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2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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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
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: 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
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
Schull teens travel to Dublin to tell Facebook to 'face up' to impact of algorithms
The students are calling on Minister Catherine Martin to hold an urgent inquiry into the conduct of Facebook.
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Nov 10th 2021, 3:26 PM
WhatsApp Ireland allowed to challenge €225m GDPR fine in High Court
WhatsApp claims the fine constitutes the imposition of a criminal sanction
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Nov 8th 2021, 4:59 PM
Facebook ends facial recognition over privacy fears
The announcement came as the tech giant battles one of its worst crises ever.
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Nov 2nd 2021, 10:30 PM
Oireachtas to invite Facebook whistleblower to appear before committee
Francis Haugen has made a number of blistering claims since going public earlier this month.
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Oct 30th 2021, 7:30 AM
Explainer: Why has Facebook changed its company name?
Facebook has revealed a new company name and brand, Meta.
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Oct 29th 2021, 1:25 PM
Facebook is changing the company name to Meta
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered a keynote address during a virtual event.
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Oct 28th 2021, 7:42 PM
Facebook whistleblower says social network makes hate ‘unquestionably worse’
Frances Haugen told UK MPs there was a ‘weak spot’ within the tech giant on who you could turn to for escalating concerns.
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Oct 25th 2021, 5:00 PM
New whistleblower says Facebook put profits before stopping problematic content, reports say
Facebook has faced a storm of criticism over the past month.
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Oct 23rd 2021, 11:15 AM
Facebook ‘planning company rebrand’ to reflect future plans
Mark Zuckerberg is said to be keen to signal the company’s intent to move beyond just social media and the controversies which have engulfed it.
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Oct 20th 2021, 11:42 AM
Facebook to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build ‘the metaverse’
The new computing platform will encompass augmented and virtual reality.
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Oct 18th 2021, 10:15 AM
Dr Anna Lembke: The smartphone has become the modern-day hypodermic needle
The Stanford professor examines how social media is driving our digital dependence, and what we can do to break the habit.
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Oct 14th 2021, 3:00 PM
Facebook should be fined up to €36 million over 'serious' GDPR breaches, says Data Commissioner
The decision comes on foot of a complaint made by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems.
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Oct 13th 2021, 3:18 PM
Facebook apologises as social media users report app outages
Many social media users have this evening complained that Instagram is offline.
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Oct 8th 2021, 8:27 PM
Five things we've learned from the Facebook whistleblower
Frances Haugen has called for the social media giant to be regulated.
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Oct 6th 2021, 3:38 PM
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage caused by error during maintenance work, company says
The social networks and messaging service went offline for more than five hours on Monday.
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Oct 6th 2021, 2:34 PM
Open Thread: Your tips for quitting or cutting down on social media
A number of Facebook controversies have put the focus on screen time once more.
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Oct 6th 2021, 1:39 PM
Zuckerberg says claim Facebook put profits over safety 'just not true'
His comments came after a whistleblower Frances Haugen, gave evidence to US politicians yesterday.
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Oct 6th 2021, 8:32 AM
What do Irish politicians make of calls to 'nationalise' or 'break up' Facebook?
US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last night said the company should be broken up.
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Oct 5th 2021, 7:13 PM
Whistleblower says Facebook products hurt children and fuel division
Frances Haugen was giving evidence before Congress.
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Oct 5th 2021, 5:26 PM
Explainer: Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go down yesterday?
The platforms were down for around six hours yesterday.
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Oct 5th 2021, 12:33 PM
‘Faulty configuration change’ to blame for outage, Facebook says
The platform said it was still working to understand more about the outage.
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Oct 5th 2021, 6:41 AM
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook down with users complaining of outages
Facebook and its subsidiaries have tweeted statements confirming the outage.
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Oct 4th 2021, 10:47 PM
Facebook prioritises own interests over public good, whistleblower claims
Facebook’s annual revenue has more than doubled since 2018 to a projected $102.5 billion (£88 billion) this year.
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Oct 4th 2021, 10:13 AM
Poll: How often do you use Facebook?
A whistleblower has claimed that Facebook prioritises its own interests over public safety.
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Oct 4th 2021, 9:16 AM
Facebook suspends development of Instagram app for children after widespread criticism
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has complained that the project has been widely misunderstood.
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Sep 27th 2021, 4:07 PM
Ireland's data watchdog raises concerns over new Facebook/Ray-Ban smart glasses
Wearers can take a picture or record video by voice command or by pressing a button.
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Sep 17th 2021, 7:14 PM
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