March 5th saw a worldwide blackout of Meta services lasting around an hour and a half. The affected platforms included Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Whatsapp and Messenger. Social media users took to X, formerly Twitter, at Read more…
As social media companies continue to expand, governments are looking to challenge encryption features with tighter online regulations. Meta the parent company to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram continues to operate with enormous market and Read more…
This under researched phenomenon harms countless young women across the world. Read more…
DCU Clubs and Societies have advised any club’s or society’s official social media accounts against interacting with gossip accounts. Read more…
A Health Action Project to inform adolescents about their ethnic identity and enhance self-esteem, Ethnic Pride Ireland, has been created by final year Health and Society student, Asiya Mu’azzam. Read more…
“I thought, why not make one?” the once hidden figure behind a DCU confessions page reveals, from a place many miles from Glasnevin.
This generations ‘instapoets’ are a breath of fresh air for an artform that seemed to be dying. Many young people can no longer relate to the heavy poetry of the likes of John Keats of whom they may have studied laboriously throughout their secondary school education. Read more…
Comedian Tony Cantwell spoke with our deputy lifestyle editor Adam Daly about the success of his videos, his new podcast Sexy Beast and two sell out shows at the Sugar Club. Read more…
Elsa Anderling examines Instagram’s decision to change their algorithm and the effects it will have on users of the app. Read more…
Elsa Anderling looks at how seven year old fashionista Coco is taking instagram and social media by storm with an impressive 500,000 followers online. Read more…
Instagram aesthetics have been around for a while now, but in recent years they’ve become almost vital to the success or brands and bloggers worldwide. Rachel Farrell explores the reasoning behind a perfectly curated social media feed. Read more…
The release of Stranger Things 2 has seen merchandise for the Netflix original series pop up everywhere, from Topshop to independent Irish designers, Helen O’Neill tells us more about the fashion taking over the upside down and beyond. Read more…
Instagram has become a forum for much more than pretty pictures with many bloggers giving out nutritional and health advice without qualifications. Read more…
Amy Rohu discusses why employers shouldn’t use your social medias as grounds for hiring and firing Read more…
Conor Jack Martin explains why we need to separate real life expectations from the often superficial app. Read more…
Kayla Gaffney talks about the impact body shaming is having on the mental health of young people. Read more…
The #FreeTheNipple movement has recently been battling against a very popular app. Instagram has come under great scrutiny for it’s censorship policy which forbids users from posting photos of topless women, in particular their nipples.
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Laura Colgan takes a look at why people want their kids to become internet sensations, and if it is fair to the children themselves. Read more…
A few of Aisling Kett’s favourite things this fortnight, including a couple of nifty apps. Read more…
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