Saturday 21 May, 2022
Listen here to find out from cyberpsychology researcher and lecturer Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton.
The 19-year-old missed the decisive spot-kick as the Red Devils lost a shoot-out to Middlesbrough on Friday.
The Man United defender, who hasn’t played since January 2020, says young players need to be mentally strong to deal with online abuse.
The announcement last week about the policy change was met with widespread surprise.
The deputy Data Protection Commissioner said the new media commission has to be able to regulate all types of harmful online content.
McDonald was speaking about her party’s data collection practices amid questions from the Data Protection Commission.
The Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day programme will begin on Monday, 15 March.
Charity CyberSafeKids found that 92% of children in this age group own their own smart device.
Louise O’Reilly says Varadkar is seeking to distract attention from government policy.
People could face up to seven years in prison if they publish intimate images without consent.
The Green Party leader was addressing his party’s national convention.
We speak to the author Laura Bates about what she discovered in some of the dark – and not so dark – recesses of the internet.
The survey was conducted by charity Cybersafe Ireland.
Fine Gael is generally seen to have been adept at social media – something heightened during Covid-19 crisis.
Unilver, home to brands like Lipton tea, also said it would suspend ads on social media until the end of 2020.
The province’s senior coach hasn’t been wasting his time back home in Leeds.
Figures from the BPFI show €12m was scammed through card fraud alone last year.
Consumers are advised not to use public Wi-Fi when buying things online, and to ensure ‘https’ is before the website address.
Currently the national average waiting time for a driving test is eight weeks.
When you clicked on the link, you were instead directed to a porn website with categories including ‘humiliation’ and ‘spandex’. The issue has since been resolved.
Minister for Communications Richard Bruton is proposing the establishment of an Online Safety Commissioner.
Future gambling legislation could include provisions on loot boxes in video games.
Today is Safer Internet Day, with organisations working to raise awareness around how people can be more safe online.
The woman claims the unwanted communications began almost a decade ago.
Royals, football and films. Some things don’t change.
The club has spoken out after vile online abuse followed the striker’s penalty miss on Saturday.
A DCU report said that there were two types of people who posted hate speech: those “versed” in it and those who just reproduce it.
He was remanded for eight weeks from today while a book of evidence is prepared.
The majority of people in the analysed dating networks contact other people who are 25% more desirable than themselves.
Sophie Turner named the victims in the comments of a Liverpool Echo story.
The Press Ombudsman also said it has increased aggressiveness in public discourse.
For some, sharing photos of their children is the most natural thing imaginable. For others, it’s completely unfair to the child in question.
Children’s rights groups had strongly opposed the proposal.
If it isn’t clearly prohibited there is no incentive for these companies to stop the practice, writes Roisin Shortall.
Despite its popularity, e-commerce doesn’t always make business sense.
A new survey suggests that around one in five young people feel that it is a useful way to find out about sex.
Juli Briskman said the decision to terminate her was a violation of her right to free speech.
The company debut valuation was more than Twitter and Snapchat.
