It marks the DPC’s biggest fine issued to date, and the second major fine imposed on Meta after a €225 million fine imposed on WhatsApp last year

The former kickboxer has turned controversy into financial opportunity by setting up a marketing strategy fuelled by content so offensive it has resulted in a ban from social media

The social media giant has warned that the commissioner’s preliminary order threatened ‘devastating’ and ‘irreversible’ consequences for its business model

Mark Zuckerberg says ‘we seem to be entering an economic downturn’ as Facebook and Instagram cite falling advertisers’ budgets

A protest by a group of Cork schoolgirls and the revelations of a Facebook whistleblower highlight the stakes involved in the battle to make social media safe for young people

Teenagers walked from Facebook’s docklands headquarters to Leinster House where they delivered a letter which demanded tech giant be held ‘accountable’

From home monitoring robots to the WhatsApp outage, Emmet Ryan has six questions for six tech experts

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger all suffered global outages on Monday that had knock-on effects for internet providers and users

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

The social network’s decision to let content-creators make draft versions of stories shows it is listening to its users

The influencer aesthetic is taking over our online lives, and it needs ditching now

Celebrities heading to far-flung sunny destinations while the rest of us are restricted to 5km is not a good look. So why do they do it?