contention that social media companies provide a value-neutral servic

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