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10th March 2024 - 16th March 2024
FAKE NEWS
Bank of Ireland warns of fake articles designed to 'steal customers' money' with crypto scams
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Fri 12:41 PM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany
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Thu 1:03 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
Arrested, disgraced, injured: Cryptocurrency scams promote hoax stories about Irish celebrities
Have you seen spam ads appear on your social feeds?
One scam recently came about after a hacking of an Indian politician's Meta account.
The Journal understands the account was compromised by hackers who launched more than 50 ad campaigns.
Celebrity scam ads appear on Facebook and X.com after less than a minute of scrolling through main feeds.
Shane Raymond
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Mar 10th 2024, 12:05 AM
Last month
February 2024
Social Media
AI algorithms pushing content 'romanticising' suicide to children, Oireachtas Committee hears
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Feb 13th 2024, 4:53 PM
AI
Meta to begin labelling AI-generated images posted on its social media platforms
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Feb 6th 2024, 7:45 PM
This year
2024
behind closed doors
Meta would only meet politicians if Oireachtas hearing was private (but here's what they said anyway)
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Jan 31st 2024, 5:10 PM
Voices
With Silicon Valley 'visionaries', profits are prioritised over true technological progress
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Jan 13th 2024, 8:00 PM
Last year
2023
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Currys say ‘mystery box’ posts on social media are a scam
959
Dec 12th 2023, 12:32 PM
FACTCHECK
Major analysis shows how Irish disinformation ecosystem has been 'co-opted by far-right actors'
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Nov 20th 2023, 10:00 AM
Facebook
Meta to appeal against stricter EU rules imposed on some of its platforms
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Nov 15th 2023, 9:29 PM
Meta
Facebook and Instagram to offer €12.99 a month ad-free subscriptions for European users
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Oct 30th 2023, 3:17 PM
Courts
Man got over 60 young children to send him naked photos by posing as a teenage girl on Facebook
22.6k
Oct 20th 2023, 7:54 PM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Fake RTÉ posts about Anne Doyle are a hoax to promote a cryptocurrency scheme
4.8k
Oct 12th 2023, 12:27 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
Far-right posts featuring mock gallows outside Dáil remain online despite Garda investigations
14.3k
Sep 29th 2023, 12:05 AM
Misinformation
TikTok dismantles operation that targeted Irish users with 'divisive views' on nationalism
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Sep 28th 2023, 10:45 AM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Australian footage from 2021 used to imply Covid lockdowns are being enforced again
377
Sep 26th 2023, 3:01 PM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Fake government letter used to spread rumour of Ukrainians being extradited to fight
8.0k
Sep 14th 2023, 2:49 PM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: The Canadian government hasn't banned the British outlet GB News
4.9k
Sep 6th 2023, 1:39 PM
Digital Services Act
The European Union's tough new laws on social media content have officially come into force
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Aug 25th 2023, 1:19 PM
threads
Meta launches Twitter rival Threads but its introduction in Europe is 'many months' away
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Jul 6th 2023, 7:37 AM
tech layoffs
Meta expects around 500 jobs losses in Ireland as part of latest round of cuts
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May 24th 2023, 2:05 PM
i'm feeling fined
Facebook-owner Meta hit with record fine of €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission
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Updated
May 22nd 2023, 1:46 PM
messenger kids
Facebook misled parents and failed to protect children’s privacy, US regulator says
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May 3rd 2023, 10:45 PM
Social Media
Facebook parent company Meta and TikTok decline invite to Oireachtas committee
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Apr 12th 2023, 5:52 PM
tech layoffs
Mark Zuckerberg confirms a further 10,000 jobs are to be cut globally at Meta
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Updated
Mar 14th 2023, 3:46 PM
rick roll
Meta Ireland boss Rick Kelley to step down after less than a year in his role
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Mar 9th 2023, 2:44 PM
FACTCHECK
Debunked: No, 'immigrants’ are not suspects in a Finglas assault case
849
Feb 3rd 2023, 4:26 PM
Meta
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta fined €390m by Data Protection Commissioner
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Updated
Jan 4th 2023, 7:06 PM
All time
Facebook
Facebook Marketplace breaches EU antitrust laws, says Commission
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Dec 19th 2022, 1:01 PM
Facebook
Data watchdog fines Meta €265 million over GDPR breaches
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Updated
Nov 28th 2022, 3:59 PM
Meta Misstep
'I got this wrong': Meta's layoffs and what they mean for Ireland
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Nov 9th 2022, 8:00 PM
Job Losses
Facebook owner Meta to lay off 13% of its workforce, resulting in 11,000 job losses
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Nov 9th 2022, 11:57 AM