Gianni Infantino's tenure has invited criticism, contempt and, increasingly, conspiracy theories. Ciaran O'Connor examines why

Dónal and Ciarán return for a new year of new updates and new concerns in the world of Generative Artificial Intelligence. Again for 2026, the podcast will provide roughly quarterly updates on major t...

There is now a depressingly familiar pattern to how this plays out – and at the centre of it all are online social media platforms.

All of us want to believe that our children are safe no matter where they are. It is also true that we want a community where every child is safe and cared for by systems that work, whether they live in care, in the community or are seeking international protection.

Allegations about the presidential candidate received thousands of comments and nearly a million views, as platforms did little to stop the spread

How does one monitor a conflict zone on the brink of civil war, especially in a region which is difficult to access, experiences frequent internet shutdowns and where misinformation is common? In this...

Trump is learning that conspiracy theories are elastic, self-sealing and practically impossible to disprove to a base radicalised over time

Endless conspiracy theories flood our phones in conversation with Saoirse McHugh every day, straining credulity, but with an increasing number of enthusiastic followers.

Dónal and Ciarán continue the 2025 season with a second quarterly update that looks at some recent themes in AI development. They're pondering doom again, as we increasingly grapple with the evidence ...

Illicit masses are being held in Derry where priests are administering the sacraments without the authority of the Catholic Church. The Bishop of Derry has issued a warning about the services carried ...

Kate O’Connor was won her first ever global medal – and Ireland’s first at the World Indoor Championships for 19 years – after a superb showing in the pentathlon in Nanjing, China, today.

Vladimir Putin must be rubbing his hands with glee that Russian-backed disinformation campaigns backing Brexit and Trump 1.0 have caused an existential crisis in the West, writes Ciaran O'Connor

Numerous studies have reported an increase in hate speech on X (formerly Twitter) in the months immediately following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform on October 27th, 2022; relatedly, despite ...

A landmark judgment has found that forces across the UK illegally tried to discover journalists’ sources—now we need the full story

Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...

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