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Facebook said it will add an informational label to content seeking to delegitimiae the results of the election or claim that lawful voting methods will lead to fraud

Facebook to restrict ads in run-up to US election

Facebook has said it will ban new political advertising the week before the US election, one of its most sweeping moves yet against disinformation as …

News Lens • 04 Sep 20

Australia will become the first to make Facebook and Google pay for news sourced from local providers under a royalty-style system

Facebook to block news on Australian sites amid new law

Facebook has said it would stop Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it pay local media outlets for their …

Science and Technology • 01 Sep 20

Facebook launched a voting information centre to help users with accurate and easy-to-find information about voting.

Facebook, Twitter step up fight against misinformation

Social media platforms have stepped up their fight against misinformation on the U.S. elections.

Business • 13 Aug 20

Facebook says its Irish operations are already entirely powered by wind energy

Facebook signs deal for new Tipperary wind farm

Facebook has agreed a deal to purchase the energy produced by a planned wind farm in Co Tipperary.

Business • 07 Aug 20

Reels mimic a lot of the features offered by Chinese rival TikTok

Instagram launches TikTok rival 'Reels' in Ireland

Instagram has launched its TikTok rival - Reels - in Ireland as the Facebook-owned firm seeks to compete head-on with its Chinese rival.

Business • 05 Aug 20

Shares of the world's biggest social network jumped 7% in extended trading on Wall Street

Facebook smashes revenue estimates amid Covid-19

Facebook beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue, as businesses used its digital advertising tools to tap a surge in online traffic during the coronavirus pandemic …

Business • 30 Jul 20

The House of Representatives hearing comes amid rising concerns over Big Tech dominance

Tech CEOs face tough questions in antitrust hearing

Google and Facebook took the sharpest jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans in a much-anticipated congressional hearing with four …

Business • 30 Jul 20

Facebook is being investigated by the European Commission for its trove of data and online marketplace

Facebook gains temporary court reprieve on EU demand

Facebook has won the first round of its court battle against what it says are excessive demands from European Union competition regulators after Europe's second-top …

Business • 28 Jul 20

Other technology companies have rolled out similar features

Facebook rolls out new video call feature

Facebook has said it is rolling out a feature that would allow users to broadcast live a video call with up to 50 people.

Business • 23 Jul 20

The European Court of Justice will decide whether EU citizens are given enough protection when their data is sent to the US by Facebook and other firms

The Facebook data privacy case - all you need to know

Tomorrow morning the European Court of Justice will announce its ruling on a long-running dispute around the protections given to our online data. The case …

Business • 15 Jul 20

51% of Irish SMEs are feeling optimistic about the future of their business, a new survey shows today

Irish SMEs 'cautiously optimistic' about the future

A new survey reveals that despite enforced business closures, challenging restrictions and loss of revenue, 51% of Irish SMEs are feeling optimistic about the future …

Business • 15 Jul 20

Max Schrems shot to fame for winning a legal battle in 2015 to overturn previous privacy rules known as Safe Harbour

EU top court to rule in landmark Facebook, Schrems case

Europe's top court will on Thursday rule on the legality of tools companies use to transfer Europeans' data around the world, in the latest clash …

Business • 13 Jul 20

Stop Hate for Profit grew rapidly in June, resulting in hundreds of firms withdrawing millions of dollars of ad spend from Facebook

Ripples of Facebook ad boycott likely reach Ireland

The companies that help Facebook to earn billions of dollars a year are in open revolt against the social media giant. Whatever way the row …

Business • 11 Jul 20

Hundreds of brands have pledged to pause advertising on Facebook in July over its handling of hate speech and misinformation

Advertisers' ethical concerns about Facebook 'genuine'

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg held a video conference yesterday with representatives of Stop Hate for Profit - the month-long advertisers' boycott …

Business • 08 Jul 20

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that 'time and facts will tell that this law will not undermine human rights and freedoms'

Tech firms suspend processing Hong Kong govt requests

Facebook, Google and Twitter have suspended processing government requests for user data in Hong Kong, following China's establishment of a sweeping new national security law …

Business • 07 Jul 20

Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon

Privacy group takes High Court action against DPC

A not-for profit organisation has launched a High Court challenge over what it claims is the Data Protection Commissioner's failure to progress complaints made about …

Business • 06 Jul 20

The #StopHateForProfit campaign has already wiped billions off Facebook's market value

Lego, Volkswagen, Adidas join Facebook ad boycott

German giants Volkswagen, Puma and Adidas and Danish toy maker Lego have joined a growing advertiser boycott over hate speech against Facebook, following major consumer …

World • 01 Jul 20

The move came four days after the Attorney General established a Justice Department task force to counter violent anti-government extremists

Facebook bans US anti-government movement accounts

Facebook has stepped up the battle against the amorphous anti-government "boogaloo" movement by banning accounts of adherents who encouraged violence during recent anti-racism protests across …

US • 30 Jun 20

Over 160 companie have signed on to stop buying ads on the world's largest social media platform for the month of July

Facebook ad boycott campaign to go global

Organisers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from an expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle …

Business • 29 Jun 20

Legal experts said the ruling could have wider ramifications

German court orders Facebook to curb data collection

Facebook must comply with an order by Germany's antitrust watchdog to curb data collection from users, a top German court ruled today, in a setback …

Business • 23 Jun 20

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg defends Facebook policy on Trump posts

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly defended his decision not to interfere with posts by US President Donald Trump after the social media giant's hands-off …

US • 03 Jun 20

EU Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager

EU embarks on overhaul of big tech rules

The European Union has begun an intense lobbying season in Brussels as it prepares to overhaul decades-old rules to keep a tighter leash on Facebook, …

Science and Technology • 02 Jun 20

The move represents the latest attempt by Donald Trump to use the tools of the Presidency to force private companies to change policies that he believes are not favourable to him

Trump signs executive order targeting social media

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order seeking to strip social media giants, like Twitter, of legal immunity for content posted by users.

World • 28 May 20

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has been involved in a long-running action involving the Data Protection Commission and Facebook

DPC legal bill for Schrems case tops €2.9m

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has run up a legal bill of over €2.9m as a result of the long running Max Schrems data case.

Business • 26 May 20

Max Schrems is not happy with the progress made since the introduction of the GDPR regime across Europe in 2018

Schrems calls on EU authorities to get DPC to speed up

Privacy activist Max Schrems has called on the European authorities to push the Irish regulator to speed up its handling of cases he has brought …

Business • 25 May 20