False, misleading, and harmful content on the rise in Irish social media platforms - report

Aoife Gallagher, one of the co-authors of the ‘Uisce Faoi Thalamh’ report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. File picture

The level of misinformation and disinformation on Irish social media platforms has grown year on year since the covid pandemic, a major study has found.

The ‘Uisce Faoi Thalamh’ report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue looked at 13,180,820 posts from 1,640 accounts across 12 online platforms and found that the number of posts and engagement levels, as well as the number of active accounts, increased year on year between 2020 and 2023.