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
Ireland has vowed to get tough on social media platforms - what are the options?
Taoiseach to convene meeting of State agencies and other stakeholders as concerns about online threats and inflammatory content escalate
Twitter ordered to pay record €550,000 to senior executive in Ireland
Record WRC award after Twitter offered €22,834 severance to senior Irish Twitter staffer who was deemed by company to have resigned
Why I no longer crave a Tesla
Elon Musk’s antics are turning off the most obvious customers for his cars
Advertising coalition shuts down after Musk’s X sues
Global Alliance for Responsible Media said it does not have resources to fight suit and continue operating
X stopped using EU user data to train its AI tool, DPC says
Social network agreed to ‘suspend its processing of the personal data’, Data Protection Commission says
Musk’s X sues group over ad boycott that cost billions
Outcry over unchecked antisemitic content and commentary on X sparked many big advertisers to pull ads from the platform
Irish watchdog takes court action against Twitter over AI user data concerns
Data Protection Commission focuses on company’s use of user data to train its Grok enhanced search tool
Tommy Robinson and Tristan Tate are among overseas supporters of Irish anti-immigration activists
‘Professional’ protesters at recent anti-immigration events used tactics popular among far right in EU and US, security sources say
Show me ‘citizen journalism’ and I’ll show you a rat’s nest of some of the most noxious people around
What began as the high idealism of Arab Spring-style community reporting has soured into the preserve of right-wing provocateurs
‘The more passively you use Twitter, the more detrimental effects you have on your wellbeing’
Logging on to X/Twitter is likely to exacerbate feelings of loneliness, boredom, outrage and political polarisation, researchers at the University of Toronto found
Blue checks on X deceiving users into engaging with harmful material, EU says
Social media platform owned by Elon Musk faces fines of up to 6% of turnover if initial European Commission view is confirmed
Video live-stream firm claims posts on X about it are defamatory
It is estimated that due to the posts the company has lost over €4 million in investment from 20 creators who have declined to work with the company.
I’ve got sucked into stupid rows online and regretted it afterwards. So why keep going back for more?
When social media first took off, it was presented as a public commons, where people could exchange ideas and interests. What it eventually became couldn’t be further from that civilised concept
Investors unfazed by warnings about social media’s effects on adolescents
A high-profile call for tobacco-style warnings had no lasting effects on platforms’ shares
Linda Yaccarino shakes up X amid pressure from Elon Musk over costs
Tensions between billionaire and his top executive have been rising as the platform’s financial health has struggled
LinkedIn’s makeover lacks one thing: humour
If the professional social network is now a place for personal posts, why isn’t it funnier?
X executive collars Irish data protection commissioners for chat in Madrid
Sports injury specialist Ray Moran’s vote of confidence in his own knees, Albert Manifold’s planning setbacks, and the IRFU’s home extensions
An Post named most reputable organisation over last 15 years as RTÉ suffers greatest decline
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
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
Emer McLysaght: The ‘cry laughing’ emoji has been my nemesis for as long as I can remember
Emer McLysaght: This tainted emoji has tormented so many for so long. Why then, do I now find myself softening towards it?
Elon Musk says impulse to speak out leads to ‘self-inflicted wounds’
Billionaire was being questioned in lawsuit accusing him of promoting conspiracy theory
Workers seeking to establish unions ‘fearful of harassment and victimisation from employers’ - Siptu
Respect to Work campaign hopes to boost union membership in tech and finance sectors
Social media app X has fast become a zombified platform
While other social platforms are still growing worldwide, new figures suggest daily usage of Elon Musk’s company has waned
Social media platform X fails to remove posts falsely naming man as Parnell Square attacker
Abdelhafid Bensaada is suing a conversative news site for falsely linking him to the attack
Number of IT workers shrinks by almost 6,000 on back of global downturn
CSO’s latest monthly payrolls data highlights how global tech retrenchment is playing out
Bluesky chief wants users to take back control of social media
It started as an internal Twitter project, now it’s an alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform
How to reset your relationship with tech
Switch your ‘default setting’ to real life with social media somewhere you visit instead of the place you live
Irish-based X employee settles High Court action against social media company
Court told the entire action brought by Aaron Rodericks, the co-lead of threat disruption at X, had been resolved
Elon Musk has ratcheted up his feud with the Irish Government. It should just ignore him
Passing the hate-speech legislation would be a better riposte
Elon Musk pledges to fund any Irish legal challenges to hate speech legislation
The businessman and investor warned of risks associated with laws that aim to curb free speech
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