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The Facebook check-in feature allows users to signal to friends that they are safe after an event in their area

Facebook Safety Check triggers false bomb scare

Facebook / 28 Dec 16

Facebook could face almost €200m in fines over Whatsapp deal

EU charges Facebook over WhatsApp buyout

Business / 20 Dec 16

Facebook has faced complaints this year involving how it monitors and polices content

Facebook to introduce tools to fight fake news

Facebook / 15 Dec 16

The new Facebook office is currently under construction in Fitzrovia in central London

Facebook to create 500 new London jobs

Business / 21 Nov 16

Getting advertisers to buy more video ads is key to Facebook's continued revenue growth

Facebook aims for more transparency with ad data

Business / 17 Nov 16

The LinkedIn acquisition will allow Microsoft to add a suite of sales, marketing and recruiting services to its core business products

Microsoft offers concessions to EU over LinkedIn

Business / 16 Nov 16

Facebook reported a bigger than expected 56% rise in quarterly revenue, to $7.01 billion

Facebook's shares down as it warns on growth

Business / 03 Nov 16

The new camera feature enables users to put masks on their faces using augmented reality, in a manner similar to Snapchat

Facebook testing photo feature among Irish users

Science / 28 Oct 16

WhatsApp's recent change in privacy policy to start sharing users' phone numbers with Facebook has attracted regulatory scrutiny in Europe

WhatsApp warned by EU watchdogs over data privacy

Business / 28 Oct 16

Users will also be able to get quotes from businesses, buy movie tickets and book appointments at spas and salons, Facebook said in a blog post

Facebook facilitates ordering of food on its pages

Business / 19 Oct 16

'Facebook at Work' is the first Facebook product launched outside the US

Facebook launches workplace platform

Business / 10 Oct 16

Facebook's UK subsidiary reported a loss of £52m for 2015

Facebook reports £11m UK tax credit as revenues up

Business / 10 Oct 16

Mark Zuckerberg said science and the medical community have made rapid advancements over the last 50 years

Facebook founder pledges $3bn for medical research

News / 22 Sep 16

The company is also requesting that troubling content in a post be reported using the tool

Samaritans helps Facebook with suicide prevention

Technology / 05 Sep 16

The move is WhatsApp's first update to its privacy policy since it was acquired by Facebook in 2014

WhatsApp to share phone numbers with Facebook

News / 25 Aug 16

The percentage of Twitter account holders here who use it every day has fallen by 3% to 36%

Twitter's Irish user base falls, Facebook steady

Business / 16 Aug 16

The research was carried out by ZenithOptimedia

10% of adults have been bullied online - survey

News / 02 Aug 16

Facebook now has more than 1.7 billion monthly users, well ahead of any rivals

Strong ad sales growth for Facebook during Q2

Business / 28 Jul 16

Data Protection Commissioner looking at use of Standard Contractual Clauses by Facebook

Court hears US government arguments in data case

News / 07 Jul 16

More than 80% of Instagram users are outside the US, the firm says

Instagram says it has 500 million monthly users

Technology / 21 Jun 16

Irish consumers spent €6.5bn online in 2015 according to IEDR chief executive David Curtin

Nearly 20% of Irish SMEs have no online presence

News / 16 Jun 16

The construction of the new 'MAREA' cable will begin in August and it is expected to be completed in October 2017

Microsoft, Facebook to build subsea cable

Business / 27 May 16

Facebook has its EU HQ in Dublin and is regulated by the Data Protection Commissioner

DPC refers Facebook data transfers to top EU court

News / 25 May 16

Facebook said it was unable to substantiate any allegations of politically motivated suppression of particular subjects

Facebook changes 'Trending Topics' procedures

Science and Technology / 24 May 16

Social media - Facebook still has the highest percentage of daily users in Ireland

Gains for Facebook, Twitter but LinkedIn down

Business / 06 May 16