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# Meta

This month
November 2023
Meta to appeal against stricter EU rules imposed on some of its platforms
The law will force the largest digital firms to comply with more stringent regulations.
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Nov 15th 2023, 9:29 PM
EU to ban Meta from using personal data to target ads
It follows the company’s decision to allow users in Europe to pay for ad-free access to its services.
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Nov 1st 2023, 5:14 PM
Last month
October 2023
Facebook and Instagram to offer €12.99 a month ad-free subscriptions for European users
Only people aged 18 and over will be able to buy subscriptions.
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Oct 30th 2023, 3:17 PM
EU opens disinformation probes into Meta and TikTok over spread of Israel-Hamas content
The platforms have until 25 October to detail what measures they are taking to counter the spread of misleading content.
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Oct 19th 2023, 12:26 PM
This year
2023
Far-right posts featuring mock gallows outside Dáil remain online despite Garda investigations
A report by
Stephen McDermott
It follows an analysis of posts across multiple platforms.
The Journal found content targeting TDs after analysing social media pages across multiple platforms.
Imitation gallows prop is being investigated under laws relating to the incitement of hatred.
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Sep 29th 2023, 12:05 AM
TikTok dismantles operation that targeted Irish users with 'divisive views' on nationalism
Almost 95,000 users were following the 72 accounts in question.
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Sep 28th 2023, 10:45 AM
EU labels tech giants 'gatekeepers', announcing new law aimed at cracking down on monopolies
One of the law’s main aims is to stop larger players crushing the progression of smaller potential rivals by gobbling them up through takeovers.
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Sep 6th 2023, 1:47 PM
Mark Zuckerberg ‘moving on’ from rumoured cage fight with Elon Musk
The rival billionaire tech bosses seemingly agreed to a brawl in June.
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Aug 14th 2023, 8:43 AM
Meta paying back sizeable electricity bill after ESB error saw firm undercharged for 18 months
FOI records detail how two new transformers that were installed at Meta’s data centre site in Clonee, Co Meath were never properly set up for billing.
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Jul 27th 2023, 1:12 PM
Meta releases AI language model to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard
“Open source drives innovation because it enables many more developers to build with new technology,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.
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Jul 18th 2023, 10:43 PM
Musk threatens to sue Meta after it launches Twitter rival Threads
In a letter, Elon Musk’s lawyer accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property”.
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Jul 7th 2023, 7:19 AM
Meta launches Twitter rival Threads but its introduction in Europe is 'many months' away
’10 million sign ups in seven hours,’ Zuckerberg wrote on his official Threads account.
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Jul 6th 2023, 7:37 AM
Facebook launching new app as a rival to Twitter after Musk restricts Tweetdeck access
Threads will be available from Thursday amid ongoing rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
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Jul 4th 2023, 7:24 AM
Meta unveils new broadcasting WhatsApp feature 'Channels'
Channels was described as a one-way broadcast tool that lets account administrators send text, photos, videos, stickers, and polls.
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Jun 8th 2023, 8:50 AM
Meta expects around 500 jobs losses in Ireland as part of latest round of cuts
Meta announced 10 weeks ago that there would be 10,000 job losses globally.
Meta announced 10 weeks ago that there would be 10,000 job losses globally.
The first round of these job cuts in April resulted in around 10 job cuts here.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described today's figures as 'significant'.
Vodafone cutting 11,000 jobs as new CEO says group ‘must change’
Taoiseach says Coveney 'engaging' with tech sector as Google confirms it will cut 240 Irish jobs
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May 24th 2023, 2:05 PM
Facebook-owner Meta hit with record fine of €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission
Meta has said it will appeal the decision.
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May 22nd 2023, 1:46 PM
Facebook misled parents and failed to protect children’s privacy, US regulator says
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed sweeping changes to a 2020 privacy order with Facebook.
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May 3rd 2023, 10:45 PM
Meta unveils framework for combatting online deception campaigns
Meta remains under pressure to do more to combat misinformation, particularly campaigns aimed at swaying election outcomes.
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Mar 16th 2023, 7:58 PM
Mark Zuckerberg confirms a further 10,000 jobs are to be cut globally at Meta
The move comes around four months after Meta cut 11,000 jobs.
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Mar 14th 2023, 3:46 PM
Meta Ireland boss Rick Kelley to step down after less than a year in his role
The Boston native said his decision to leave the company after 14 years was not an easy one.
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Mar 9th 2023, 2:44 PM
Meta is reportedly planning to cut thousands of jobs
Mark Zuckerberg in November confirmed more than 11,000 staff, or 13% of the company’s workforce, were to be let go.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 9:57 AM
Facebook and Instagram to introduce paid verification
The monthly subscription will cost the equivalent of €11.20, but it is unclear when the feature could be introduced in Ireland.
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Feb 19th 2023, 5:56 PM
Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram pages restored
There hasn’t been any activity on the former president’s Facebook or Instagram accounts since their reinstatement today.
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Feb 9th 2023, 8:17 PM
Meta reviewing its oversight board's call to make adult nudity policies more inclusive
It came after the tech giant removed Instagram posts showing transgender and non-binary people with their chests bared.
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Jan 20th 2023, 7:54 AM
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta fined €390m by Data Protection Commissioner
The DPC said it has fined Meta Ireland €210 million, for its Facebook service, and €180 million for breaches in relation to its Instagram service.
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Jan 4th 2023, 7:06 PM
Last year
2022
Facebook Marketplace breaches EU antitrust laws, says Commission
The Commission said it takes issue with Meta tying Facebook Marketplace to the Facebook social networking service.
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Dec 19th 2022, 1:01 PM
Data watchdog fines Meta €265 million over GDPR breaches
An inquiry by the DPC that was ongoing since April 2021 found infringements of two GDPR articles.
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Nov 28th 2022, 3:59 PM
EU Justice Commissioner to meet with Meta and Twitter during Ireland visit
The Commissioner will also meet with Justice Minister Helen McEntee and Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon.
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Nov 24th 2022, 10:44 AM
The Explainer: What do the layoffs at Meta and Twitter mean for the tech industry?
Listen in to hear Elaine Burke, editor of Silicon Republic, explain to Sinéad O’Carroll.
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Nov 11th 2022, 5:00 PM
'I got this wrong': Meta's layoffs and what they mean for Ireland
Mark Zuckerberg said things ‘did not play out’ as expected, but Meta has committed to long-term plans in Ireland.
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Nov 9th 2022, 8:00 PM
Facebook owner Meta to lay off 13% of its workforce, resulting in 11,000 job losses
Up to 400 people based here could lose their jobs as part of the global cuts.
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Nov 9th 2022, 11:57 AM
Government 'will be there to help' as Irish job losses at Meta expected to begin this morning
The Tánaiste says he is ‘confident’ Meta ‘will honour all their legal obligations in relation to redundancy information and consultation’.
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Nov 9th 2022, 7:48 AM
Government to consult tech giants over Irish job losses, Taoiseach says
It comes as Tánaiste Leo Varadkar met with senior officials from the IDA today for briefings on the tech sector.
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Nov 7th 2022, 8:26 PM
Instagram investigating issue as 'thousands' told their accounts have been suspended
The social media giant has confirmed it is working to fix the unusual issue.
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Oct 31st 2022, 3:09 PM
WhatsApp comes back online after global service outage
Many people took to social media this morning to complain that they were unable to send or receive messages on the platform.
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Oct 25th 2022, 12:55 PM
Instagram launches High Court appeal against record €405 million fine
The fine was issued following an investigation into the way Instagram handled teenagers’ personal data.
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Sep 30th 2022, 1:30 PM
DPC defends handling of social media investigations after €405 million Instagram fine
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are ‘becoming old news’.
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Sep 15th 2022, 10:48 AM
Instagram hit by record €405 million fine by Data Protection Commissioner
This is the biggest fine ever handed out by the Data Protection Commissioner.
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Sep 5th 2022, 4:50 PM
Meta settles case in Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal
The case alleged that Facebook allowed the personal information of millions of users to be fed to Cambridge Analytica.
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Aug 27th 2022, 7:18 PM
Nora Quoirin’s parents settle lawsuit against Facebook but vow to continue 'quest for truth'
A number of distressing posts relating to the search for Nora were posted on Facebook.
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Jul 20th 2022, 10:55 AM
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