Irish and EU regulators aggressively 'censored' social media coverage of recent Irish elections, a US panel has claimed. And that is how the European Commission described claims from the US Congress that EU and Irish regulators aggressively “censored” social media coverage of Ireland’s 2024 general election and last year’s presidential election. Irish efforts look more tame - trialling a new app which could be used to set age limits for social media, while arguing that Europe should move as one when it comes to tackling social media titans - an approach rather undermined by a bunch of major EU countries going it alone. Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan will have an update on this for cabinet today. The Border and her views on a united Ireland worked their way into a pretty prominent position in her campaign.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2026 16:44 UTC