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# twitter - Saturday 27 June, 2020
Coca Cola suspends ads on social media as platforms come under fire over handling of racist content
Unilver, home to brands like Lipton tea, also said it would suspend ads on social media until the end of 2020.
# twitter - Friday 19 June, 2020
Trump's tweet of 'racist baby' video flagged as manipulative media by Twitter
Twitter has flagged a number of the US President’s tweets in recent weeks.
# twitter - Sunday 7 June, 2020
Conor McGregor says he is retiring from fighting (again)
The 31-year-old Dublin man has previously made the same claim.
# twitter - Friday 29 May, 2020
'We're fed up with it': Trump signs executive order following factchecking row with Twitter
Trump said the factchecks were ‘editorial decisions’ by Twitter and amounted to political activism.
# twitter - Thursday 28 May, 2020
Donald Trump to sign executive order about social media, after his tweets were flagged
Trump tweeted that more mail-in voting would lead to a “rigged election” in November. The US President votes by mail-in voting.
# twitter - Wednesday 27 May, 2020
Twitter adds fact-check warning to election posts by Donald Trump
Trump claimed postal voting would be “fraudulent” and that “mail boxes will be robbed”.
# twitter - Friday 22 May, 2020
Data Protection Commission completes probe into Twitter's handling of data breach
Fines for breaches of GDPR can reach €20 million or up to 4% of a company’s turnover for the previous year.
# twitter - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
Twitter says employees can work from home 'forever' if they wish
Twitter’s EMEA headquarters are in Dublin where the company employees about 200 people.
# twitter - Friday 24 April, 2020
Leo Varadkar says charging Google and Facebook for news media content is 'a good idea'
Varadkar said that the social media giants are “sort of free riders on costs incurred by other people”.
# twitter - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey pledges over €900 million for Covid-19 relief effort
“Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime,” Dorsey said.
# twitter - Thursday 19 March, 2020
Twitter to delete posts which promote fake Covid-19 treatments or deny expert advice
The site said tweets which place people at risk of contracting the illness would contravene its safety rules.
# twitter - Sunday 15 March, 2020
St Patrick's Day parades may be cancelled over Covid-19, but they're 'going virtual' for the occasion
A campaign online is encouraging those left disappointed by the cancelled parades to still share their stories and images online this Tuesday.
# twitter - Monday 13 January, 2020
Fianna Fáil TD denies defaming Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, court hears
A pretrial motion was mentioned before the High Court today.
# twitter - Saturday 4 January, 2020
'A new low': Australian PM Morrison facing criticism for wildfire campaign video
Shadow minister for international development Pat Conroy accused Morrison of trying to “exploit a national tragedy”.
# twitter - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
'Organic but organised': How misinformation is spreading in the UK election campaign
A photo of a young boy on a hospital floor and a punch-that-wasn’t have shaped the debate ahead of tomorrow’s election.
# twitter - Monday 9 December, 2019
Bonnie Greer, Love Island and #WagathaChristie: Here's what got Irish Twitter talking this year
And of course, Irish Twitter talked a lot about Brexit too.
# twitter - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Elon Musk wanted to call diver a 'creepy old man', not a paedophile, courts hears
Vernon Unsworth is suing the co-founder of Tesla for defamation after the billionaire said in a since-deleted tweeted that he was a “pedo”.
# twitter - Monday 25 November, 2019
Social media companies agree to liase with Department of Health on tackling anti-vaccine misinformation
Minister for Health Simon Harris met with Facebook, Google and Twitter today.
# twitter - Friday 22 November, 2019
Contempt of court proceedings against Facebook, Twitter over Kriegel killers' identities struck out
A court hear today that “alarming posts” on social media are causing considerable distress to Boy A’s family.
# twitter - Friday 15 November, 2019
Twitter specifies how it will ban political ads but it will allow campaigns on 'social causes'
The social media giant shared details of its poltical ad ban.
# twitter - Monday 11 November, 2019
Fianna Fáil senator apologises for derogatory tweets that she says were 'taken out of context'
The tweets, which were posted in 2011, used words such as “knacker” and “Traveller” in a derogatory manner.
# twitter - Friday 8 November, 2019
Facebook deleting name of potential whistleblower at centre of Trump impeachment probe
The whistleblower’s lawyers have said their client’s personal safety is at risk following threats.
# twitter - Thursday 7 November, 2019
Former Twitter employees recruited as spies for Saudi Arabia, US court heard
Prosecutors allege the Saudi government was behind the recruitment of the spies.
# twitter - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
New legislation will regulate political advertising on social media
The move comes amid an international debate about how social media platforms handle political ads.
# twitter - Saturday 2 November, 2019
VAR controversy at the fore again as Premier League explain controversial Firmino decision
Liverpool saw a goal ruled out in their match with Aston Villa earlier.
# twitter - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
Twitter announces it is banning all political advertisements
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the change in policy this evening.
# twitter - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
Twitter defends response to 'absolutely abhorrent' abuse directed at Ryan family
TD Jack Chambers described their response to the situation as “weak”.
# twitter - Sunday 6 October, 2019
South Africa's Erasmus defuses 'bomb squad' row
The coach insisted he would never tolerate racism within his squad.
# twitter - Thursday 3 October, 2019
Trump says Democrats wasting time on 'bulls**t' as impeachment gathers pace
Trump sent a series of angry tweets after Democrats vowed to summons the White House to produce documents this week.
# twitter - Saturday 28 September, 2019
'We've got to be proud to be black': Sterling defends team-mate Silva after tweet controversy
The Portugal international’s post attracted criticism but Sterling doesn’t think any harm was meant.
# twitter - Friday 30 August, 2019
Twitter chief Jack Dorsey has account hacked
The hack happened earlier this evening.
# twitter - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
FAI chief Mooney says he was unaware of €300,000 walk payments
The former Cork City goalkeeper was appointed general manager of the John Giles Foundation in 2010.
# twitter - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
Twitter agree to meet with Man United over Pogba racist abuse
Representatives from Kick It Out will also be present, in light of the French midfielder being subjected to racism online this week.
# twitter - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
Twitter and Facebook accuse China of social media campaign against Hong Kong protesters
Facebook and Twitter said they had shut down nearly 1,000 active accounts linked to China.
# twitter - Thursday 8 August, 2019
'I'm coming home' - Andy Carroll returns to Newcastle after 8-year absence
The striker, a free agent after his release by West Ham, has returned to Tyneside after eight years away from the club
# twitter - Friday 26 July, 2019
Injunction against Facebook and Twitter following Ana Kriegel trial to remain until November
The court was told that the issues continue to be monitored and both companies have been ‘wholeheartedly cooperating’.
# twitter - Thursday 18 July, 2019
Privacy concerns raised over app that makes you look older through artificial technology
FaceApp uses artificial intelligence to make you look older or younger.
# twitter - Sunday 14 July, 2019
Trump tells liberal congresswomen to go fix the 'crime-infested places from which they came'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the president of wanting to “make America white again”.
# twitter - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
Twitter bans 'dehumanising' posts towards religious groups
The social media giant now bans posts that liken religious groups to rats, viruses or maggots.
President Trump can't block critics from his Twitter account, US court rules
The US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower court judge who said Trump violates the Constitution when he blocks his critics.
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Poll: Will you be attending a pub or restaurant this weekend?
THIS IS THE first weekend since pubs and restaurants reopened for businesses on Monday.
There are strict guidelines in place for the businesses due to Covid-19 restrictions, with a time limits in place for patrons and a requirement to buy a meal if people are consuming alcohol.
TheJournal.ie visited some pubs earlier in the week to see what the ‘new normal’ is like, but will you?
Today’s poll: Will you be attending a pub or restaurant this weekend?
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I won't be going to either (1429)
Yes, I'll be heading to a restaurant (269)
Yes, I'll be heading to a pub (211)
I've no bookings made but I might (153)
I hope to go to both (98)
I've made several bookings (24)
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