Ireland at the centre of social media wranglesThe regulation of big tech is just one of the fronts that America is at loggerheads with Europe on. Ireland occupies an outsize space in wrangles over social media, partly due to the strong Irish corporate presence of the US tech behemoths. Picture: Chip Somodevilla/Pool/APAlready, the likes of X are facing probes by Ireland’s media regulator Coimisiún na Meán for suspected breaches of European digital safety laws. He told the Irish Examiner that Coimisiún na Meán is certainly feeling “pushback” as it aims to regulate the sector. Since then, it has launched its first ever investigations into X, Tiktok, and Linkedin for suspected breaches of the laws.

Source: Irish Examiner December 26, 2025 18:25 UTC