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Last week
22nd June 2025 - 28th June 2025
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Could you get in trouble for using a dodgy box?
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Last month
June 2025
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Why is Google search so bad?
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Debunked: Video of Dublin used in false claim about ‘massacre’ on day of Carlow shooting
Quiz: Can you name these billionaires?
May
May 2025
Irish MEP used AI to write open letter about Gaza which quoted Swedish House Mafia
Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe
Debunked: How misinformation swirled about the Liverpool car ramming despite police efforts
Meta warned minister that €200m EU fine last month would harm Irish businesses and consumers
Microsoft cutting almost 3% of global workforce
An old Trump video, re-used Gaza footage, and other fake news from the India-Pakistan conflict
Debunked: Deepfake video appears to show Canadian Prime Minister announcing ban on old cars
Europe seeks to attract US-based scientists with new €500m support package
April
April 2025
Explainer: Why is Intel in trouble and what happens next?
Apple and Meta slapped with combined €700m fine for breaching app store and advert rules
FactCheck: Studies of millions of children show there is no connection between autism and vaccines
IMF chief says Irish public should be allowed to be customers of European banks
'All clear': Spotify fixed after streaming service hit by outages
Debunked: A new conspiracy theory claims 14 countries signed a treaty to ban natural conception
What happened in Conor McGregor's failed meme coin launch?
Trade war may reduce buyer pool in housing market due to reliance on rich multinational workers
Impacts on the status of rich multinational workers could have major implications on the, already low, housing market activity.
Leaving Cert examiners offer €100,000 contract to research how AI can be used to correct papers
March
March 2025
Apple and Meta face big EU fines this week - and Ireland might have to collect the money
Fianna Fáil seeking to criminalise misleading and deceptive 'deepfakes'
FactCheck: Will the MetroLink cost more than €23 billion?
Banks must take action and better protect customers against scams under new rules
‘Disinformation will be back’ warns expert as Meta rolls out Community Notes
Debunked: Enoch Burke payment claim that was shared by Musk is filled with misinformation
Debunked: Irish Facebook groups inundated with housing scams
This year
2025
'The same feeling as gambling': Loot boxes are pulling young gamers into the world of betting
Apple is releasing a new 'affordable' phone (for €729) - how does it compare to other iPhones?
Zuckerberg's Meta under Trump: 'As an American, my only option is to quit its platforms'
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Spotify has made a profit for the first time
Have you received a scam call or text recently?
Debunked: Elon Musk misleadingly suggests other celebrities made controversial 'Nazi' gesture
Meta showed nearly 10,000 ads for deepfake clothes 'erasing' app to Irish users since December
'Deep concerns' over AI 'undress' apps being advertised on Irish social media
So-called ‘nudify’ apps allow users to create deepfake naked images of any woman.
Meta's scrapping of fact-checking in the US has emboldened disinformers; now the EU is on alert
Debunked: The Hollywood sign still stands, despite AI-generated images of it burning
FactCheck: What do we know about the scale of child sex exploitation by gangs in the UK?