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The new Gen Z dating rules: ‘Why am I advertising myself for love?’
Reliant on social media and dating apps to kindle relationships, love lives become a series of online logistics and mind games
Sky agrees £1.6bn ITV deal as broadcasters take on streaming rivals
Deal comes as less than a quarter of 16-24-year-olds’ in-home viewing is now of content from broadcasters
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
July 5th-10th highlights: including Pat Shortt in Museum of Me, The Girl in the Water, and Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman Remember The Office
‘Sharenting’ is riskier than ever but that probably won’t stop us
Embarrassment is just one risk when you share images of your children online in an AI-enabled world
‘It gives me the shivers to think what may happen if I can’t manage,’ my mother told a newspaper in 1981
I recall a picture in a newspaper of my mother years ago, only to unearth it and find the story behind it as real today as it was back in 1981
How child ‘skinfluencers’ became a toxic beauty trend
In the News podcast: Toddlers and teenagers show their complex skincare routines online
Caolan Robertson: From noted propagandist to pro-Ukraine ‘gonzo journalist’ with 1m followers
Pro-Ukraine journalist from Kilkenny who made waves over Aughinish Alumina reflects vast change in consumption of news
Porn before puberty in Ireland: ‘It is horrible, and it’s in every school’
Half of schoolchildren have seen pornography by age of 13, including ‘very, very disturbing images’. Is there a case for a UK-style social media ban for under-16s?
With the UK set to ban social media for under-16s, what is next for Ireland?
Proposal will see children’s access to platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X restricted
How sewing became cool again: ‘It’s addictive - instead of binge-watching something, now I sew’
Pushing back against fast fashion, young people are dusting off sewing machines and learning how to make their own unique, sustainable clothing
I can blame a lot on my children but the YouTube algorithm doesn’t lie
A video search history is no idle plaything, but a deep and probing X-ray of one’s soul
Texas accuses Netflix of spying on children and designing platform to be addictive
Streaming company has falsely represented that it did not collect or share user data, when it actually sold it, legal action claims
Are you a parent? The reason teaching is falling apart might hurt your feelings
Secret Teacher: Children’s general level of intelligence and attention spans have plummeted
TikTok MEP’s viral videos face real-world test in the ballot box
YouTube influencer Fidias Panayiotou wants to upend politics in Cyprus
How Trump transformed America’s media order
A recent report found the US was experiencing its sharpest decline in democracy, citing pressure on the media as a key factor
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
Irish law ‘blocking’ actions on behalf of children over ‘addictive’ social media apps
State is in breach of EU law, Irish Council for Civil Liberties claims
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
Natalie McNally murder: How YouTuber’s alibi fell apart
In the News podcast: Gamer Stephen McCullagh planned the murder of his pregnant girlfriend
YouTube removes account used by Stephen McCullagh for ‘fake alibi’ in murder of Natalie McNally
Channels belonging to Co Antrim man remained live on the site throughout the trial in which he was found guilty
‘We got him’: Cheers and tears after Stephen McCullagh found guilt of murdering Natalie McNally
Family and friends of deceased present in Belfast courtroom as YouTuber given life sentence for killing his partner
How YouTuber Stephen McCullagh tried to get away with the murder of his pregnant partner Natalie McNally
The 36-year-old killed his partner in her Armagh home in December 2022 when she was 15 weeks pregnant with his unborn son
Maria Steen: St Patrick’s Day is a celebration of everything other than Christianity
List of festivities reads more like a Government-sponsored hook-up weekend
Superheroes, stormtroopers and ghostbusters find their tribe at Dublin Comic Con
This year’s event at the Convention Centre featured Anthony Daniels aka Star Wars droid C-3P0
‘Growing up I thought Ireland was boring. When I moved to the US that changed’
Molly Nic Céile creates Irish language videos for her Gaeilge i mo Chroí channels and teaches at the Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan
Former partner of Natalie McNally ‘peddled false alibi’ about live gaming stream, court hears
Stephen McCullagh, who denies murder, admitted the YouTube video was pre-recorded
Zuckerberg defends Meta in landmark social media trial over teen mental health
Meta CEO claims Meta has improved identifying underage users
Beauty product marketed as ‘Irish made’ but shipped from China breached advertising rules
Complaints against Glaze Aura, VHI and gambling company TonyBet among 15 upheld by Advertising Standards Authority
Iran turns to digital surveillance tools to track down protesters
As Iranian authorities restore some online services after crushing anti-government demonstrations, they are using a technological dragnet to target attendees of the protests
The shrinking of RTÉ: ‘It feels like an increasingly neutered organisation’
‘We’re not cutting the Six One or anything’ says director general Kevin Bakhurst, as some staff talk about the emergence of ‘two RTÉs’ and fear for the future
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
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