EDMO Ireland
Dr Shane Murphy from DCU FuJo examines key issues with TikTok and political advertising in light of the DSA and EU Code of Practice on Disinformation. The recent European parliamentary elections were the first to take place since the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect in February 2024. The DSA requires large social […]
As part of a series on the European and local elections, Dr Shane Murphy examines how narratives about voter fraud evolved, often with no regard to rules about voter eligibility. A recent article by Ciaran O’Connor, a researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, looked at how the Far Right in Ireland were laying the […]
Shane Murphy examines how the campaiging style of the National Party differs from other far-right, anti-immigrant parties. Immigration becoming the primary concern for Irish voters is something that would ordinarily have been expected to benefit the National Party, who formed in 2016 on with an explicitly anti-immigration platform. In the Midlands Northwest constituency for the […]
Ahead of the European and local elections, Dr Shane Murphy examines the eye-catching use of graphics and AI by The Irish People party. The Irish People are a newly formed nationalist political party currently running candidates in both the European and local elections. They do not view themselves as a party in the traditional sense, […]
With a week of campaigning before the European and Local elections, Dr Shane Murphy profiles the parties running on an anti-immigration platform and considers the nature of anti-immigration rhetoric. A recent poll conducted by The Journal and Ireland Thinks has found that “Independents and Others” have surpassed Sinn Fein as the number one choice for […]
Ahead of the European Elections, Dr Shane Murphy examines the rise of citizen journalists. While not necessarily household names, a number of candidates in the upcoming European and local elections began this campaign with sizable social media followings, as a result of their work as “Citizen Journalists”. Focusing predominantly on areas such as immigration, LGBTQ+ […]
As the 2024 European Parliament elections approach, millions of Europeans will play a crucial role in shaping the future of European democracy by voting. At the same time, widespread disinformation campaigns intended to undermine the electoral process have been detected across the EU. In response to this pressing challenge, EDMO and the EDMO Hubs launched […]
Writing in The Conversation, Eileen Culloty considers concerns about the role of deepfakes in upcoming elections. In 2016, disinformation caught many people off guard during the Brexit referendum and U.S. presidential election, prompting the emergence of an industry dedicated to analyzing and countering it. Despite extensive research, fact-checking initiatives, and government involvement, the issue remains […]
Kirsty Park, EDMO Ireland’s Policy Lead, recently made an presentation at the DSA and Platform Regulation conference, held at the University of Amsterdam. Collaborating with Rabhya Mehrotra, their presentation delved into the diverse viewpoints regarding data access under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA). The conference was co-organized by the DSA Observatory, the […]
EDMO Ireland contributed to FuJo’s submission to the public consultation on An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s first draft research programme. The submission contained the following on electoral interference: When it comes to protecting Ireland’s democracy and electoral events, combating online electoral interference is of the utmost importance. We note that electoral interference may be interpreted in different […]