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Twitter promises faster action on fake news amid Ukraine invasion

Facebook owner Meta says it is ‘closely monitoring’ for misinformation on its platforms

TikTok lobbied Irish government for exemption from Digital Markets Act

The Chinese social media giant said that the European Commission’s model for the DMA was ‘arbitrary’ and ‘fundamentally flawed’

Twitter expands payments options for creators

The social media company is expanding ways creators on the platform can make money but the features, for now, are for iOS users in the US

Comment: Mayo suffering from the real curse of social media abuse

Multi-billion dollar tech firms can and must do more to police their sphere

Charli d’Amelio: TikTok’s Dancing Queen

Having achieved superstar status on the social media giant, Charli d’Amelio is now the subject of a behind-the-scenes documentary on Disney+. But is she happy with that level of fame?

Whatsapp unlikely to pay €225m DPC fine in next two years

Company says timing of its payout to the state may be impacted by appeal

Whatsapp is handed record €225m fine from Data Protection Commission

The Facebook-owned messaging app has received the largest sanction yet from the Irish watchdog after violating privacy laws

Twitter is ‘a sewer’, says Varadkar

Tánaiste criticises the company’s response to complaints about abuse as the government prepares a bill to set up an online safety regulator

Ex-diplomat seeks Irish embassy support on data laws

Shane Cahill, who now works for Facebook, sought support to change rules on the transferring of private European citizens’ information to the US

TikTok: Dublin tech’s rising force

Chinese social media sensation TikTok is poaching tech workers from established multinationals and has grown its Irish base from five to 1,200 staff in just over a year. So what’s next for the rapidly expanding tech giant?

EU challenges TikTok over marketing tactics for children

Irish MEP Deirdre Clune said the Chinese social media company’s alleged consumer rights breaches were ‘completely unacceptable’

Roz Purcell: ‘I live in my own bubble sometimes’

Roz Purcell stands out among Instagram stars for her integrity and empathy for young people, having overcome her own demons as a model in her early 20s. But what is perhaps most impressive is how she juggles multiple roles with aplomb, including as a judge in the upcoming Junk Kouture competition

Facebook is given six-month deadline to make final Trump ruling

The social network’s oversight board has slammed its handling of the suspension of the former US president from its platforms

Russia to fine Tik Tok again in Navalny row

The Putin government is stepping up efforts to get content supporting the jailed activist removed from the platform

New Media Commission will regulate algorithmic decision-making

Move comes after warnings about the potential harmful effects of the process central to the business models of social media companies

Facebook says monitoring the truth of political ads in Ireland is not its job

The social network told an Oireachtas committee discussing the Electoral Reform Bill it did not fact-check political speech, while Twitter defended allowing anonymous accounts on its platform

Colin Murphy: Time for the government to take the DPC seriously and prevent a ‘Wild West’ of data protection

The Data Protection Commission is now the primary data protection authority for half a billion European social media users. It needs extra resources, and quickly

Online ‘haters’ just one of many obstacles facing relaunched Bebo

The once-loved social network is making a comeback, but nostalgia may not be enough to make it succeed in a world that is increasingly privacy-conscious