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Full coverage: Instagram

The verdict is in: Social media giants failing to police their platforms

Over the last year, the Irish-based Appeals Centre Europe examined 24,000 cases from social media users looking to overturn platform decisions to remove content or ban accounts. It has also flagged serious issues with social media giants leaving hate speech on platforms.

Niall Sargent
28th May, 2026 - 4 min read

Sinead O’Sullivan: Democracy and choice are being destroyed by algorithms and influence-based platforms

Are we self-determinant human beings if we live and die by a busy schedule that is out of our control? Is self-determination derived from the invisible forces that compel us to move quickly and distractedly through the reflections of shop windows?

Sinead O'Sullivan
17th Jan, 2024 - 7 min read

Instagram launches court appeal following landmark €405m fine for breaching children’s privacy

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, is appealing the biggest fine ever handed down by the Irish data regulator.

Rosanna Cooney
30th Sep, 2022 - 2 min read

“Every single night, regardless if it was lashing rain, I travelled around Ireland taking pictures of people in their homes at twilight”

Photojournalist Ruth Medjber on touring with Hozier, why artists should never be too proud to take a job, the sexism she encountered in her career and why she always thinks in the language of Instagram.

Alison Cowzer
2nd Nov, 2020 - 23 min read
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