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# twitter - Thursday 6 August, 2020
Twitter adds labels to state-backed media accounts
Some senior political officials will also have their accounts labelled.
Social media giants Facebook and Twitter take action against Trump misinformation online
Facebook removed a post from the president while Twitter blocked a Trump campaign account.
# twitter - Wednesday 5 August, 2020
Suspected teenage mastermind behind Twitter hack pleads not guilty in Florida court
A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked including those of Kanye West, Bill Gates, and Barack Obama.
# twitter - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
Explainer: TikTok is on the block but why has Donald Trump given Microsoft 45 days to make a bid?
A September deadline looms for the blockbuster acquisition.
# twitter - Saturday 1 August, 2020
Twitter reveals further details about the large-scale hack of celebrity accounts
The company said hackers attempted to mislead certain employees.
# twitter - Friday 31 July, 2020
Twitter permanently suspends Gemma O'Doherty's account over 'repeated violations'
The social media giant said these included violations of its abusive behaviour and sensitive media policies.
# twitter - Sunday 19 July, 2020
Twitter and the Taoiseach: Why Fianna Fáil is playing catch-up on social media
Fine Gael is generally seen to have been adept at social media – something heightened during Covid-19 crisis.
# twitter - Saturday 18 July, 2020
Twitter says hackers 'manipulated' employees to access accounts
More than $100,000 (€87,000) worth of the virtual currency was sent to email addresses mentioned in the tweets
# twitter - Thursday 16 July, 2020
'Tough day for us': Twitter CEO responds to large-scale hack
High-profile figures were hit by the security breach.
# twitter - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
Barack Obama, Kanye West and Elon Musk among victims of widespread Twitter hack
The hack appears to suggest that those who donate bitcoins will have their donation doubled and returned.
# twitter - Friday 10 July, 2020
Opinion: Ireland is in prime position to hold social networks to account - and we must
Lawyer Paul Tweed says it’s ‘absurd’ for such companies to claim they are ‘merely a platform, not a publisher’.
# twitter - Monday 6 July, 2020
Children's minister rejects 'homophobic' online claims linking him to comments about paedophilia
Roderic O’Gorman criticised the claims made on social media in recent days.
# twitter - Saturday 27 June, 2020
Coca Cola suspends ads on social media as platforms come under fire over handling of racist content
Unilver, home to brands like Lipton tea, also said it would suspend ads on social media until the end of 2020.
# twitter - Friday 19 June, 2020
Trump's tweet of 'racist baby' video flagged as manipulative media by Twitter
Twitter has flagged a number of the US President’s tweets in recent weeks.
# twitter - Sunday 7 June, 2020
Conor McGregor says he is retiring from fighting (again)
The 31-year-old Dublin man has previously made the same claim.
# twitter - Friday 29 May, 2020
'We're fed up with it': Trump signs executive order following factchecking row with Twitter
Trump said the factchecks were ‘editorial decisions’ by Twitter and amounted to political activism.
# twitter - Thursday 28 May, 2020
Donald Trump to sign executive order about social media, after his tweets were flagged
Trump tweeted that more mail-in voting would lead to a “rigged election” in November. The US President votes by mail-in voting.
# twitter - Wednesday 27 May, 2020
Twitter adds fact-check warning to election posts by Donald Trump
Trump claimed postal voting would be “fraudulent” and that “mail boxes will be robbed”.
# twitter - Friday 22 May, 2020
Data Protection Commission completes probe into Twitter's handling of data breach
Fines for breaches of GDPR can reach €20 million or up to 4% of a company’s turnover for the previous year.
# twitter - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
Twitter says employees can work from home 'forever' if they wish
Twitter’s EMEA headquarters are in Dublin where the company employees about 200 people.
# twitter - Friday 24 April, 2020
Leo Varadkar says charging Google and Facebook for news media content is 'a good idea'
Varadkar said that the social media giants are “sort of free riders on costs incurred by other people”.
# twitter - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey pledges over €900 million for Covid-19 relief effort
“Why now? The needs are increasingly urgent, and I want to see the impact in my lifetime,” Dorsey said.
# twitter - Thursday 19 March, 2020
Twitter to delete posts which promote fake Covid-19 treatments or deny expert advice
The site said tweets which place people at risk of contracting the illness would contravene its safety rules.
# twitter - Sunday 15 March, 2020
St Patrick's Day parades may be cancelled over Covid-19, but they're 'going virtual' for the occasion
A campaign online is encouraging those left disappointed by the cancelled parades to still share their stories and images online this Tuesday.
# twitter - Monday 13 January, 2020
Fianna Fáil TD denies defaming Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald, court hears
A pretrial motion was mentioned before the High Court today.
# twitter - Saturday 4 January, 2020
'A new low': Australian PM Morrison facing criticism for wildfire campaign video
Shadow minister for international development Pat Conroy accused Morrison of trying to “exploit a national tragedy”.
# twitter - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
'Organic but organised': How misinformation is spreading in the UK election campaign
A photo of a young boy on a hospital floor and a punch-that-wasn’t have shaped the debate ahead of tomorrow’s election.
# twitter - Monday 9 December, 2019
Bonnie Greer, Love Island and #WagathaChristie: Here's what got Irish Twitter talking this year
And of course, Irish Twitter talked a lot about Brexit too.
# twitter - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Elon Musk wanted to call diver a 'creepy old man', not a paedophile, courts hears
Vernon Unsworth is suing the co-founder of Tesla for defamation after the billionaire said in a since-deleted tweeted that he was a “pedo”.
# twitter - Monday 25 November, 2019
Social media companies agree to liase with Department of Health on tackling anti-vaccine misinformation
Minister for Health Simon Harris met with Facebook, Google and Twitter today.
# twitter - Friday 22 November, 2019
Contempt of court proceedings against Facebook, Twitter over Kriegel killers' identities struck out
A court hear today that “alarming posts” on social media are causing considerable distress to Boy A’s family.
# twitter - Friday 15 November, 2019
Twitter specifies how it will ban political ads but it will allow campaigns on 'social causes'
The social media giant shared details of its poltical ad ban.
# twitter - Monday 11 November, 2019
Fianna Fáil senator apologises for derogatory tweets that she says were 'taken out of context'
The tweets, which were posted in 2011, used words such as “knacker” and “Traveller” in a derogatory manner.
# twitter - Friday 8 November, 2019
Facebook deleting name of potential whistleblower at centre of Trump impeachment probe
The whistleblower’s lawyers have said their client’s personal safety is at risk following threats.
# twitter - Thursday 7 November, 2019
Former Twitter employees recruited as spies for Saudi Arabia, US court heard
Prosecutors allege the Saudi government was behind the recruitment of the spies.
# twitter - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
New legislation will regulate political advertising on social media
The move comes amid an international debate about how social media platforms handle political ads.
# twitter - Saturday 2 November, 2019
VAR controversy at the fore again as Premier League explain controversial Firmino decision
Liverpool saw a goal ruled out in their match with Aston Villa earlier.
# twitter - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
Twitter announces it is banning all political advertisements
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the change in policy this evening.
# twitter - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
Twitter defends response to 'absolutely abhorrent' abuse directed at Ryan family
TD Jack Chambers described their response to the situation as “weak”.
# twitter - Sunday 6 October, 2019
South Africa's Erasmus defuses 'bomb squad' row
The coach insisted he would never tolerate racism within his squad.
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Poll: Have you been on or are you planning a staycation this year?
WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL essentially off the cards for the rest of the year, it seems a lot of people have bought into the concept of a staycation at home here in Ireland.
Social media platforms are flooded with #staycation posts in what will hopefully boost businesses in domestic tourism following a devastating period for the sector.
But with a spike in new cases in recent days, a regional lockdown in the Midlands, and new measures this week including the mandatory wearing of face masks in all shops and commercial premises, fears are mounting that we could be entering a second wave.
So today we’re asking: Have you been on or are you planning a staycation this year?
Poll Results:
Yes, I've already been on a staycation (1804)
No, I haven't been and have no plans for a staycation (1244)
Yes, I have a staycation planned in the coming months (1057)
No, I have not been on a staycation (400)
Yes, but I am going to cancel my planned staycation (106)
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