Business Anne O’Leary to leave Vodafone Ireland for new role at Facebook’s parentO’Leary, who has led Vodafone locally since 2013, is to become vice-president of Meta’s small and medium business division for EMEA
Meta Former Facebook moderator to publish book about his experiencesChris Gray, who was a contractor for CPL in Ireland, has been a vociferous critic of how Facebook treats the moderators that it hires to screen graphic content
Social media Meta updates privacy system in response to ‘feedback from regulators’The parent company of Facebook says it aims to update its policies more frequently
Meta to mount awareness campaign amid fears over smart glassesThere are concerns over the ability of wearers of the RayBan-Stories to film people without their knowledge
Meta fined €17m by Data Protection CommissionThe penalty relates to 12 data breach notifications in 2018
Setting the record straight: Helen Dixon on fixing the DPC’s image problemIts critics have claimed that the Data Protection Commission has too many shortcomings to carry out its duties effectively, but commission head Helen Dixon believes the criticism is misplaced and misinformed
Twitter promises faster action on fake news amid Ukraine invasionFacebook owner Meta says it is ‘closely monitoring’ for misinformation on its platforms
No changes planned for Novi’s Irish staff after sale Employees at Meta’s fintech operation in Dublin will not be immediately affected by its $182 million deal with Silverlake
Facebook’s value drops by more than $200 billion after earnings missMeta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, suffered the largest single day loss in value in history
Meta unveils AI supercomputer twenty times faster than previous infrastructureThe company claims the supercomputer will potentially reach the mark of being the most powerful in existence by July
Facebook rebrands as MetaMark Zuckerberg avoided all of the current news stories about his company, took a pot shot at Apple, and waxed lyrical about the metaverse, before eventually announcing the company’s new name