Ireland: Social Media

European governments are rapidly shifting from asking how platforms should protect children online to whether children should be allowed on certain platforms at all. France has legislated to keep under-15s off social media, the UK has set out plans for age-based restrictions and overnight curfews for teenagers, and the European Commission is preparing to legislate itself. For any business offering digital services in Europe, the direction of travel is unmistakable, but the destinations are not yet aligned,

The European Commission has announced that its EU digital age verification app is technically ready for deployment, designed to protect children from harmful online content.

To celebrate World Consumer Rights Day, the William Fry Technology team prepared a three part series highlighting key EU consumer law developments set to shape consumer digital contracts in 2026.

What's the value of a good reputation in today's world? For businesses it's priceless yet increasingly fragile. In an era where misinformation spreads fast and damaging content can live online indefinitely...

The European Data Protection Board has published a comprehensive analysis of supervisory authority decisions examining legitimate interest as a legal basis under GDPR Article 6(1)(f).

The European Commission opened proceedings against TikTik on foot of a suspected breach of Articles 34(1), 34(2) and 35(1) of the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) ("DSA")...

The green light has been given to the Artificial Intelligence Act by the European Parliament's Civil Liberties and Internal Market committees.

In early 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") published three decisions following inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in respect...

The DSA is designed to provide greater online safety, imposing obligations on the providers of various online intermediary services, such as social media and e-commerce websites.