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<p>The owners of the most popular social media platforms have long since realised that their business models are based around feeding a serotonin hit that comes quicker with conflict, division, and inflammatory content than by simply offering a place to see friends’ holiday photos.</p>

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Paul Hosford: Is Ireland now suffering the hangover from wining and dining social media giants?

Through whistleblowers and our own eyes, we now know that social media platforms are not the bright hopes they and their founders once claimed

<p>Niamh Sweeney heading into an Oireachtas committee hearing in 2018 when she was head of public policy for Facebook Ireland (now Meta). </p>

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Big Tech defector Niamh Sweeney may be a vital asset for Data Protection Commission

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Colman Noctor: New, strict online age verification will keep Ireland’s children safer

Meta in talks to take 5% stake in Ray-Ban owner

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Meta in talks to take 5% stake in Ray-Ban owner

EU hits Meta with warning over its subscription model

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EU hits Meta with warning over its subscription model

Met anti-corruption line

politics

Facebook accounts of four FG candidates moderated in India

Week of relief for Microsoft and Google but AI falls short for other tech titans

Week of relief for Microsoft and Google but AI falls short for other tech titans

Google/Alphabet joined an elite club by closing above $2tn but others such as Meta and Intel have not convinced investors

Fri, 26 Apr, 2024

TikTok CEO Fails To Placate US Lawmakers Eager to Ban

TikTok suspends its reward-to-watch feature after EU threats

EU commissioner Thierry Breton had given TikTok 48 hours to respond as he threatened to block the 'addictive' feature

Wed, 24 Apr, 2024

TikTok strategy

Oireachtas children’s committee to hear social media companies defend use of artificial intelligence

TikTok is “currently in the process” of testing the automatic labelling of AI-generated content, the Oireachtas children’s committee will hear tomorrow.

Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Netanyahu has no incentive to stop waging war on innocent Palestinians

Irish Examiner view: Netanyahu has no incentive to stop waging war on innocent Palestinians

Realists feel that the Israeli leader is being emboldened by US reluctance to condemn him more forcefully

Tue, 09 Apr, 2024

Facebook demonstration

Facebook team to tackle AI-generated disinformation in run-up to European elections in June

Rapid growth of generative AI, which can create text, images and video in seconds, has triggered fears the new technology could be used to disrupt major elections

Mon, 26 Feb, 2024

Kevin Bakhurst comments

RTÉ asks Facebook to probe suspicious activity around social media account

State broadcaster says it did not pay to boost certain posts that have attracted unusual international attention

Sun, 25 Feb, 2024

Digital Services Tax

Girl's suicide cited in call to regulate social media

In another case, an individual described how their father had become radicalised by disinformation promoted on his social media feeds

Thu, 01 Feb, 2024

Twitter CEO Dorsey And Facebook COO Sandberg Testify Before Senate Intelligence Committee

$2bn woman: How Sheryl Sandberg became one of tech’s top bosses

Sandberg was once considered so critical to Facebook’s success that her exit was seen as potential risk to investors’ money

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: E-scooters give shoplifters the means to make a fast getaway

Thieves no longer need to leg it now they can leap on a scooter and whiz away on the footpath with their ill-gotten gains

Mon, 18 Dec, 2023

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Meta apologises to businessman over publication of fake ads

In Irish legal action, Wissam Al Mana claimed the ads contained a fake news article wrongly linking him to a cryptocurrency auto-trading programme he has nothing to do with

Fri, 15 Dec, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Social media platforms allow hate and harassment fester

Irish Examiner view: Social media platforms allow hate and harassment fester

Senator Micheál Carrigy's case is the latest example of the kind of appalling abuse that tech giants profit from

Fri, 08 Dec, 2023

Meta challenges proposed ban on processing personal data for use in behavioural advertising

Meta challenges proposed ban on processing personal data for use in behavioural advertising

The proposed ban would affect how the Facebook and Instagram platforms do business across Europe

Mon, 20 Nov, 2023

Elon Musk 'broke the seal' on global tech lay-offs, says Signal president Meredith Whittaker

Elon Musk 'broke the seal' on global tech lay-offs, says Signal president Meredith Whittaker

Meredith Whittaker talks about Signal's expenses, the global tech lay-offs and attending Web Summit for the second time

Fri, 17 Nov, 2023

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Are tech companies jeopardising humanity's future with AI development?

While tech startups weather a dip in funding, generative AI reaps rewards at companies from Meta to Microsoft

Thu, 26 Oct, 2023

Fergus Finlay: Respect for difference is the vital ingredient to create real peace

S Fergus Finlay: Respect for difference is the vital ingredient to create real peace

Facebook is a great way to get a discussion going, even now and again to have a good old argument. I tend to be more of a broadcaster than a reader — these golden words (or at least the link to them) go up on Facebook every week.

Tue, 24 Oct, 2023

The Social Media Overuse

S Gareth O'Callaghan: Why did they film me while I prayed for my life after car crash?

The effects social media are having on the mental health of the individual and on society in general is growing evermore disturbing, according to Gareth O'Callaghan

Sun, 08 Oct, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

John Whelan: Ireland's tech sector shrugs off recent setbacks and job cuts to face into next challenge

Shrugging off the wide-ranging challenges of higher interest rates threatening consumer demand, political pressure to open key trade secrets, and data protection regulations, the technology sector has made a remarkable comeback so far this year.

Sun, 17 Sep, 2023

Facebook Meta Platforms

Irish Examiner view: Tech giants will have to play by the rules

Digital Markets Act is the second part in the EU's revolutionary suite of legislation setting out to protect European citizens

Tue, 12 Sep, 2023

Online safety reforms

Irish Examiner view: Democracy under threat on social media

These media giants cannot merely shrug off content creators who deliberately use their sites to spread disinformation

Tue, 29 Aug, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg,Elon Musk

Irish Examiner view: Billionaires should not control the media

Whatever about the revolting prospect of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk brawling in a cage fight, both are embroiled in rows which threaten to disrupt the role of independent media

Tue, 08 Aug, 2023

FILE PHOTO The Data Protection Commission has fined Facebook and Twitter €390m for personal data breaches END

Meta to seek user permission for targeted ads in the EU

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it intends to ask users in the EU for their consent before allowing businesses to target advertising based on what they view on its services.

Wed, 02 Aug, 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

The Threads app

Irish Examiner view: Billionaires’ bout

It would be stretching credulity to say the proposed fight between Elon Musk of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Meta is eagerly anticipated

Thu, 06 Jul, 2023

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Facebook-owner Meta loses as EU court ruling may boost powers over data breaches

The ruling followed a challenge by Meta after the German cartel office in 2019 ordered the social media giant to stop collecting users' data without their consent

Tue, 04 Jul, 2023

Elon Musk Speaks At Satellite Conference In Washington, DC

Irish Examiner view: Tech giants with it all to lose

Musk v Zuckerberg

Fri, 23 Jun, 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

Ireland must become 'global hub' for AI, says Coveney

Ireland must become 'global hub' for AI, says Coveney

Ireland must become a "global hub" for artificial intelligence (AI) to create and retain thousands of high value jobs here in the years ahead, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney has said.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

US tech firms 'a little surprised' by the lengthier Irish redundancy process

Tech layoffs have highlighted challenges with Ireland’s redundancy process, which has boosted business for consultancy and HR professionals

Sun, 28 May, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Cianan Brennan: Last roll of the dice for Meta as it awaits new data transfer system

Meta has appealed all the financial penalties it received from the commission bar one

Mon, 22 May, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Meta hints at European exit over decision of data watchdog

Facebook parent the second tech multinational this week to voice concerns over the pending DPC decision, after Microsoft warned of the effect shutting off US data transfers would have on its business

Thu, 27 Apr, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Facebook-parent Meta sees strong second-quarter revenue

Shares soar 9% in extended trading.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

Big Tech results to test whether layoffs is passing phase or indicator of recession

Big Tech results to test whether layoffs is passing phase or indicator of recession

Official Irish figures suggest that so far the fallout has been limited on the wider economy here

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Bulls chase 'leaner' Facebook owner Meta shares higher

The shares have surged 140% from a seven-year low in November as Meta started cutting thousands of jobs, including at its major facility in Ireland

Tue, 04 Apr, 2023

FILE PHOTO The Data Protection Commission has fined Facebook and Twitter €390m for personal data breaches END

Meta brings court challenge over €265m fine from Irish data protection watchdog

Meta has gone to the High Court in a bid to quash a decision of Ireland’s data protection watchdog to fine it €265m for an alleged breach of EU privacy rules regarding the personal information of about more than 500 million Facebook users.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

Elise Berlinski has found it close to impossible to conduct research using Facebook’s CrowdTangle database on large-scale misinformation spread by groups such as QAnon, something reminiscent of the old Soviet model

Wed, 15 Mar, 2023

Technology stock

Transgender woman threatened online days after Cork attack

Transgender support group Gender Rebels Cork said that Facebook was slow to deal with the matter.

Sat, 04 Mar, 2023

Social media firms have helped MTU stop publication of cyberattack material, court told

Social media firms have helped MTU stop publication of cyberattack material, court told

The judge was told that 6GB of data taken from MTU's IT system had been made available for publication by the hackers, believed to be based in Russia

Thu, 02 Mar, 2023

fake love trap

Irish Examiner view: Double take

Internet deception

Mon, 27 Feb, 2023

Social media survey

Hateful ‘burn all gays’ ads approved for publication on Facebook, TikTok and Youtube

They included comparing LGBTQ+ people to 'paedophiles', a call to 'burn all gays' and for the 'trans lobby' to be 'killed'

Thu, 23 Feb, 2023

Tech companies’ profit view darkens even as cost cuts spread

Tech companies’ profit view darkens even as cost cuts spread

Layoffs numbering in the tens of thousands have been announced this year by companies including Microsoft and Salesforce.

Thu, 16 Feb, 2023

Dramatic portrait of sad scared young woman on smart mobile phone suffering cyber bullying and harassment. feeling lonely, depre

Strangers to blame for half of online hate cases, study finds

A total of 45% of adults have experienced online hate at least once in their lives, and in half of those cases the abuse came from a stranger, research has found.

Sat, 11 Feb, 2023

TikTok-Trump-Legal Challenge

Irish Examiner view: More than just spy balloons

Chinese technology

Fri, 10 Feb, 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