Eoghan Harris has been sacked by the Irish Independent for running a sock puppet Twitter account. There is also a good overview of the story in the Irish Times. For those not aware of the term this is when you set up a Twitter account with a fake name. I am not a reader of the Irish Independent so I have never read anything by Eoghan Harris. I have no opinion of him either way but I know he does …
SIX LOCAL WOMEN add their voices to Amnesty’s #ToxicTwitter report which calls on the social media platform to put their own rules on abuse and hateful conduct into practice, or else demonstrate how they deal with abuse when it’s reported given people’s experience of inaction.
This week the Arena Political podcast takes a long hard look at Irish Water, the latest from the banking Inquiry and asks if we need laws to censor the internet. Take a listen and get in touch with us with any comments, suggestions or thoughts Johnny Fallon
