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# Social Media

All time
Facebook blames coronavirus for hampering efforts to remove suicide posts from its platforms
11 Aug 2020
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12
Twitter adds labels to state-backed media accounts
6 Aug 2020
15.0k
8
'Hundreds of new jobs' to be created in Ireland as TikTok announces plans for European Data Centre
6 Aug 2020
64.3k
87
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter take action against Trump misinformation online
6 Aug 2020
29.3k
89
Microsoft reportedly in advanced talks to buy US TikTok operation
2 Aug 2020
21.2k
26
Twitter reveals further details about the large-scale hack of celebrity accounts
1 Aug 2020
15.7k
2
'Might be the stupidest thing I could possibly do': Irish author John Boyne on his next project
26 Jul 2020
23.5k
Gardaí conduct search as part of social media foreign exchange trading investigation
22 Jul 2020
17.5k
4
Twitter and the Taoiseach: Why Fianna Fáil is playing catch-up on social media
19 Jul 2020
23.2k
26
Opinion: Ireland is in prime position to hold social networks to account - and we must
Paul Tweed
10 Jul 2020
7.0k
15
Children's minister rejects 'homophobic' online claims linking him to comments about paedophilia
6 Jul 2020
72.0k
Coca Cola suspends ads on social media as platforms come under fire over handling of racist content
27 Jun 2020
36.2k
47
Trump's tweet of 'racist baby' video flagged as manipulative media by Twitter
19 Jun 2020
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127
Zuckerberg vows to review Facebook policies after internal anger over Trump's posts
6 Jun 2020
40.9k
65
'I realised at that point that it's not a nice place to be or a healthy thing to do'
30 May 2020
12.6k
14
'We're fed up with it': Trump signs executive order following factchecking row with Twitter
29 May 2020
39.0k
100
'Absolutely crazy': TikTok to investigate Irish videos showing 'dangerous pranks' with farm machinery
Updated 26 May 2020
53.2k
54
Data Protection Commission completes probe into Twitter's handling of data breach
22 May 2020
7.3k
4
Facebook says it's flagged 50 million misleading coronavirus posts since March
13 May 2020
6.8k
41
Not enough is being done to label fake news on social media sites - report
28 Apr 2020
9.1k
26
Poll: Should social media companies do more to tackle the spread of Covid-19 misinformation?
7 Apr 2020
14.9k
61
New WhatsApp restrictions to curb the spread of misinformation about Covid-19
7 Apr 2020
31.3k
48
'The future of our people is in our hands' - 16 iconic Irish sports stars send rallying call to the nation
31 Mar 2020
18.6k
19
'After the coach spoke, you'd turn into the corner and type your name into Twitter'
25 Mar 2020
24.7k
3
Open thread: Which four footballers have meant most to you in your life?
24 Mar 2020
7.5k
68
Minister: 'Please stop putting messages up online that are frightening young and old'
20 Mar 2020
26.8k
19
Twitter to delete posts which promote fake Covid-19 treatments or deny expert advice
19 Mar 2020
7.0k
18
'I am traumatised to the core': Girl sexually abused as 12 year-old by teenager she met on Snapchat
24 Feb 2020
40.7k
Gardaí warn of banking scam targeting social media users
20 Feb 2020
36.8k
8
'Inaccurate, anti-Semitic and racist': Jewish Council condemns newly-elected Sinn Féin TD's 'offensive' tweets
Updated 19 Feb 2020
54.7k
211
Facebook policy chief says 'we all have a role to play' tackling online harassment following Caroline Flack death
19 Feb 2020
14.6k
20
Society of editors says it is 'wrong to blame media' for Caroline Flack's death
18 Feb 2020
55.6k
41
Barca deny hiring company to criticise Messi and other players on social media
17 Feb 2020
6.1k
0
EU threatens big tech companies with 'stricter' regulation following meeting with Zuckerberg
17 Feb 2020
17.5k
21
Gardaí warn people about 'romance fraud' ahead of Valentine’s Day
13 Feb 2020
30.4k
16
Poll: Do ads on social media impact how you vote?
5 Feb 2020
18.3k
68
Twitter and Pinterest step up efforts to tackle voter misinformation in US elections
31 Jan 2020
4.8k
9
Varadkar defends Fine Gael social media video that was deleted following backlash
18 Jan 2020
63.9k
128
Gardaí probe social media accounts after vicious gang attack that led to teenager losing finger
8 Jan 2020
30.0k
42
The Irish For: Reflecting on the decade Gaeilge and social media found each other
Darach Ó Séaghdha
29 Dec 2019
14.3k
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