# social-media - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Social Media
# Social Media
Musk’s $44-billion deal to buy Twitter was announced last month but still needs the backing of shareholders and regulators.
# social-media - Thursday 5 May, 2022
# Social Media
# Social Media
Billionaire Elon Musk last week began the process of acquiring Twitter for $44 billion.
# Social Media
# Social Media
The platforms provided briefings to politicians earlier this year and promised enhanced facilities for reporting harassment.
# social-media - Wednesday 4 May, 2022
# Your Say
# Your Say
Governments and businesses may have to pay a fee to use Twitter in the future.
# Changes
# Changes
The billionaire prospective owner of the platform has suggested a number of changes to the site.
# social-media - Friday 22 April, 2022
# Social Media
# Social Media
Tech giants have been repeatedly called out for failing to police their platforms.
# social-media - Monday 11 April, 2022
# Social Media
# Social Media
Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal revealed the news, which followed a weekend of tweets from Musk suggesting possible changes to the site.
# social-media - Thursday 24 March, 2022
# Na Meáin Shóisialta
# Na Meáin Shóisialta
Young Irish speakers are engaging a whole new audience with the language online.
# social-media - Friday 11 March, 2022
# Social Media
# Social Media
The tweet suggested the hospital attacked in the port city of Mariupol was ‘long non-operational’.
# social-media - Saturday 22 January, 2022
# Out Of Favour
From The42
# Out Of Favour
The winger’s contract expires in the summer when he will be able to leave the club for free.
# social-media - Monday 3 January, 2022
# Do Not Disturb
From The42
# Do Not Disturb
Dealing with unwelcome notifications on your phone apps is now a part of being an athlete.
# social-media - Wednesday 15 December, 2021
# Disciplined
# Disciplined
Gardaí have in recent years been hit by controversy relating to the sharing of sensitive material.
# social-media - Tuesday 26 October, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
TikTok and Snapcaht reps argued they are built to protect against the mental health and safety risks present on social media.
# social-media - Saturday 23 October, 2021
# Facebook
# Facebook
Facebook has faced a storm of criticism over the past month.
# social-media - Thursday 21 October, 2021
# Truth Social
# Truth Social
He’s spoken about launching his own social media site ever since he was barred from Twitter and Facebook.
# social-media - Monday 11 October, 2021
# Offline
From The42
# Offline
The Man United defender, who hasn’t played since January 2020, says young players need to be mentally strong to deal with online abuse.
# social-media - Friday 8 October, 2021
# Social Media
From The42
# Social Media
The England manager presented a video after Euro 2020 urging people to get vaccinated and was abused online as a result.
# Social Media
# Social Media
Many social media users have this evening complained that Instagram is offline.
# social-media - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Frances Haugen
# Frances Haugen
Frances Haugen has called for the social media giant to be regulated.
# Social Media
# Social Media
The social networks and messaging service went offline for more than five hours on Monday.
# Logging Off
# Logging Off
A number of Facebook controversies have put the focus on screen time once more.
# social-media - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Frances Haugen
# Frances Haugen
Frances Haugen was giving evidence before Congress.
# social-media - Monday 4 October, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
Facebook and its subsidiaries have tweeted statements confirming the outage.
# social-media - Wednesday 29 September, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
YouTube has removed more than 130,000 videos since last year for violating its Covid-19 vaccine policies.
# social-media - Monday 27 September, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has complained that the project has been widely misunderstood.
# social-media - Thursday 16 September, 2021
# Disinformation
# Disinformation
Research undertaken on behalf of the BAI and published today analysed 47 monthly transparency reports.
# social-media - Thursday 9 September, 2021
# Speaking Out
From The42
# Speaking Out
It’s about, ‘are you capable of coming out and being able to withstand that media attention?’’
# social-media - Wednesday 1 September, 2021
# Blocked
# Blocked
The social media giant has begun testing the new tool with a small group of users.
# Twitter
# Twitter
A viral joke in early August claimed that the light rail service in the capital was now free of charge.
# social-media - Friday 20 August, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
The company said the change from 1 October is being implemented at the request of its financial partners.
# social-media - Wednesday 11 August, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
The tool will allow users to hide comments and direct message requests from those who only recently started following them.
# social-media - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
In a joint statement they said the misleading claims in these ads had been published by “malicious third-parties”.
# social-media - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# Naíscoil Na Seolta
# Naíscoil Na Seolta
Naíscoil na Seolta is due to open in September but will now do so in another location.
# social-media - Tuesday 27 July, 2021
# Tiktok
# Tiktok
The new centre will create over 50 jobs in security, privacy and policy.
# social-media - Monday 26 July, 2021
# Social Media
From The42
# Social Media
The SA Rugby director of rugby is strongly suspected of having set up a fake profile.
# social-media - Friday 16 July, 2021
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Facebook rejected the criticism saying its efforts to get facts out are ‘saving lives’.
# social-media - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Bernard O'Byrne
# Bernard O'Byrne
O’Byrne was under pressure following a Facebook comment about English player Raheem Sterling.
# Your Say
# Your Say
The social media pages of some English players were hit by racist comments following Sunday’s match.
# social-media - Friday 25 June, 2021
# Trolls
From The42
# Trolls
The South Africa-born Scotland wing says the messages also motivate him.
# social-media - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Media
# Media
Dr Eileen Culloty says media plays a central role in democratic and civic life – and media literacy is a vital tool in helping the public understand this.
