Facebook dropped 'I voted' button after Irish data protection watchdog raised concerns

It is believed the DPC's concerns surrounded the potential for the data to be used in targeted political advertising in the wake of the election.

Social media giant Facebook was forced to drop its ‘I voted’ button at the recent General Election after it failed to come up with answers to queries from the Irish Data Protection Commission regarding the button’s transparency.

A statement from the DPC confirmed that it had raised concerns with Facebook regarding how the data of its users was being processed once the Election Day Reminder (EDR) button had been used.