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<p>The total amount paid represents just 0.6% of the penalties decided on by the DPC, most of which relate to Big Tech. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire</p>

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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

<p>Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to ramp up investing in AI language models and other associated projects. </p>

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Tech giants to collectively spend €184bn this year in AI push

<p>Meta supremo Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Orion smart glasses, a new augmented reality (AR) prototype, at the annual Meta Connect developer conference in Menlo Park, California. Photo: AP/Godofredo A. Vásquez</p>

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Will Meta’s Orion smart glasses be the next ‘iPhone moment’? Expert Q&A

Instagram launches parental control for under-16 accounts by default

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Instagram launches parental control for under-16 accounts by default

Meta Data Centres

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AI tech giants hide dirty energy with outdated carbon accounting rules

AI safety summit

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Elon Musk's X agrees to refrain from using some EU users' data to train its AI chatbot

FILE PHOTO Bauer Media Audio has agreed to buy Denis O'Brien's Communicorp Group for over €100m. Communicorp includes radio stat

Meta agrees to provide Denis O'Brien with information on fake advertisers

The court heard that there are no more than 10 subscribers who are responsible for the very large number of ads involved

Fri, 19 Jul, 2024

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

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

Meta Platforms is in talks to take a minority stake in the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, as the Facebook owner intensifies its push into smart glasses.

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

Meta blames 'unpredictable' regulators as it ditches plans to release advanced AI model in EU

Meta blames 'unpredictable' regulators as it ditches plans to release advanced AI model in EU

‘Unpredictable’ privacy regulations prompt Facebook owner to scrap regional plans for multimodal Llama

Thu, 18 Jul, 2024

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Denis O'Brien seeks damages from Meta for defamation over 'false and malicious' ads

He argued that online advertisements breach his rights to privacy, and his good name, his rights under GDPR and his property rights

Thu, 11 Jul, 2024

EU hits Meta with warning over its subscription model

EU hits Meta with warning over its subscription model

The European Commission's antitrust chief said: 'We want to empower citizens to be able to take control over their own data and choose a less personalised ads experience.'

Mon, 01 Jul, 2024

Meta layoffs expected

Meta set to be hit with a warning by EU over subscription model

Tech giant risks potentially heavy fines if its subscription model for ad-free services falls foul of EU tech rules

Mon, 01 Jul, 2024

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Ronan's €3.3m insurance payment claim sent to fast-track court

The dispute arises out of a deal in which Ronan Group Real Estate swapped its stake in Fibonacci Square with Fortress' interest in Waterfront South Central on Dublin's quays

Mon, 17 Jun, 2024

Meta to train AI models on user content in Europe

Advocacy group NYOB (none of your business) has filed complaints challenging the move in countries across Europe

Mon, 10 Jun, 2024

Emer Walsh: The battle to stop companies using our data to train AI models and chatbots

Meta is the latest firm to join the controversial AI training efforts

Sat, 08 Jun, 2024

Key Speakers At The Sohn Investment Conference

Patrick Collison appointed to Meta's AI council

Limerick man joins three others to advice Meta on its AI strategy

Thu, 23 May, 2024

Upset woman sitting on couch alone at home

S Sex for rent offers advertised as ‘genre of porn’, report finds

The report also calls on the Department of Justice to create a named offence to clearly target predatory landlords, and define the specific behaviours involved

Thu, 16 May, 2024

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

Google and Microsoft shares climb amid relief over AI revenues

Google and Microsoft shares climb amid relief over AI revenues

Shares in Alphabet surged as much as 12% in after-hours trade. Revenue was $80.5bn for the three months to the end of March, compared with analysts’ estimates of $78.6bn (€73.25bn)

Thu, 25 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

Apple, Google and Meta probed by EU under new digital law

Apple, Google and Meta probed by EU under new digital law

The three tech giants directly employ 12,000 people in Ireland

Mon, 25 Mar, 2024

Meta offers to slash fees for ads-free Facebook and Instagram to avert EU privacy concerns

Meta offers to slash fees for ads-free Facebook and Instagram to avert EU privacy concerns

Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to €5. 99 from €9. 99, a senior Meta executive has said, a move that aims to address concerns from privacy and competition regulators.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2024

Big Tech in the crosshairs of European market and data regulators

Big Tech in the crosshairs of European market and data regulators

It follows Apple's €1.8bn EU competition fine

Mon, 04 Mar, 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

Big Tech’s €130bn cash haul points to payouts for shareholders

Big Tech’s €130bn cash haul points to payouts for shareholders

While having cash in the bank is a good position to be in, stock market investors appreciate when companies invest any excess money for better opportunities or return it to shareholders

Thu, 08 Feb, 2024

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Peter Brown: Investing in the ‘Magnificent 7’ is just too risky

Many Irish pensions and other passive general investment schemes have the largest equity exposure to the Magnificent 7 stocks for no good reason

Sun, 04 Feb, 2024

Apple shares fall while Meta and Amazon soar on key earnings

Apple shares fall while Meta and Amazon soar on key earnings

Meta shares rise by 14% in after-hours trade as it announces dividend

Thu, 01 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

450 new jobs at eBay

Ebay to cut 1,000 jobs amid challenges to e-commerce site

Ebay says staffing and costs have outpaced growth as it joins Amazon, Google, Meta, and other platforms in shedding jobs

Wed, 24 Jan, 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

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Man who harassed politician and made threats against his children 'got off lightly'

Fine Gael Senator Micheál Carrigy also claimed the courts system is not supporting victims and cases are being 'dragged out'

Thu, 07 Dec, 2023

Meta, Google, and TikTok defend their response to Dublin riots

Meta, Google, and TikTok defend their response to Dublin riots

Appearing before the Oireachtas Media Committee, the social media companies said they responded proactively to the aftermath of the stabbing of several children in Dublin last month

Wed, 06 Dec, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Meta's new subscription charge faces complaint over claims it amounts to a 'privacy fee'

Advocacy group NOYB has filed a complaint against Facebook-owner Meta’s new paid no-ads subscription service saying that it amounted to paying a fee to ensure privacy.

Tue, 28 Nov, 2023

Tech Leaders on Opening Day of Lisbon Web Summit 2023

Web Summit speaker hit out at Big Tech 'surveillance business model'

Signal Foundation president, Meredith Whittaker, said: 'We should not have centralised, for-profit social media platforms, full stop. So Facebook goes away.'

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Court rules EU countries cannot bypass Ireland to regulate tech firms

Thursday's ruling cannot be appealed

Thu, 09 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

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

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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

Collisons' carbon removal fund makes new commitments

Collisons' carbon removal fund makes new commitments

Frontier fund facilitated the purchase of $7m of carbon removal services from 12 startups on behalf of Stripe

Fri, 08 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

Northern Ireland council elections

Irish Examiner view: New Dáil seats to uproot Irish elections

In a little over a week, the Irish political landscape will receive a makeover which may or may not decide the outcome of the next general election here.

Mon, 21 Aug, 2023

Male employee speaking on video call with diverse colleagues on online briefing with laptop at home.

Cáit Caden on the future of remote working: The upcoming standoff between workers and employers

With Zoom telling employees to return to the office, the issue of remote working is rearing its head again, writes Cáit Caden

Wed, 16 Aug, 2023

WhatsApp Ireland sees profits increase after cutting provisions set aside for fines

The company employs 80 people with the cost of salaries and bonuses during 2022 coming to €9.15m

Fri, 11 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