Social media firms seldom acted on reports of disinformation during 2025 presidential election

Facebook and TikTok were seen as the worst offenders, while X had pulled out of the commitment to demonetise disinformation, tackle fake accounts, and help users evaluate information

Highlighted posts included deepfakes of then-presidential nominee Catherine Connolly announcing her withdrawal from the election. File photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Social media companies rarely acted upon flagged cases of electoral disinformation during the 2025 Irish presidential election, according to a new report by the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) Ireland.

Over the course of the election, EDMO Ireland found roughly 177 instances of posts or activity that appeared to violate social media companies' guidelines.