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Yesterday
18th April 2024
Voices
Opinion: We can no longer leave children alone to face this unregulated tech world
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated
18 Apr
6.3k
53
This week
14th April 2024 - 19th April 2024
Social Media
Meta to tell politicians that app stores should be responsible for age verification
16 Apr
4.8k
24
Last week
7th April 2024 - 13th April 2024
Social Media
Fake ad data Tánaiste obtained from Google through court order being 'forensically analysed'
8 Apr
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This month
April 2024
Supermac's Croke Park
The GAA says there's nothing funny about Supermac's April Fool's joke
4 Apr
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26
Supermac's Croke Park
The GAA says there's nothing funny about Supermac's April Fool's joke
4 Apr
48.3k
51
Last month
March 2024
Voices
Hate Speech law: 'As legislators, it is our responsibility to draw the line on hate'
Malcolm Byrne
27 Mar
11.3k
81
FAKE NEWS
Bank of Ireland warns of fake articles designed to 'steal customers' money' with crypto scams
15 Mar
9.1k
18
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Anti-migrant video asks: ‘Anyone know where in Dublin this is?’ The answer: Germany
14 Mar
18.4k
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
10 Mar
19.0k
This year
2024
Social Media
AI algorithms pushing content 'romanticising' suicide to children, Oireachtas Committee hears
13 Feb
7.4k
15
behind closed doors
Meta would only meet politicians if Oireachtas hearing was private (but here's what they said anyway)
31 Jan
8.2k
6
Voices
With Silicon Valley 'visionaries', profits are prioritised over true technological progress
Peter Bloom
13 Jan
12.6k
14
Last year
2023
FACTCHECK
Major analysis shows how Irish disinformation ecosystem has been 'co-opted by far-right actors'
20 Nov 2023
16.6k
Facebook
Meta to appeal against stricter EU rules imposed on some of its platforms
15 Nov 2023
6.1k
14
Meta
Facebook and Instagram to offer €12.99 a month ad-free subscriptions for European users
30 Oct 2023
17.4k
19
Courts
Man got over 60 young children to send him naked photos by posing as a teenage girl on Facebook
20 Oct 2023
22.6k
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Fake RTÉ posts about Anne Doyle are a hoax to promote a cryptocurrency scheme
12 Oct 2023
5.0k
THE MORNING LEAD
Far-right posts featuring mock gallows outside Dáil remain online despite Garda investigations
29 Sep 2023
14.3k
Misinformation
TikTok dismantles operation that targeted Irish users with 'divisive views' on nationalism
28 Sep 2023
14.8k
69
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Australian footage from 2021 used to imply Covid lockdowns are being enforced again
26 Sep 2023
381
FACTCHECK
Debunked: Fake government letter used to spread rumour of Ukrainians being extradited to fight
14 Sep 2023
8.0k
FACTCHECK
Debunked: The Canadian government hasn't banned the British outlet GB News
6 Sep 2023
4.9k
Digital Services Act
The European Union's tough new laws on social media content have officially come into force
25 Aug 2023
17.4k
44
threads
Meta launches Twitter rival Threads but its introduction in Europe is 'many months' away
6 Jul 2023
9.1k
18
tech layoffs
Meta expects around 500 jobs losses in Ireland as part of latest round of cuts
Updated
24 May 2023
43.6k
39
i'm feeling fined
Facebook-owner Meta hit with record fine of €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission
Updated
22 May 2023
34.0k
61
messenger kids
Facebook misled parents and failed to protect children’s privacy, US regulator says
3 May 2023
5.8k
1
Social Media
Facebook parent company Meta and TikTok decline invite to Oireachtas committee
12 Apr 2023
15.0k
14
tech layoffs
Mark Zuckerberg confirms a further 10,000 jobs are to be cut globally at Meta
Updated
14 Mar 2023
40.7k
39
rick roll
Meta Ireland boss Rick Kelley to step down after less than a year in his role
9 Mar 2023
9.4k
1