# Facebook

Last month

May 2023

# tech layoffs

Meta expects around 500 jobs losses in Ireland as part of latest round of cuts

Meta announced 10 weeks ago that there would be 10,000 job losses globally.

The first round of these job cuts in April resulted in around 10 job cuts here.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described today's figures as 'significant'.

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May 24th 2023, 2:05 PM

# i'm feeling fined

Facebook-owner Meta hit with record fine of €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission

Meta has said it will appeal the decision.

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May 22nd 2023, 1:46 PM

# messenger kids

Facebook misled parents and failed to protect children’s privacy, US regulator says

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed sweeping changes to a 2020 privacy order with Facebook.

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May 3rd 2023, 10:45 PM

This year

2023

# Social Media

Facebook parent company Meta and TikTok decline invite to Oireachtas committee

Twitter did not respond to the invite nor were they contactable by telephone.

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Apr 12th 2023, 5:52 PM

Meta unveils framework for combatting online deception campaigns

Meta remains under pressure to do more to combat misinformation, particularly campaigns aimed at swaying election outcomes.

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Mar 16th 2023, 7:58 PM

# tech layoffs

Mark Zuckerberg confirms a further 10,000 jobs are to be cut globally at Meta

The move comes around four months after Meta cut 11,000 jobs.

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Mar 14th 2023, 3:46 PM

# rick roll

Meta Ireland boss Rick Kelley to step down after less than a year in his role

The Boston native said his decision to leave the company after 14 years was not an easy one.

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Mar 9th 2023, 2:44 PM

# Job Cuts

Meta is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs

Mark Zuckerberg in November confirmed more than 11,000 staff, or 13% of the company’s workforce, were to be let go.

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Feb 23rd 2023, 9:57 AM

# Meta

Facebook and Instagram to introduce paid verification

The monthly subscription will cost the equivalent of €11.20, but it is unclear when the feature could be introduced in Ireland.

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Feb 19th 2023, 5:56 PM

# Meta

Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram pages restored

There hasn’t been any activity on the former president’s Facebook or Instagram accounts since their reinstatement today.

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Feb 9th 2023, 8:17 PM

# factcheck

Debunked: No, 'immigrants’ are not suspects in a Finglas assault case

Gardaí say there’s “a significant volume of misinformation and disinformation” about the ongoing investigation.

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Feb 3rd 2023, 4:26 PM

# Meta

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta fined €390m by Data Protection Commissioner

The DPC said it has fined Meta Ireland €210 million, for its Facebook service, and €180 million for breaches in relation to its Instagram service.

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Jan 4th 2023, 7:06 PM

Last year

2022

# Facebook

Facebook Marketplace breaches EU antitrust laws, says Commission

The Commission said it takes issue with Meta tying Facebook Marketplace to the Facebook social networking service.

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Dec 19th 2022, 1:01 PM

# Facebook

Data watchdog fines Meta €265 million over GDPR breaches

An inquiry by the DPC that was ongoing since April 2021 found infringements of two GDPR articles.

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Nov 28th 2022, 3:59 PM

# Meta Misstep

'I got this wrong': Meta's layoffs and what they mean for Ireland

Mark Zuckerberg said things ‘did not play out’ as expected, but Meta has committed to long-term plans in Ireland.

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Nov 9th 2022, 8:00 PM

# Job Losses

Facebook owner Meta to lay off 13% of its workforce, resulting in 11,000 job losses

Up to 400 people based here could lose their jobs as part of the global cuts.

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Nov 9th 2022, 11:57 AM

# Facebook

Meta settles case in Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal

The case alleged that Facebook allowed the personal information of millions of users to be fed to Cambridge Analytica.

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Aug 27th 2022, 7:18 PM

# Meta

Facebook's parent company to launch 'metaverse academy' in France

The school’s goal in its first year will be to train for free around 100 students as specialist immersive technology developers and support and assistance technicians.

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Jun 12th 2022, 1:00 PM

# Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg staying at helm of Meta for many years 'makes sense', says Nick Clegg

Succession at the tech giant has been in the headlines recently – but Zuckerberg has shown no sign of giving up the reins.

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Jun 9th 2022, 8:15 AM

# Facebook

Sheryl Sandberg, key executive at Facebook's Meta, to step down

Sandberg said she is stepping down as chief operating officer, but would remain on the board of Facebook’s parent company Meta.

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Jun 1st 2022, 10:30 AM

# Meta

Facebook and Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users

The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information.

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May 24th 2022, 7:27 AM

# Social Media

Facebook and Twitter offering supports for TDs and Senators who experience online abuse

The platforms provided briefings to politicians earlier this year and promised enhanced facilities for reporting harassment.

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May 5th 2022, 1:17 PM

# the good fight

Are the social media platforms doing enough - or anything - to deal with misinformation?

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all say that they’re trying to make their platforms better. What exactly are they doing?

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Apr 30th 2022, 6:00 PM

# imposters

Facebook gave user information to hackers who posed as law enforcement

The hackers falsified “emergency data requests” to obtain the information.

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Mar 31st 2022, 8:45 AM

# tiktok

Facebook's Meta funded attack campaign against TikTok, report says

The campaign reportedly includes placing letters in major US news outlets and promoting negative stories about TikTok.

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Mar 30th 2022, 7:31 PM

# meta sanctions

Russian court bans Facebook and Instagram as 'extremist'

The court ruled that WhatsApp would not be prohibited because it is not used to post public statements.

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Mar 21st 2022, 4:42 PM

# Meta

Data watchdog issues €17 million fine against Facebook

The fine follows a DPC inquiry into 12 data breach notifications received between June and December 2018.

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Mar 15th 2022, 2:55 PM

# Social Media

UK's Russian Embassy tweet about bombed Ukrainian hospital removed by Twitter

The tweet suggested the hospital attacked in the port city of Mariupol was ‘long non-operational’.

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Mar 11th 2022, 1:30 PM

# GoodInformation

Quiz: How much do you know about the new digital age?

Test your knowledge of the new digital age with out latest Good Information Project quiz.

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Mar 4th 2022, 6:00 PM

# Meta

Miriam O'Callaghan receives unreserved apology from Facebook over false and misleading ads

The RTÉ presenter says she is happy and relieved that the stressful matter had been resolved after five years.

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Feb 25th 2022, 12:43 PM

# Frances Haugen

Facebook whistleblower tells TDs that harm from metaverse 'could be worse'

Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen has made a number of blistering claims about the social network.

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Feb 23rd 2022, 4:42 PM

# Meta

Tánaiste told senior Facebook executives that Ireland 'committed to low tax' before OECD deal

Varadkar virtually met representatives of Facebook on 30 September.

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Feb 23rd 2022, 6:30 AM

# good information

Is the metaverse the internet of the future? Or 'an old idea that's never worked'?

“The world will see the metaverse for what it is: mostly lame,” says one critic.

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Feb 21st 2022, 8:00 PM

# Lawsuit

Meta agrees $90 million settlement in decade-old Facebook privacy suit

The suit alleged the social network violated privacy guidelines by tracking users online even after they logged off the site.

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Feb 15th 2022, 9:45 PM

# Misinformation

Facebook runs dozens of ads targeting Irish users with anti-vaccine and Covid-sceptic content

Several ads were removed by the social media firm this week.

A search of Facebook’s ad library this week found 40 ads sharing pandemic-related misinformation or Covid-sceptic slogans, Stephen McDermott writes.

Advertisers included a company selling t-shirts, video bloggers promoting and a firm offering a 'vaccine detox' retreat in the south of Spain.

A Government TD described the level of misinformation in the ads as "absolutely startling".

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Jan 16th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Research

‘Trove of racial hatred’ exposed by investigation into online platforms

The director of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right said its findings “makes it seem that platforms just don’t care enough” to address online abuse.

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Jan 12th 2022, 9:05 AM

All time

# Banned

Meta targets 'cyber mercenaries' using Facebook to spy

The company began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted by the firms accused of spying on activists, dissidents and journalists.

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Dec 16th 2021, 11:00 PM

# covid misinformation

Facebook removes page of controversial Covid campaigner Dolores Cahill over misinformation

Cahill has made a number of false or misleading claims about the coronavirus over the course of the pandemic.

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Dec 13th 2021, 2:19 PM

# factcheck

FactCheck: Did Twitter, Walmart and CNBC's CEOs resign on same day as Ghislaine Maxwell's trial?

The highly publicised trial has attracted false internet-based claims before so let’s take a look at the latest allegations.

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Dec 3rd 2021, 6:15 AM

# Essay mills

Facebook removes illegal ads for bespoke college essays which targeted Irish students

The use of such services has been prohibited under Irish law since 2019.

Eight active ads for bespoke essays were identified by The Journal earlier this week.

Ads also offered students to supply other forms of college coursework, Stephen McDermott writes.

Government TD calls for Facebook to stop hosting ads for college 'essay mills'.

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Nov 19th 2021, 12:05 AM