# social-media - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# Interview
# Interview
Boyne talks to TheJournal.ie about his latest novel, the backlash to his 2019 novel My Brother’s Name is Jessica.
# social-media - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# Trading
# Trading
Gardaí seized mobile phones and documentation after two premises were searched today.
# social-media - Sunday 19 July, 2020
# Online
# Online
Fine Gael is generally seen to have been adept at social media – something heightened during Covid-19 crisis.
# social-media - Friday 10 July, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Lawyer Paul Tweed says it’s ‘absurd’ for such companies to claim they are ‘merely a platform, not a publisher’.
# social-media - Monday 6 July, 2020
# Roderic O'Gorman
# Roderic O'Gorman
Roderic O’Gorman criticised the claims made on social media in recent days.
# social-media - Saturday 27 June, 2020
# Social Media
# Social Media
Unilver, home to brands like Lipton tea, also said it would suspend ads on social media until the end of 2020.
# social-media - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
Twitter has flagged a number of the US President’s tweets in recent weeks.
# social-media - Saturday 6 June, 2020
# Moderate
# Moderate
In a letter to employees, the Facebook CEO said his decisions not to moderate Trump’s controversial posts caused “anger” and “hurt”.
# social-media - Saturday 30 May, 2020
# Reflecting
From The42
# Reflecting
Ireland and Ulster wing Jacob Stockdale says the lockdown has been a blessing in disguise for him.
# social-media - Friday 29 May, 2020
# Executive Order
# Executive Order
Trump said the factchecks were ‘editorial decisions’ by Twitter and amounted to political activism.
# social-media - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Tiktok
# Tiktok
IFA president Tim Cullinan called on those recording the videos to show more responsibility.
# social-media - Friday 22 May, 2020
# GDPR
# GDPR
Fines for breaches of GDPR can reach €20 million or up to 4% of a company’s turnover for the previous year.
# social-media - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Social Media
# Social Media
The number of Instagram posts related to suicide or self-harm Facebook took action against increased by 40%, it said.
# social-media - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# Disinformation
# Disinformation
FuJo Director Jane Suiter said that the “most significant shortcoming of empowering consumers” was labelling trustworthy content.
# social-media - Tuesday 7 April, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
WhatsApp has moved to restrict the forwarding of content to just one person in one go.
# Incoming Message
# Incoming Message
Volumes of misinformation about coronavirus has been circulated through messaging and social media apps.
# social-media - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
# Unite By Staying Apart
From The42
# Unite By Staying Apart
A powerful video and a clear message from some household names.
# social-media - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Tackle Your Feelings
From The42
# Tackle Your Feelings
Connacht out-half Jack Carty speaks about his struggles to move past online criticism of his performances.
# social-media - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Have Your Say
From The42
# Have Your Say
The question has been doing the rounds on social media.
# social-media - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Coronoavirus
# Coronoavirus
The government is engaging with social media companies about the spread of misinformation.
# social-media - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
The site said tweets which place people at risk of contracting the illness would contravene its safety rules.
# social-media - Monday 24 February, 2020
# Clare
# Clare
The girl’s victim impact statement was read at Ennis Circuit Court today.
# social-media - Thursday 20 February, 2020
# Fraud
# Fraud
The most recent fraud involves customers of a banking institution being targeted via advertisements on Facebook.
# social-media - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
# Reada Cronin
# Reada Cronin
Réada Cronin has apologised for her tweets, saying she never intended to cause hurt or distress.
# Trolling
# Trolling
Monika Bickert spoke in Dublin about the challenge of identifying and removing harmful content on social media.
# social-media - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
# Headlines
# Headlines
An inquest into her death is to open on Wednesday.
# social-media - Monday 17 February, 2020
# Allegations
From The42
# Allegations
The Blaugrana have released a statement responding to claims they paid for dozens of accounts to be set up on Facebook and Twitter.
# Social Media
# Social Media
Zuckerberg has recently asked governments to strengthen how online media is regulated.
# social-media - Thursday 13 February, 2020
# Dating Apps
# Dating Apps
In 2019, people in Ireland lost in excess of €1 million through such fraud.
# social-media - Wednesday 5 February, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have spent over €100,000 between them on adverts on Facebook and Instagram since the start of the general election campaign.
# social-media - Friday 31 January, 2020
# US Elections 2020
# US Elections 2020
Twitter unveiled a new tool that will make it easier for American users to report tweets containing misleading information.
# social-media - Saturday 18 January, 2020
# Deleted
# Deleted
Varadkar said the video had set out to portray serious issues in a light-hearted way.
# social-media - Wednesday 8 January, 2020
# Snapchat Probe
# Snapchat Probe
He was set upon by up to 20 people, gardaí said, in what was believed to be a planned attack.
# social-media - Sunday 29 December, 2019
# The Irish For
# The Irish For
Let’s look back on some of the Irish words of the 2010s.
# social-media - Saturday 28 December, 2019
# Internet Of Everything
# Internet Of Everything
From Taoisigh announcing their resignation on Twitter, to misleading political ads, here’s a quick review of how we’ve changed.
# social-media - Sunday 15 December, 2019
# Digital Ads
# Digital Ads
Facebook data shows Fine Gael outspent all other parties on promoting candidates through Facebook.
# social-media - Friday 13 December, 2019
# Reality Actually
# Reality Actually
Social media was a poor indicator of how this year’s UK election played out.
# social-media - Thursday 12 December, 2019
# Liked And Shared
# Liked And Shared
A list of the Instagram accounts with the most followers has also been released.
# social-media - Monday 9 December, 2019
# Social Media
# Social Media
And of course, Irish Twitter talked a lot about Brexit too.
# social-media - Saturday 23 November, 2019
# Grey Zone
# Grey Zone
In an interview with TheJournal.ie, Facebook’s counterterrorism chief said it was dealing with grey areas at present.
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