11 h. ago ‘Major step’: French MPs vote in favour of bill to ban social media for under

Move is latest government push to shield minors from toxic content following Australia’s landmark legislation last year

Politics

36 h. ago EU Commission opens proceedings against Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok

Musk’s chatbot has been used to create nonconsensual sexualised images of people, including children.

Events

36 h. ago EU Commission opens proceedings against Elon Musk's social media platform X

Musk’s chatbot has been used to create nonconsensual sexualised images of people, including children.

Events

38 h. ago Social media giants face trial over claims platforms are designed to addict children

Alphabet, ByteDance and Meta – the tech titans behind YouTube, TikTok and Instagram – are all defendants in the case.

Politics

59 h. ago Macron calls for social media ban for French children by September

‘The brains of our children and our teenagers are not for sale,’ French President Emmanuel Macron said.

Politics

64 h. ago Blindboy: ‘I’ve been called a pr**k every day for 20 years by a stranger. It chips away’

The podcaster Blindboy Boatclub on autism, social media and mental health

Politics

3 d. ago Call for calm after man shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

Governor Tim Walz said in a social media post that he had been in contact with the White House after the shooting.

Events

3 d. ago Mark O'Connell: Please Elon Musk, don’t make me defend Ryanair

I am by no means a Ryanair booster. And yet I have glimpsed the possibility – remote though it may be – of the airline’s customer experience actually worsening

Politics

4 d. ago The spat between Elon Musk and Michael O’Leary was more than just a spat

Despite being widely considered a bit of a loudmouth in Ireland, the Ryanair boss has been practising self-deprecation for decades

Politics

4 d. ago Coimisiún na Meán spends millions of euro fighting legal actions by social media giants

Bill expected to climb higher as regulator is facing 12 such cases

Economics

4 d. ago Grok created three million sexualised deepfakes in 11 days, including 23,000 of apparent children

The recent rollout of an editing feature on Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s startup and integrated into X, allowed users to make extreme edits to images of real people.

Society

4 d. ago Dublin City Council’s use of X to stop ‘with immediate effect’, says chief executive

Council’s presence on all social media platforms to be reviewed

Politics

4 d. ago Dublin City Council stops use of X ‘with immediate effect’ after Grok AI controversy

Council’s presence on all social media platforms to be reviewed

Politics

5 d. ago Ireland to make age checks through government app mandatory for social media

Ireland to make age checks through government app mandatory for social media  Biometric Update

Politics

5 d. ago Diarmaid Ferriter: Ignorance about the Holocaust isn’t new but social media has supercharged it

Instead of censorship, we have an abundance of distortion, lies and denial, as history, or what purports to be history, is weaponised

Politics

5 d. ago Ireland and United States in Focus as Ryanair Converts Elon Musk Dispute Into 100,000

Ireland and United States in Focus as Ryanair Converts Elon Musk Dispute Into 100,000-Seat Fare Campaign  Travel And Tour World

Politics

5 d. ago Italy Joins Finland, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, France, Ireland, And More Than Thirty

Italy Joins Finland, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, France, Ireland, And More Than Thirty-Two Countries In Europe In Enduring Stricter Travel Measures As US Rolls Out New Visa Fee And Social Media Screening Regulations  Travel And Tour World

Politics

5 d. ago Early Edition podcast: Trump claims ‘really good deal done’ on Greenland

Plus: What teens think of new age verification proposals for social media, Skerries residents up in arms over active travel scheme, and Emer McLysaght on the fear that plagues those living on their own

Politics

5 d. ago Trump claims ‘really good deal done’ on Greenland; Skerries up in arms and social media bans

Plus: What teens think of new age verification proposals for social media, Skerries residents up in arms over active travel scheme, and Emer McLysaght on the fear that plagues those living on their own

Politics

5 d. ago Multiple apps encouraging Irish users to swap women's faces onto pornographic images and videos

Ads for the apps have appeared on social media sites in recent weeks.

Politics