#Facebook

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Meta ends fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram
Meta will continue to check facts 'for now' outside the US
The European Union requires large platforms to actively cull deceptive political content and disinformation or risk heavy fines under the Digital Services Act

Mon, 20 Jan, 2025

Facebook stock
Facebook owner Meta hit with €251m in EU fines for 2018 data breach
Under the 27-nation EU’s strict privacy regime, the Irish watchdog is Meta’s lead privacy regulator because the company’s regional headquarters is in Dublin

Tue, 17 Dec, 2024

Technology Stock
Only a fraction of fines levied by Data Protection Commission have been paid by ‘Big Tech’
Less than 1% of the €3.2bn DPC fines issued since 2020 have been paid to date, writes Ken Foxe

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Facebook app icon on mobile phone.
South Korea fines Meta €13.8m for illegally collecting Facebook user information
The information included data about their political views and sexual orientation

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Bus Éireann moves to shut down bizarre scam featuring Cork actor Cillian Murphy
Bus Éireann moves to shut down bizarre scam featuring Cork actor Cillian Murphy
Images of the Oppenheimer star and Cork councillor Kieran McCarthy holding Leap cards alongside images of Bus Éireann buses have appeared on a Facebook page in recent days 

Fri, 06 Sep, 2024

Fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were ‘primed to polarise voters’
Fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were ‘primed to polarise voters’
The network of nearly 4,800 fake accounts was trying to build an audience when it was identified and eliminated by the tech company, which owns Facebook and Instagram

Thu, 30 Nov, 2023

Tech giants branded online ‘gatekeepers’ in next phase of EU’s digital crackdown
Tech giants branded online ‘gatekeepers’ in next phase of EU’s digital crackdown
The European Union has targeted Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies.

Wed, 06 Sep, 2023

Ofcom study
Facebook-owner Meta shares rise on forecast strong growth will continue
Chief executive Zuckerberg talks up AI products 'in the pipeline'

Wed, 26 Jul, 2023

Meta fine
'Unacceptable and disappointing': Tech giant decline invitations from Oireachtas committee
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said the Oireachtas finance committee had sent invitations to Google, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon last month.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

FILE PHOTO The Data Protection Commission has fined Facebook and Twitter €390m for personal data breaches END
Court grants Meta short stay on DPC decision to suspend data transfer to US
That decision, delivered on May 22 and accompanied by a record €1.2bn fine, saw the American company given five months to delete all the data it holds on users

Fri, 09 Jun, 2023

Meta layoffs expected
Meta planning fresh round of job cuts as soon as this week
The company already cut 13% of its global workforce in November

Tue, 07 Mar, 2023

Meta layoffs expected
Meta shares soar as Facebook owner forecasts upbeat first-quarter revenue
Shares of peers Alphabet (the parent company of Google) and Snap also rose after the social media giant issued its upbeat revenue outlook.

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

FILE PHOTO The Data Protection Commission has fined Facebook and Twitter €390m for personal data breaches END
Data Protection Commission hiked €59m fine for Facebook owner Meta to €390m
DPC had imposed the smaller fine after it found Meta had breached GDPR but European Data Protection Board rejected that decision

Wed, 04 Jan, 2023

Seamus Coffey: No fallout from the demise of the 'double-Irish'
Seamus Coffey: No fallout from the demise of the 'double-Irish'
While the double-Irish structure impacted tax payments, it did not do so in Ireland, in other European countries.

Wed, 28 Dec, 2022

Coronavirus and social media use
State departments spent €1.4m on social media ads in 2022
Dramatic rise in amounts forked out, with ads placed across Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and YouTube

Mon, 26 Dec, 2022

Rulings represent 'existential threat' to Facebook parent Meta, says expert
Rulings represent 'existential threat' to Facebook parent Meta, says expert
Data protection expert Daragh O’Brien of consultants Castlebridge said that the actions demanded of Meta "go to the fundamentals of how they operate”.

Tue, 29 Nov, 2022

Meta layoffs expected
Tech giants 'committed to Irish operations' despite job losses
The company’s 3,000 permanent staff at its European head office in Dublin are anxiously waiting to hear if they will be among the expected Irish redundances

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Employees' tips law
Varadkar 'not unduly concerned' about tech layoffs
Large tech firms Twitter, Meta and Intel have made contact with his Enterprise department in recent days to alert it of potential redundancies.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

FILE PHOTO Chief of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the social network's parent company is changing it's name to Met
Meta to begin axing thousands of jobs worldwide
The company directly employees over 3,000 people across Ireland 

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Facebook's Irish staff 'really stressed' ahead of reported layoffs
Facebook's Irish staff 'really stressed' ahead of reported layoffs
Meta employs 3,000 people at its Dublin head office, and 6,000 more elsewhere in Ireland, including Clonee in Co Meath and Reality Labs in Cork

Tue, 08 Nov, 2022

Complaints system for removal of online content 'won't be available for two years'
Complaints system for removal of online content 'won't be available for two years'
The system would allow internet users to request the removal of sensitive content, if unsuccessful when requesting removal from online sites themselves

Tue, 20 Sep, 2022

What companies have slowed hiring? Google latest to hit brakes
What companies have slowed hiring? Google latest to hit brakes
A number of tech giants have announced hiring freezes and hinted at layoffs over the past few weeks - from Apple to Meta, here are some of the companies making trims

Thu, 21 Jul, 2022

Instagram begins testing new age verification tools
Instagram begins testing new age verification tools
Instagram said it is partnering with British technology firm Yoti on the video selfie verification test, with the firm’s tech able to estimate someone’s age based on facialfeatures and share this with Meta.

Fri, 01 Jul, 2022

Mother taking photo of her baby boy.
I'm a paediatrician — and this is why using your child on social media is wrong
Dr Niamh Lynch says digital child labour must stop.  We must consider the children's rights and their safety

Mon, 02 May, 2022

'Technical issue' resolved after Facebook and Instagram go down
'Technical issue' resolved after Facebook and Instagram go down
Issues accessing Facebook and Instagram have been resolved after social media users reported problems accessing the sites.  Many reported outages for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp , with all three owned by Meta, Facebook's parent company.

Thu, 24 Mar, 2022

Facebook launches UK tool
Facebook parent company hit by €17m fine by Data Protection Commission
The fine comes following an investigation into a series of 12 data breach notifications received by the watchdog between June and December 2018

Tue, 15 Mar, 2022

Bumpy road ahead as Facebook looks to overcome challenges and crises
Bumpy road ahead as Facebook looks to overcome challenges and crises
Facebook has 1.929bn daily users, but the first fall in numbers in 18 years triggered a share price collapse that wiped the equivalent of Portugal’s GDP off its value, writes Dan Milmo.

Fri, 04 Feb, 2022

US-FACEBOOK-MEDIA-INTERNET-COMPUTERS-WIRELESS
Facebook to shut down facial recognition system due to societal concerns 
The change will now delete the "facial recognition templates" of more than 1 billion people.

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

Facebook stock
Facebook and Instagram 'allowing Covid misinformation to thrive'
NewsGuard said some pages did include Facebook labels offering links to 'the latest coronavirus information' but added that not enough was being done by platforms to inform users about the trustworthiness of sources

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

Facebook safety
Facebook whistleblower calls on Mark Zuckerberg to step down as CEO
Frances Haugen said Facebook’s parent company, rebranded Meta last week, is unlikely to change if its founder remains in charge

Tue, 02 Nov, 2021

Dublin Tech Summit
Q&A: What is Facebook’s new 'metaverse' platform and how could it work?
Facebook has announced plans to hire 10,000 staff in Europe to work on the metaverse, its plans for a futuristic new computing platform

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Facebook stock
Whistleblower says Facebook is 'hurting the most vulnerable' 
Asked about hate speech, Ms Haugen said: 'Unquestionably it is making hate worse'

Mon, 25 Oct, 2021

Facebook Whistleblower: Bullying follows children home from school thanks to Instagram
Facebook Whistleblower: Bullying follows children home from school thanks to Instagram
Francis Haugen told UK MPs that Facebook’s own research suggested Instagram is dangerous for young people

Mon, 25 Oct, 2021

Facebook Papers Mideast Maid Abuse
Apple once threatened Facebook ban over Middle East maid abuse concerns
Apple threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from its app store two years ago over concerns about the platform being used as a tool to trade and sell maids in the Middle East, documents show.

Mon, 25 Oct, 2021

Facebook safety
Facebook’s language gaps ‘weaken screening of hate and terrorism’
The problems plaguing Facebook’s content moderation are systemic, internal company documents from a whistleblower suggest.

Mon, 25 Oct, 2021

Facebook safety
Big tech companies need stronger regulation, Facebook executive says
Monika Bickert, Facebook’s vice president of content policy,  believes that 'government regulation can establish standards all companies should meet'

Sat, 23 Oct, 2021

Facebook crisis grows as new whistleblower and leaked documents emerge
Facebook crisis grows as new whistleblower and leaked documents emerge
Company under fire as news reports detail spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories even as staff raised concerns

Sat, 23 Oct, 2021

AP Poll Misinformation
Facebook: Virtual or Virtueless reality?
Facebook's ‘metaverse’ sounds like Zoom on steroids, with a touch of magic mushrooms, according to University College Cork Philosophy lecturer, Vittorio Bufacchi, who thinks the social media giant's new virtual ‘reality’ has no virtues

Fri, 22 Oct, 2021

Facebook under fire for allowing anti-vaccine doctors grow into 'superstars'
Facebook under fire for allowing anti-vaccine doctors grow into 'superstars'
A report found that a group of former and current healthcare professionals who claim Covid is a hoax reached millions of people despite the social media's giant vows to tackle disinformation.

Fri, 22 Oct, 2021

Facebook stock
Facebook to pay French publishers for news content
Facebook also said it would launch in January a French version of its Facebook News product, where the group’s publishers could allow their stories to appear

Thu, 21 Oct, 2021

Facebook stock
Facebook fined €60m over handling of Giphy takeover probe
As part of the investigation, the social network was ordered to keep the two businesses separate until a conclusion was reached

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021

Facebook outage
Facebook ‘planning company rebrand’ to reflect future plans
The social network’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is said to be keen to signal the company’s intent to move beyond just social media and the controversies that have faced the platform in that area.

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021

Social media regulation
Irish Examiner view: Facebook tries to move on after blast of scandals
Facebook has plans to hire 10,000 workers in the EU over the next five years to work on a new computing platform.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021

Facebook safety
Facebook to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build ‘the metaverse’
The high-skilled workers will help build 'the metaverse', a futuristic notion for connecting people online that encompasses augmented and virtual reality.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2021

Latest

Mick Clifford
Mick Clifford

News

Most Read

Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Brand Safety FAQ Help Contact Us Terms and Conditions

© Examiner Echo Group Limited