Tech WhatsApp puts aside €240m for potential regulatory finesThe move comes as the business appeals a €225 million penalty levied last year by Ireland’s data watchdog for alleged ‘severe’ breaches of privacy laws
Leaders’ questions and answersFrom home monitoring robots to the WhatsApp outage, Emmet Ryan has six questions for six tech experts
Facebook outage: What happened, and can it happen again?Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger all suffered global outages on Monday that had knock-on effects for internet providers and users
Facebook to work with DPC over concerns about smart glassesConcerns have been raised that people could be filmed without their knowledge by the devices
Whatsapp unlikely to pay €225m DPC fine in next two yearsCompany says timing of its payout to the state may be impacted by appeal
Sojourn in legal limbo awaits DPC as WhatsApp fine is appealed With the Facebook-owned messaging giant signalling its intention to appeal the €225m fine, months or even years in court are likely to await Helen Dixon and her office
Whatsapp is handed record €225m fine from Data Protection CommissionThe Facebook-owned messaging app has received the largest sanction yet from the Irish watchdog after violating privacy laws
Online reputation: what’s your good name worth? Ireland’s defamation laws are currently being revised, but in the meantime online defamation remains a thorny issue. Could the social media platforms be doing more?
Emer McLysaght: How WhatsApp has given gossip a new lease of lifeAlmost overnight, voicenotes have replaced Netflix as the drama provider of choice
Facebook gifted $360m-plus in shares to staffThe social media giant, which is under pressure to staff up contract workers, has been generous to permanent employees in the past five years