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Platforms Failing on Electoral Integrity: EDMO Ireland’s Initial Findings
25/10/2025
EDMO Ireland comments on AI-generated election disinformation
23/10/2025
EDMO Ireland and Media Literacy Ireland relaunch Be Election Smart campaign ahead of Presidential Election
17/10/2025
EDMO Ireland Report on Elon Musk’s X and Conor McGregor’s Presidential Campaign Featured in National Media
29/09/2025
Spot the Spin: A Workshop on Misinformation and Elections with EDMO Ireland
29/09/2025
EDMO Ireland Report Concludes McGregor’s Online Campaign Shows Risks of X to Irish Democracy
15/09/2025

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Platforms Failing on Electoral Integrity: EDMO Ireland’s Initial Findings

Posted on 25/10/202525/10/2025 By EDMO Admin
Platforms Failing on Electoral Integrity: EDMO Ireland’s Initial Findings
Elections, News

As part of EDMO Ireland’s ongoing review of platform compliance with the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) during Ireland’s 2025 Presidential Election, we are sharing our initial observations of several concerning trends in how online platforms have addressed electoral integrity. The DSA is the EU’s framework for regulating online platforms. It requires very large platforms … Read More “Platforms Failing on Electoral Integrity: EDMO Ireland’s Initial Findings” »

EDMO Ireland comments on AI-generated election disinformation

Posted on 23/10/202523/10/2025 By Eileen Culloty
EDMO Ireland comments on AI-generated election disinformation
Elections, News

EDMO Ireland’s Aidan O’Brien appeared on RTÉ Six One News yesterday to discuss the latest and most sophisticated example of AI-generated election disinformation to circulate during the presidential campaign. The video, which appeared late Tuesday night after the RTÉ Prime Time election debate, mimicked the format of RTÉ’s Nine O’Clock News. It purported to show … Read More “EDMO Ireland comments on AI-generated election disinformation” »

EDMO Ireland and Media Literacy Ireland relaunch Be Election Smart campaign ahead of Presidential Election

Posted on 17/10/202523/10/2025 By EDMO Admin
EDMO Ireland and Media Literacy Ireland relaunch Be Election Smart campaign ahead of Presidential Election
Media Literacy, News

EDMO Ireland and Media Literacy Ireland have relaunched the Be Election Smart media literacy campaign ahead of the Presidential Election on Friday, 24 October. Originally developed as an EU-wide initiative for the 2024 European Elections, Be Election Smart encourages voters to think critically about the information they encounter online during election periods. EDMO Ireland has … Read More “EDMO Ireland and Media Literacy Ireland relaunch Be Election Smart campaign ahead of Presidential Election” »

EDMO Ireland Report on Elon Musk’s X and Conor McGregor’s Presidential Campaign Featured in National Media

Posted on 29/09/202529/09/2025 By EDMO Admin
EDMO Ireland Report on Elon Musk’s X and Conor McGregor’s Presidential Campaign Featured in National Media
Elections, News, Outreach

On 15 September, EDMO Ireland published a new report, Elon Musk’s X as a Threat to Electoral Integrity: How Conor McGregor’s Irish Presidential Ambitions Unfolded on X. The report examined 127 posts from Conor McGregor’s X account between January and September 2025 relating to his presidential campaign. The findings show that McGregor’s campaign was characterised … Read More “EDMO Ireland Report on Elon Musk’s X and Conor McGregor’s Presidential Campaign Featured in National Media” »

Spot the Spin: A Workshop on Misinformation and Elections with EDMO Ireland

Posted on 29/09/202529/09/2025 By Eileen Culloty
Spot the Spin: A Workshop on Misinformation and Elections with EDMO Ireland
Elections, Media Literacy

As Ireland prepares for the presidential election on 24 October, EDMO Ireland is hosting an interactive workshop on elections and misinformation in Dún Laoghaire. The event takes place on Wednesday, 15 October in the Lab (Level 3) of the dlr LexIcon library. Register here. The workshop will explore how voters are targeted by spin, persuasion, … Read More “Spot the Spin: A Workshop on Misinformation and Elections with EDMO Ireland” »

EDMO Ireland Report Concludes McGregor’s Online Campaign Shows Risks of X to Irish Democracy

Posted on 15/09/202515/09/2025 By EDMO Admin
EDMO Ireland Report Concludes McGregor’s Online Campaign Shows Risks of X to Irish Democracy
Elections

Conor McGregor’s short-lived presidential campaign spread misinformation, personal attacks, and extremist rhetoric to a global audience, according to a new report from EDMO Ireland. The study, From Free Speech to Violent Rhetoric: Elon Musk’s X as a Threat to Electoral Integrity, examined 127 posts from McGregor’s X (formerly Twitter) account between January and September 2025. … Read More “EDMO Ireland Report Concludes McGregor’s Online Campaign Shows Risks of X to Irish Democracy” »

EDMO Ireland Supports Media Literacy Trainer Development

Posted on 18/08/202518/08/2025 By EDMO Admin
EDMO Ireland Supports Media Literacy Trainer Development
Media Literacy, News

EDMO Ireland is providing media literacy training to a panel of trainers from Media Literacy Ireland (MLI). Both organisations share the goal of increasing media literacy in Ireland. However, neither EDMO Ireland nor MLI is in a position to deliver training nationwide. Instead, the MLI-certified trainer panel will identify individuals with expertise in different aspects … Read More “EDMO Ireland Supports Media Literacy Trainer Development” »

Debunked: No, the Premier League has not banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces

Posted on 15/08/202515/08/2025 By AOB
Debunked: No, the Premier League has not banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces
News

A claim circulating on social media falsely alleges that the Premier League has banned players from wearing rainbow-coloured bootlaces and captain’s armbands linked to the Rainbow Laces campaign. This claim is untrue. While the Premier League has ended its formal partnership with the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, which launched the Rainbow Laces initiative, players remain free to wear rainbow laces, armbands, or other inclusive symbols if they choose to do so.

Debunked: Fox News claims about an Irish crime wave are based on discredited claims and bad stats

Posted on 15/08/202515/08/2025 By AOB
Debunked: Fox News claims about an Irish crime wave are based on discredited claims and bad stats
Factchecks

In early August 2025, Fox News aired a segment claiming Dublin had experienced a 114% rise in “murder/assault attempts”, attributing this surge to increased immigration. A fact-check by The Journal thoroughly debunks this claim. The report notes there is no official crime category labelled “murder/assault attempts”, and statistics from An Garda Síochána or the Central … Read More “Debunked: Fox News claims about an Irish crime wave are based on discredited claims and bad stats” »

As the presidential race begins, ordinary citizens must speak up for democratic principles

Posted on 15/08/202515/08/2025 By AOB
As the presidential race begins, ordinary citizens must speak up for democratic principles
Elections, News, Policy

As Ireland’s 2025 presidential race unfolds, the integrity of its democratic process faces new challenges from foreign interference and smear campaigns to misinformation spread by bots. Writing in The Irish Times, Eileen Culloty, assistant professor in communications and deputy director of the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy and Society, together with David Farrell, Professor of Politics at University College Dublin and expert in electoral systems, argue that institutional safeguards alone are not enough. And advocate empowering ordinary citizen through tools like citizen panels and grassroots vigilance to actively defend democratic norms and ensure fair and trusted elections.

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