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Jack Dorsey said he believes a ban is a failure of his platform to promote healthy conversation (file image)

Twitter chief says Trump ban sets 'dangerous' precedent

Science and Technology • 14 Jan

Twitter, Google and Amazon are hopeful that the new US administration will enact a federal digital data law

CES - tech giants hope for US data privacy law

Business • 13 Jan

The fall in Twitter's shares in pre-market trading was much heavier than for any of its peers

Twitter shares slump after Trump suspension decision

Business • 11 Jan

The regulator found that Twitter failed to notify it of a data breach in time as required under the General Data Protection Regulations

Twitter fined €450,000 by Data Protection Commission

Business • 15 Dec 20

The revenues enjoyed by the Dublin unit represent 35% of Twitter's global revenues of $3.46 billion last year

Losses at Twitter due to completion of IP rights

Business • 17 Nov 20

Fleets will roll out globally in the coming days

Twitter rolls out disappearing messages feature Fleets

Business • 17 Nov 20

Labels issued between 27 October and 11 November

Twitter flagged 300,000 'misleading' US election tweets

US Election 2020 • 13 Nov 20

Twitter said that a Donald Trump tweet from this morning was misleading

Twitter and Facebook label Trump's election posts

US Election 2020 • 04 Nov 20

Niall Gibbons, CEO, Tourism Ireland, was highly commended for the popularity of his LinkedIn channel

Niall Gibbons 'most influencial' CEO on social media

Business • 03 Nov 20

Twitter said it expected expenses to increase by close to 20% in the fourth quarter

Twitter warns US election could affect ad sales

Business • 30 Oct 20

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Twitter and Google-parent Alphabet are all slated to disclose how their businesses faired in the third quarter of this year tonight

Solid Big Tech earnings expected despite politics

Business • 29 Oct 20

Millions of users were affected by the outage

Twitter service restored after global outage

Science and Technology • 16 Oct 20

Some of the fake accounts had attracted tens of thousands of followers

Twitter suspends fake 'black Trump supporter' accounts

US • 14 Oct 20

The broadcaster said the new rules were 'imminent'

BBC will be able to suspend employees' Twitter accounts

UK • 29 Sep 20

Twitter had looked set to become the first big technology company to face a fine by the Data Protection Commission

Twitter privacy ruling delayed after dispute

Business • 20 Aug 20

'Make sure your tweets are positive - no negativity. Stay away from controversy.'

8 simple tips to get you noticed on Twitter

Boost My Business • 17 Aug 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

Business • 13 Aug 20

Microsoft is still being seen as the front-runner in bidding for the app's US operations.

Twitter looks at buying TikTok's US operations

Business • 10 Aug 20

For accounts with the state-affiliated media label, Twitter will offer a link to an article explaining the policy and referring them to its 'transparency report'

Twitter, FB take steps to curb election manipulation

Business • 06 Aug 20

Twitter said in a security update that the 15 July incident by bitcoin scammers stemmed from a spear phishing attack which deceived employees about the origin of the messages

Florida teenager arrested over Twitter cyber attack

Business • 31 Jul 20

The now-deleted tweet featured a video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine

Donald Trump Junior's account restricted by Twitter

US • 28 Jul 20

Ad sales, which make up 82% of Twitter's revenue, sank 23% to $562m due to Covid-19 and US civil unrest

Twitter misses quarterly ad sales estimates as usage up

Business • 23 Jul 20

Hackers were able to reset passwords, login and send tweets

Twitter says hackers 'manipulated' employees for access

technology • 18 Jul 20

Famous Twitter accounts hacked by bitcoin scammers

World • 16 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

Business • 11 Jul 20

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