New Year's Eve activity breaks WhatsApp records New Year's Eve 2020 was the busiest day ever for voice and video calls on WhatsApp, the messaging app has said. News Lens • 04 Jan
Facebook could be forced to sell Instagram, WhatsApp US federal and state competition enforcers have filed lawsuits against Facebook claiming the social media giant abused its dominant position with its acquisitions of messaging ... Business • 10 Dec 20
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
New Covid-19 advice initiative for migrant communities A new initiative to produce video messages giving public health advice on Covid-19 in different languages aims to help the migrant community to better understand ... Coronavirus • 19 May 20
WhatsApp attempt to limit spread of disinformation WhatsApp has introduced new stricter limits on message forwarding in a bid to spot the spread of disinformation. Coronavirus • 07 Apr 20
Coronavirus: 'Do not amplify fake news' On social media, people should ask themselves a few simple questions: Who is telling me this? How do they know this? Why are they saying ... Coronavirus • 16 Mar 20
GAA urges clubs to stop using WhatsApp chat groups A Data Protection Officer for the GAA has reiterated an advisory issued yesterday for all GAA clubs to stop using whatsapp group chats "in all ... Ireland • 29 Jan 20
WhatsApp user numbers rise 5% as Twitter growth stalls The number of people here using WhatsApp to send messages jumped by 5% over the past six months, according to the latest Ipsos MRBI Social ... Business • 15 Jan 20
Regulator queries Facebook on transcription of audio The lead regulator of Facebook in the European Union is seeking information on how the company handled data during the manual transcription of users' audio ... Science and Technology • 14 Aug 19
Legal woes dent Facebook profit but revenue grows Facebook last night said its quarterly profit plummeted due to the cost of a US privacy settlement and forecast that regulation would slow its money-making ... Business • 25 Jul 19
WhatsApp attack: How to protect your smart device Social media platform WhatsApp has rolled out a security fix to its 1.5 billion users worldwide after concerns were raised that hackers could inject spyware ... Science and Technology • 14 May 19
WhatsApp notifies DPC of 'security vulnerability' WhatsApp has urged users to upgrade the app and told the Data Protection Commission of a "serious security vulnerability". Science and Technology • 14 May 19
Break up Facebook, says company's co-founder One of the co-founders of Facebook has called for the social media behemoth to be broken up, warning that the company's head, Mark Zuckerberg, had ... Business • 10 May 19
Facebook sets aside $3 billion for privacy penalty Facebook said last night that its profit took a hit from setting aside billions of dollars for an anticipated fine from US regulators, in a ... Business • 25 Apr 19
Is Facebook really changing for the better? Business Editor Will Goodbody looks at the issues facing Facebook after a week when its boss Mark Zuckerberg flew into Dublin to meet staff, TDs ... World • 06 Apr 19
Facebook restores services after global outage Facebook says it has restored service to its main app and Instagram, after the world's largest social network suffered a major outage that frustrated users ... Science and Technology • 14 Mar 19
Surge in number of data breaches reported in 2018 The number of data breaches reported to the Data Protection Commission soared by 70% last year, as new data protection rules were introduced across Europe, ... Ireland • 28 Feb 19
Facebook hits record profit despite privacy challenges Facebook has said its quarterly profit climbed to an all-time record $6.9bn as it boosted its global user base despite a series of data protection ... World • 31 Jan 19
Facebook loses in latest social networking survey Facebook use here is on the decline, according to new research. Business • 30 Jan 19
Facebook is to integrate apps for easier communication Facebook is planning to integrate parts of WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, as part of a huge technical operation across the social network's collection of messaging ... Business • 25 Jan 19
Gardaí checking CCTV after images of M50 crash shared Gardaí have said they are examining CCTV footage in relation to a fatal crash on the M50 yesterday after images of the collision were shared ... Ireland • 25 Jan 19
WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients Facebook's WhatsApp messenger service is globally limiting the number of times a user can forward a message to five, in a bid to fight "misinformation ... Business • 21 Jan 19
Facebook says Whatsapp video calling bug fixed Facebook's WhatsApp messenger service has said it has fixed the latest bug on its platform that allowed hackers to take over users' applications when they ... Science and Technology • 10 Oct 18
18% of children talk to strangers online every day New research has found that more than half of nine-year-olds are using social media, despite the restrictions on age on most platforms. Social Media • 10 Sep 18
WhatsApp curbs message forwarding in India WhatsApp has announced curbs on its service in India in an effort to stop a spate of lynchings and to assuage government threats of legal ... News Lens • 20 Jul 18
