# facebook - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# Tagged
# Tagged
The legal action concerned the use of photo face-tagging and other biometric data without users’ consent.
# facebook - Wednesday 24 February, 2021
# Facebook
# Facebook
The social media giant defended its handling of a dispute with Australia over payments to media organisations.
# facebook - Tuesday 23 February, 2021
# Compromise
# Compromise
The tech giant has resolved its conflict with the Australian government.
# facebook - Sunday 21 February, 2021
# Lockdown Rave
# Lockdown Rave
The event would be in breach of Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions if it went ahead.
# facebook - Saturday 20 February, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
A proposed law in Australia would compel internet companies to pay news organisations.
# facebook - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Facebook
# Facebook
As of yesterday, Facebook has blanked out the pages of media outlets for Australian users.
# facebook - Thursday 18 February, 2021
# Unfriended
# Unfriended
The company announced the new measure last night.
# facebook - Wednesday 17 February, 2021
# Facebook
# Facebook
The move comes as the Australian parliament debates laws that would force Facebook to pay for Australian news
# facebook - Friday 29 January, 2021
# Reach Out
# Reach Out
Moderators have been pushing for mental health supports and to be allowed work from home during the pandemic.
# facebook - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Social Network
# Social Network
Sylvia O’Mahoney claims her constitutional right to privacy and GDPR rights have been breached.
# facebook - Friday 22 January, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
The law aims to make Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies fairly for using news content they siphon from news sites.
# facebook - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Lifeline
# Lifeline
Trump was suspended after his supporters stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.
# facebook - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# Privacy Vs Free Services
# Privacy Vs Free Services
“We can’t see your private messages or hear your calls, and neither can Facebook ,” WhatsApp said in a blog post.
# Debunked
# Debunked
The post incorrectly compares CSO data for ten months in 2020 with previous years.
# facebook - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Blocked
# Blocked
Facebook ’s chief operating officer said the ban is “indefinite”.
# facebook - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# US Capitol
# US Capitol
Videos from inside the Capitol showing police taking selfies with protestors have been verified.
# Blocked
# Blocked
Zuckerberg announced the move this afternoon.
# Banned
# Banned
Twitter has given Trump until midday Irish-time to delete three of his tweets.
# facebook - Wednesday 23 December, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
The nurse has said her fainting was not linked to the vaccine, but to a health condition she has.
# facebook - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Frank O'rourke
# Frank O'rourke
Frank O’Rourke claims he was defamed in posts on social media.
# Digital Gatekeepers
# Digital Gatekeepers
Companies including Google, Amazon and Facebook could face fines of up to 10% of their revenues for breaking competition rules.
# facebook - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# United States
# United States
The Federal Trade Commission said Facebook has engaged in a “a systematic strategy” to eliminate its competition
# facebook - Tuesday 17 November, 2020
# US Election 2020
# US Election 2020
The companies have been criticised for their handling of political content recently.
# facebook - Friday 6 November, 2020
# Steve Bannon
# Steve Bannon
Bannon suggested that Dr Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded “as a warning to federal bureaucrats”.
# facebook - Thursday 22 October, 2020
# Like
# Like
Facebook said Dating had been built with “safety, security and privacy at the forefront”.
# facebook - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Facebook
# Facebook
Facebook vice president of content policy Monika Bickert cautioned that the change will take time.
# High Court
# High Court
The case was heard before the High Court today.
# facebook - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Tech Giants
# Tech Giants
Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.
# facebook - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# Fireworks
# Fireworks
A garda operation targeting these traders was brought in earlier than usual.
# facebook - Saturday 19 September, 2020
# Far-right Protests
# Far-right Protests
Fringe groups are feeding off public frustration and misinformation.
# facebook - Monday 14 September, 2020
# High Court
# High Court
Facebook Ireland also seeks various declarations including that the DPC has acted unlawfully.
# facebook - Friday 11 September, 2020
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The DPC told Facebook this week to stop transferring data belonging to European Union users to the US.
# facebook - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# Data Protection Commission
# Data Protection Commission
The social media giant said the Data Protection Commission told it the key mechanism it uses to transfer data to the US “cannot in practice be used”.
# facebook - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
# Banned
# Banned
The video-sharing app has said it will ban users that repeatedly try to share the footage on its platform.
# facebook - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Australia
# Australia
The company said Australian legislation would force it to pay arbitrary and theoretically unlimited sums for content.
# facebook - Saturday 29 August, 2020
# Mark Zuckerberg
# Mark Zuckerberg
The page for the “Kenosha Guard” violated Facebook ’s policies and had been flagged, Zuckerberg said
# facebook - Tuesday 11 August, 2020
# Social Media
# Social Media
The social network also said it took action on fewer pieces of child nudity and sexual exploitation content on Instagram
# facebook - Thursday 6 August, 2020
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Facebook removed a post from the president while Twitter blocked a Trump campaign account.
# facebook - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
# Tiktok
# Tiktok
A September deadline looms for the blockbuster acquisition.
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