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Friday 23 October 2020
Twitter suspended the identified profiles because they were deceiving users about their intention and their identity.
The US President sent 15 block-capital tweets in 30 minutes today, followed by a later tweet about yesterday’s waving to supporters.
The video on Twitter and Facebook accused Sinn Féin of being “two-faced and hypocritical”. But were the claims in it correct?
The social media network is understood to have also apologised to the club.
Some senior political officials will also have their accounts labelled.
Strict new coronavirus measures have come into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Facebook removed a post from the president while Twitter blocked a Trump campaign account.
A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked including those of Kanye West, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama.
A September deadline looms for the blockbuster acquisition.
The company said hackers attempted to mislead certain employees.
The social media giant said these included violations of its abusive behaviour and sensitive media policies.
Fine Gael is generally seen to have been adept at social media – something heightened during Covid-19 crisis.
More than $100,000 (€87,000) worth of the virtual currency was sent to email addresses mentioned in the tweets
High-profile figures were hit by the security breach.
The hack appears to suggest that those who donate bitcoins will have their donation doubled and returned.
Lawyer Paul Tweed says it’s ‘absurd’ for such companies to claim they are ‘merely a platform, not a publisher’.
Roderic O’Gorman criticised the claims made on social media in recent days.
Unilver, home to brands like Lipton tea, also said it would suspend ads on social media until the end of 2020.
Twitter has flagged a number of the US President’s tweets in recent weeks.
The 31-year-old Dublin man has previously made the same claim.
Trump said the factchecks were ‘editorial decisions’ by Twitter and amounted to political activism.
Trump tweeted that more mail-in voting would lead to a “rigged election” in November. The US President votes by mail-in voting.
Trump claimed postal voting would be “fraudulent” and that “mail boxes will be robbed”.
Fines for breaches of GDPR can reach €20 million or up to 4% of a company’s turnover for the previous year.
Twitter’s EMEA headquarters are in Dublin where the company employees about 200 people.
Varadkar said that the social media giants are “sort of free riders on costs incurred by other people”.
“Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime,” Dorsey said.
The site said tweets which place people at risk of contracting the illness would contravene its safety rules.
A campaign online is encouraging those left disappointed by the cancelled parades to still share their stories and images online this Tuesday.
A pretrial motion was mentioned before the High Court today.
Shadow minister for international development Pat Conroy accused Morrison of trying to “exploit a national tragedy”.
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.
And of course, Irish Twitter talked a lot about Brexit too.
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”.
Minister for Health Simon Harris met with Facebook, Google and Twitter today.
A court hear today that “alarming posts” on social media are causing considerable distress to Boy A’s family.
The social media giant shared details of its poltical ad ban.
The tweets, which were posted in 2011, used words such as “knacker” and “Traveller” in a derogatory manner.
The whistleblower’s lawyers have said their client’s personal safety is at risk following threats.
Prosecutors allege the Saudi government was behind the recruitment of the spies.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
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Luke 'Ming' Flanagan says Twitter account was compromised after comment about Saoirse McHugh
The tweet in question was deleted but several screengrabs of the tweet and the comment were shared online today.
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