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Niamh Sweeney and Siobhán Cummiskey of Facebook before the Oireachtas Communications Committee

Facebook executives apologise for moderation issues

Politics / 01 Aug

32 pages and accounts have been removed from Facebook and Instagram

Facebook scraps accounts 'trying to influence' election

The Supreme Court is to hear the appeal by the end of the year

Supreme Court to hear Facebook data transfer appeal

Courts / 31 Jul

Facebook executives this week forecast years of lower profit margins

$120 billion wiped off Facebook's shares

Business / 27 Jul

Facebook's quarterly results were largely weaker than had been expected

Facebook shares slump 20% as user growth cools

Business / 26 Jul

Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, LG and Philips have all been at the receiving end of a financial telling off from the European Commission over the last six years

Will Goodbody: The turning tide against big tech

Analysis and Comment / 22 Jul

An executive of the data firm said it only collects publicly available social media data, an act which is "completely legal"

Facebook probes if data firm violated policies - report

Facebook / 21 Jul

Prime Time - Airport Runway, Facebook Feed, Carillion

Primetime Documents / 02 Aug

Minister Denis Naughten will meet Facebook management in New York tomorrow

Minister to meet Facebook management after exposé

Business / 18 Jul

Facebook said the 'mistakes' did not reflect its policies or values

Facebook moderators instructed not to remove content

IMF Bentham said it appeared Facebook learned of the breach in late 2015, but failed to tell users about it until this year

Facebook may face huge fine for Australian data breach

News Lens / 11 Jul

The £500,000 fine is less that 10 minutes worth of revenue for Facebook, which is worth $590 billion

UK regulator to fine Facebook over data breaches

Business / 11 Jul

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan said Facebook's ability to reach a broad audience was unparalleled

Garda child rescue alerts extended to Facebook

Ireland / 27 Jun

Instagram, which was founded in 2010 as a photo-sharing app, has surpassed 1 billion users

Instagram expands into long videos

Business / 21 Jun

More than half of those surveyed said they were concerned about 'fake news'

Decline in use of social media for news - report

Journalism / 14 Jun

45% of teens were online 'almost constantly', the survey found

Facebook losing US teens to rival platforms - survey

News Lens / 01 Jun

Jean-Claude Juncker was speaking in Strasbourg

Juncker defends EU plans for new digital tax

Business / 30 May

Of the almost 1,300 ads collected by TRI, 749 were associated with Repeal and 532 were on the Retain side

1,300 Facebook ads captured by transparency group

Eighth Amendment / 24 May

Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the Cambridge Analytica data leak in testimony to the EU Parliament

Zuckerberg apologises to EU over Facebook data leak

Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is due before the European Parliament this week

EU parliament to broadcast Zuckerberg hearing live

Business / 21 May

Cambridge Analytica and its British parent SCL Elections said earlier this month that they would shut down immediately

Cambridge Analytica files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

Business / 18 May

Mark Zuckerberg will meet party leaders and members of the civil liberties committee

Facebook chief Zuckerberg to appear before MEPs

Facebook / 17 May

The bulk of the posts were found and flagged by the firm before users reported it to Facebook

Facebook reports increased action on graphic content

technology / 15 May

Apple's annual revenue is greater than the GDP of countries including Portugal and New Zealand

Apple almost a $1 trillion company, Amazon close by

Business / 14 May

Steps taken in the Eighth Amendment referendum by Google and Facebook

Call for Government to police digital advertising

Eighth Amendment / 10 May

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