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Experts on children's rights and women's safety have urged the introduction of a ban on AI-powered "nudification" tools in Ireland as quickly as possible. Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has come under intense scrutiny in Ireland and internationally because it has been widely used to generate and share

An Garda Síochána has come under further pressure to investigate Elon Musk's social media company X for alleged breaches of child sexual abuse legislation. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) and Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) said in a joint statement that X Internet Unlimited

Coimisiún na Meán and An Garda Síochána have been urged to take action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok, which has been used to generate and share sexually explicit images of women and children. Ireland's media regulator has told RTÉ News that it is engaging wit

The parents of a Scottish teenager who died after being targeted by an Instagram sextortion gang have launched a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta in the US. Murray Dowey, 16, died at his family home in Dunblane in December 2023 after being deceived into sharing intimate images with an Instagram a

Social media platform Reddit has launched legal proceedings aimed at overturning Australia's landmark ban on social media for under-16s. Australia's Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 took effect on Monday, requiring designated platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent u

Elon Musk's social media platform X has been fined €120 million by the European Commission for breaches of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), including over its paid "blue checkmark" system. Originally introduced to verify the identity of high-profile users such as celebrities and journalists,

Ireland's online safety watchdog has signed a memorandum of understanding which paves the way for closer collaboration with its Australian counterpart. The document was signed this week by Niamh Hodnett, online safety commissioner at Coimisiún na Meán, and Australia's eSafety commissio

Ireland's media regulator has launched formal investigations into TikTok and LinkedIn amid concerns that their processes for reporting suspected illegal content fall short of EU legal requirements. Coimisiún na Meán's investigations team will assess whether the two platforms have contr

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, is under criminal investigation for Holocaust denial. Public prosecutors in Paris launched an investigation after Grok appeared to verify false claims made on X by a French neo-Nazi previously convicted of Holocaust denial offences.

The High Court has granted a stay in favour of TikTok pending the determination of its appeal against a decision of the Data Protection Commission. Delivering an judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy observed: "Here, the evidence of loss is robust. The possibility of harm to fundament

Ireland's media regulator has launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform, X. Coimisiún na Meán’s investigations team yesterday announced it will investigate whether X has contravened Article 20 of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), which relates to con

LinkedIn has revised its AI roll-out plans following engagement from Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC). The Microsoft-owned social media platform informed the DPC in March of its intention to train its own proprietary generative AI models using the personal data of LinkedIn members based in

WhatsApp and Pinterest are obliged to take action against terrorist content following a decision by Coimisiún na Meán. The regulator has determined under an EU-wide mechanism that WhatsApp's Channels service and Pinterest as a whole are "exposed to terrorist content".

Some social media platforms are failing to co-operate with an independent dispute resolution body established in line with EU rules, according to a new report. Appeals Centre Europe has been certified by Coimisiún na Meán as an out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) body under Article 2

The High Court has refused to grant interlocutory relief to an X influencer whose account was both suspended for impersonation and was impersonated by other accounts. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Max Barrett considered that it was not in dispute that X was entitled under its te