Thursday 21 January, 2021
We take a closer look at the online battle for votes.
‘The boy did good’ is high on the list.
The woman criticised the firm’s attitude towards her mental health, as she had postnatal depression after her child was born.
Over half of nine year olds are on social media despite age restrictions, a new survey has found.
People’s emotional life improves significantly when they quit the social network for a week, a study found.
The company said it will be focusing on the “worst of the worst” offenders and partnering with outside fact-checkers to sort honest news reports from made up stories.
Co-founder Dorsey returned as chief executive last year but has yet to ignite growth.
It has two of the most popular messaging apps among Irish users with FB Messenger taking first place.
A harrowing ten minutes.
He announced that his wife Priscilla is pregnant.
Yelena Klimova (26) said she will appeal the verdict.
“I’d like to endorse you for your coffee making skills.”
The website is also improving its system for blocking accounts – and this is just the first step.
Analysts say investors want to see more rapid change at the social network.
Baby, think twiiiice… before you post.
A new ‘ask’ button has popped up on Facebook pages – here’s what it’s all about.
There are serious legal, ethical and philosophical challenges to protecting children in this technological age, writes Mary Aiken.
Your guide to getting the most out of it. Subreddits, the lingo and upvotes, oh my!
Our relationship with Facebook has waxed and waned over these years as we oscillate between loving, adoring and depending on it, to needing to self-impose several ‘breaks’ from it as it drives us crazy, writes Colman Noctor.
The political class have realised the importance of a digital economy – but, they also need to realise the importance of building a digital democracy, writes Niall Devitt.
Two PhD candidates at Princeton University seem to think so.
It’s scarier than a horror movie in there.
If you’re not paying tax, probably best not to tweet about it.
If you like your politics with a side of humour, that is.
Is Facebook for friends and Twitter for the truth? Molly Garboden writes about how showing different sides to yourself to different people is a trick as old as time.
The latest snapshot of social media habits in Ireland has thrown up some interesting figures.
Over a third of the country don’t use social networking websites but the number of Facebook and Twitter users is on the rise.
The social networking site has finally followed Twitter and Instagram in enabling hashtags.
The term has been blocked on the country’s most popular social networking site Weibo which is similar in style to Twitter.
The Wall Street Journal says Yahoo! directors have approved the ambitious takeover of the popular social platform.
The ‘Fast & Furious’ actor reckons his pre-eminence in building a big following on the site has led the way.
It’s said that users could be charged up to €12.60 to send direct messages to the inbox of high-profile users.
Facebook is expected to unveil a modified version of Android, which will be more deeply integrated with the social network.
Yep… again. The new design will make it easier to split your friends’ updates from pages you follow.
