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DCU Institute of Future Media, Democracy and Society Institúid DCU um Meáin Todhchaí, Daonlathas agus Sochaí

New EDMO Ireland report: Are Tech Companies Meeting Obligations to Protect Democratic Elections? Evidence from Ireland’s Presidential Election

Publication type: Reports

Published in:

Publication year: 2026

Publication authors: Aidan O'Brien, Dr Eileen Culloty

Publication link: New EDMO Ireland report: Are Tech Companies Meeting Obligations to Protect Democratic Elections? Evidence from Ireland’s Presidential Election

Participants

Aidan O'Brien

Aidan O'Brien is a full-time Researcher and Analyst with the European Digital Media Observatory Ireland, part of the FuJo institute. His work involved social media regulation and platform compliance with EU and Irish laws, particularly relating to elections and civic integrity. Before joining EDMO Ireland, Aidan worked as a research fellow at the Centre for the Analysis of the Radical Right, the Institute of Strategic Dialogue, and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children Ireland. Aidan hol...

Dr Eileen Culloty

Eileen Culloty is an Associate Professor in the School of Communications where she is Deputy Director of the DCU Institute for Media, Democracy, and Society and chair of the BA in Communication Studies. Her work focuses on disinformation, media literacy education, and the future of public media. Eileen leads the Ireland Hub of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and serves as Co-Chair of Media Literacy Ireland, the national network for media literacy coordinated by Coimisiún na Meá...

Publications

Routing the Extreme Right: Challenges for Social Media Platforms

Type: Journal articles

Published in: RUSI Journal

Authors: Maura Conway

Year: 2020

URL: Resource

CodeCheck: A Review of Platform Compliance with the EC Code of Practice on Disinformation

Type: Reports

Published in:

Authors: Lauren Teeling, Niamh Kirk

Year: 2020

URL: Resource

Building social capital to counter polarization and extremism? A comparative analysis of tech platforms’ official blog posts'

Type: Journal articles

Published in: First Monday

Authors: Watkin, A.L.; Conway, M.

Year: 2022

URL: Resource

Related Projects

EDMO Ireland

EDMO Ireland is one of fourteen hubs established as part of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). Coordinated by Dr Eileen Culloty from Dublin City University (DCU), the EDMO Ireland consortium includes the DCU Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society (FuJo), TheJournal FactCheck, NewsWhip, and the University of Sheffield. It is part-financed by the European Union to monitor and analyse disinformation; conduct factchecks and investigations; develop media literacy resources; as...

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