Charlotte Davis

Local Democracy Reporter covering County Mayo // working for @MediaHuisIRL & @Independent_ie // email : [email protected]

[Charlotte Davis @char_davisj]

🧵5: The current situation has seen the creation and sharing of AI deepfakes, non-consensual intimate imagery, and even child sexual abuse material, produced and circulated in breach of this platform’s guidelines and regulations.

[Charlotte Davis @char_davisj]

🧵1: Due to the surge in AI-generated sexual content targeting women and girls on this platform, I have made the decision to step away from it.
Digital violence must be taken seriously. It is not abstract, it is not harmless & it has real-world consequences.

[Charlotte Davis @char_davisj]

🧵4: Misogynistic violence, whether digital or physical, is an epidemic. Platforms must be held accountable, and digital spaces must not continue to profit from the exploitation and abuse of women and girls.

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

Hope over fear, unity over division.

As we head into 2026, our New Year’s fireworks lit up the skies with a clear message about the importance of togetherness.

Hope you enjoyed the show 🎉✨♥️ ⬇️

[Tom Gilligan @TomGilliganIRL]

Calls for tougher action as Mayo County Council collects less than 8pc of derelict site levies in 2024 @char_davisj https://t.co/j9dwKuK2VK

[VacantHomes.ie @VacanthomesIRL]

‘Knock it down to hell’: Councillor demands urgent action on derelict buildings in Mayo town @char_davisj https://t.co/HdJusiM5qb #vacanthomes

[Tom Gilligan @TomGilliganIRL]

Local councillors renew efforts to bring Fontaines DC to Mayo https://t.co/JoFUx0S7n7 @char_davisj @fontainesdublin @EPfestival #Romance

[Tom Gilligan @TomGilliganIRL]

Councillors call for a ‘masterplan’ to address derelict ‘black spot’ in Mayo town @char_davisj https://t.co/AnkxAdUuVh #vacanthomes #DerelictIreland

[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

In the first image, you see an Australian MP wearing a burqa in Parliament to debate banning the burqa for women.
In the second image, it’s me and my friend, two women who have actually lived under the reality of forced burqas and hijabs imposed by the Taliban and the Islamic Republic appearing in an American TV.

Now I learned that the debate on Banning the burqa wasn’t even allowed onto the floor of the Australian Senate. I understand these issues can feel politically risky. But let’s be honest: for us women of Iran and Afghanistan who lived under forced hijab and burqa, this is not an abstract political debate, it is the reality we survived.
We were suffocated by it.

I was beaten by Iran’s morality police for showing my hair.
Afghan and Iranian girls have been lashed, even killed, just for talking about their rights.
And even thousands of miles away, we face assassination plots for the “crime” of asking for a debate on forced hijab.

This isn’t culture.
It’s oppression, exported globally.

What some call “culture,” we recognize as gender apartheid enforced by the Taliban and the Islamic Republic.

This is why I want to extend an invitation to you @PaulineHansonOz, @SenatorPayman, and members of the Australian Parliament:

Open your Parliament to those of us who lived under forced hijab and burqa.
Let Afghan and Iranian women share the truth directly with you, to offer a clearer and more human understanding of what millions of women face today.

Australia has a proud democratic tradition of hearing voices, not silencing discussion.
Including us would honour that tradition.
We don’t ask to be spoken about.
We ask to be heard.

[Charlotte Davis @char_davisj]

Re-opening of the Western Rail Corridor is officially a ‘project in motion’
#IrishRail #WesternRailCorridor #KnockAirport https://t.co/DQAm8h3SAY

[patrick bresnihan @PBresnihan]

Grateful for this woman's emotion and clarity.

'Everyone deserves to have a safe home, no matter what country you come from.'

https://t.co/wGRzSRvK5O

[Ruth Coppinger @RuthCoppingerSP]

Today was the 13th anniversary of the death of #Savita. We will never forget that she died because of the Irish state’s abortion ban and being beholden to the catholic church. Maria Steen & Iona would like to take us back — but we won’t let them. #NeverAgain

[Mick Caul @caulmick]

Abuse survivor receives death threats for speaking out against rioting thugs.

'I don't see any protests for us - the thousands of women who are assaulted by Irish men'

@crimeworld_com

[Charlotte Davis @char_davisj]

‘Irish unity already underway’: Rose Conway-Walsh on Catherine Connolly’s landslide win

⁦⁦@conwaywalsh⁩ expressed gratitude to voters who supported Ms Connolly and who ‘saw through the dirty tricks campaign that was being led against her’. https://t.co/lqUrDLE6vu

[Tom Gilligan @TomGilliganIRL]

Public’s views sought online for major County Mayo road project @char_davisj https://t.co/9De0ZE7e6d

[Tom Gilligan @TomGilliganIRL]

Derelict building to be demolished for new Western Care housing project @char_davisj https://t.co/N7XdG7wvpr

[Charlotte Davis @char_davisj]

Dr Mary McAleese and Miriam O’Callaghan speak at Soroptimist event in Mayo as female empowerment celebrated.
“Women’s voices matter, friendship sustains us, and our impact grows when we lift each other up”. https://t.co/IlGFPbd6K9