TikTok and Meta don’t have viewing figures for Irish dangerous driving trends
Three social media giants were in front Oireachtas media committee today. TikTok along with Meta was not able to provide figures as to the number of views, and how many people in Ireland have viewed videos that showed dangerous content, including dangerous and wrong-way driving on motorways. Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta, TikTok, and […]
1 week ago
Everything the government has blamed in the aftermath of the M9 crash
The country was left reeling after the deaths of five teenagers and the serious injury of three women and a child after a horrific crash on the M9 in Kildare in August. The five boys were driving the wrong way down the motorway when they hit the family on their way to the airport for […]
3 weeks ago
Funeral details for M9 crash teenager removed after vile abuse
The funeral notice for one of the five teenagers killed in the M9 crash in Kildare has been removed from RIP.ie. The notice for Joe Carthy, a 15 year-old boy, of Clonmullion, Athy, Co Kildare, was published on Monday morning but taken down hours later, amid torrents of abuse over the fatal collision. McCarthy died along […]
1 month ago
Final video posted to M9 teenager on Snapchat shows Garda chase
One video, shared online, carries the caption: “Ur last spin boys. To hear your voices in this boys has me in a pain that can’t be described”. Social media accounts on TikTok and Snapchat have posted the final video posted by one of the five teenage boys killed on the M9, Kamil Pustkowski (17) from […]
1 month ago