Coimisiún na Meán

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FG pledges to cut hospitality Vat to 11% as Harris woos business with €800m package

Fine Gael's business manifesto for the general election also promises a PRSI rebate for businesses with fewer than 50 staff for every worker earning up to €592 a week

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

On the eve of a general election, there is still no sign of counter-disinformation strategy

Ireland’s first national strategy to counter disinformation is eight months late and nowhere to be seen — even as the country heads towards an imminent general election

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Election broadcast moratorium to be scrapped ahead of general election

Moratorium, which started at 2pm the day before polling day, prevented television and radio broadcasters from providing information that could have potentially swayed how a person votes

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

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EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products

Investigation for alleged breaches of the Digital Services Act comes after analysis from both the European Commission and Ireland’s Coimisiún na Méan into the Chinese website

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

Watchdog vows to hold social media giants to account

Coimisiún na Meán’s Online Safety Code will put binding obligations on social media platforms it said brings ;the end of the era of self-regulation' for the sites

Mon, 21 Oct, 2024

Revealed: Coimisiún na Meán publishes Online Safety Code

Fines of €20m or 10% of a company's turnover could apply for breaches of the rules

Mon, 21 Oct, 2024

Coimisiún na Meán to fine internet companies for content glorifying terrorism

The Department of Justice said the powers will provide for 'speedy removal of terrorist content online' after gardaí issue removal orders.

Sun, 29 Sep, 2024

Ireland's growing career options in film and drama

The sector’s work includes some of the biggest films and television series, from Marvel Studios’ Wanda Vision and Spiderman No Way Home to FX’s Shogun for Disney Plus

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Studies that found Meta algorithms do not drive misinformation are misleading, say researchers

Starting around November 2020, the time of the US presidential election, Meta introduced 63 'break glass' changes to Facebook’s news feed

Thu, 26 Sep, 2024

MEP likens efforts in regulating social media sector to 'David versus Goliath'

Fianna Fáil's Cynthia Ní Mhurchú said she had 'huge concern' over social media regulation and called for the Digital Services Act to go further

Sun, 22 Sep, 2024

Social media companies 'can't operate like the Wild West', Taoiseach says

Simon Harris was speaking ahead of meeting with regulators and gardaí over online safety

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Taoiseach to meet with gardaí and regulators over online safety

Taoiseach Simon Harris is to chair a summit at Government Buildings, designed to create a “collective focus across Government” on implementing the new Online Safety Framework

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Bringing social media firms to heel

These companies are happy to profit from users whose posts seek to undermine the rule of law in the State. They cannot complain when they are heavily fined by State regulators upholding that rule of law

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Googles AI Data Protection Practices Probed by Irish Regulator

Google’s AI Data Privacy practices probed by Irish regulator

The Irish Data Protection Commission has opened an inquiry into whether Alphabet’s Google complied with European Union privacy laws in the development of its artificial intelligence model.

Thu, 12 Sep, 2024

Media regulator begins crackdown on world’s leading social media giants hosting illegal content

Coimisiún na Meán has given companies including Meta, YouTube and X four weeks to tell it how they are fulfilling their obligations

Thu, 12 Sep, 2024

€1m taskforce to tackle harm caused to children by online activity

Time for asking social media platforms to cooperate over, says Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Big tech firms insist Online Safety Code for children is 'overreaching'

Lobby groups for big tech firms have been criticised for claiming the country's proposed new Online Safety Code, aimed at protecting children from harmful content, is 'overly prescriptive'

Tue, 27 Aug, 2024

Call for streaming services to provide 'clear, prominent' complaints process for children

One measure included by Coimisiún na Meán in a draft code to protect children is that video-on-demand services provide on-screen warnings at the beginning of programmes for content which may be harmful to children

Mon, 26 Aug, 2024

Irish and UK governments urged to rein in social media recommender systems

Following the outbreak of anti-migrant violence across Ireland and the UK, demands have been made for more regulation of social media

Wed, 14 Aug, 2024

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Regulator to poll public on maintaining broadcast moratorium in elections and referendums

The idea behind it was to allow voters a “period of reflection” before casting their votes and to guard against voters being presented with new information or misinformation at the last minute when it was too late for it to be properly evaluated or discussed

Wed, 07 Aug, 2024

Taoiseach warns impending codes of conduct will hit social media firms 'where it hurts'

Social media platforms have come under fire in the wake of the violent gatherings in Belfast and England, many of which have been organised online

Wed, 07 Aug, 2024

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Influencers make up one fifth of complaints to Advertising Standards Authority

The authority received 1,402 complaints concerning 1,134 advertisements last year alone — influencers made up 279 of them

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

Michael Healy-Rae demands action after 'derogatory' pictures of his late mother posted online

Michael Healy-Rae said it was 'becoming acceptable in the Ireland of today that people can go on social media platforms and say whatever they like about whomever they like'

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

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RTÉ to be funded by either reformed TV licence or direct exchequer funding

Negotiations on the future funding of the broadcaster is at 'an advanced stage'

Wed, 03 Jul, 2024

Oireachtas committee to recommend increased State funding for RTÉ and other media

Media committee, which will meet on Tuesday, also envisages the retention of commercial revenue streams

Mon, 01 Jul, 2024

Gardaí worried online disinformation 'may not actually breach any law'

An Garda Síochána also told the Oireachtas Media Committee there is 'no compellability' to force social media companies to take down content if that content is not illegal

Wed, 26 Jun, 2024

Ryan Tubridy at Public Accounts Committee

Terry Prone: RTÉ used to be a glamorous workplace. Where did it go wrong?

Our national broadcaster used to be a glamorous workplace that attracted the best talent in the business. Terry Prone looks at where it all started to go wrong in recent years

Sun, 23 Jun, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Four

Sarah Harte: Anti-hate laws not about being woke, we need clear and legal parameters

Adeleke story is more proof, if any was needed, that we cannot manage the cyber world by consent alone

Wed, 19 Jun, 2024

More people in Ireland now get their news online than on television, survey shows

Report shows sharp rise in reports of false or misleading information on online platforms, according to report by media regulator Coimisiún na Meán

Mon, 17 Jun, 2024

Hackers and fake accounts thwarted in lead-up to elections

It is thought that the suspect accounts were most likely linked to the Russian state or were operated by groups backed by the country’s intelligence services

Sun, 09 Jun, 2024