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Social media giants Facebook and Twitter take action against Trump misinformation online
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Bitcoin hack
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Hacked
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Banned
Twitter permanently suspends Gemma O'Doherty's account over 'repeated violations'
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Twitter and the Taoiseach: Why Fianna Fáil is playing catch-up on social media
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Bitcoin
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Voices
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Roderic O'Gorman
Children's minister rejects 'homophobic' online claims linking him to comments about paedophilia
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Coca Cola suspends ads on social media as platforms come under fire over handling of racist content
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Misinformation
Trump's tweet of 'racist baby' video flagged as manipulative media by Twitter
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FACTCHECK
'We're fed up with it': Trump signs executive order following factchecking row with Twitter
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US President
Donald Trump to sign executive order about social media, after his tweets were flagged
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Misinformation
Twitter adds fact-check warning to election posts by Donald Trump
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GDPR
Data Protection Commission completes probe into Twitter's handling of data breach
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internet money
Leo Varadkar says charging Google and Facebook for news media content is 'a good idea'
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Coronavirus
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey pledges over €900 million for Covid-19 relief effort
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Misinformation
Twitter to delete posts which promote fake Covid-19 treatments or deny expert advice
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virtualparade
St Patrick's Day parades may be cancelled over Covid-19, but they're 'going virtual' for the occasion
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Australia
'A new low': Australian PM Morrison facing criticism for wildfire campaign video
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Going Viral
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Social Media
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