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Facebook announces its new futuristic name

The company Facebook has announced its new name change in a bid to re-brand the company and diverge it from being known as just a social media platform. Speaking at his companies Facebook Connect conference on Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed ...

29 Oct 2021 at 11:12

National News

Latest Meta jobs losses in Ireland will be ‘relatively small’, Taoiseach says

The latest round of job cuts by tech giant Meta will result in a “relatively small” number of redundancies at its Irish operations, the Taoiseach has said. Leo Varadkar expressed sympathy with those set to lose their jobs but he insisted that the ...

15 Mar 2023 at 15:59

National News

Nora Quoirin’s parents settle lawsuit over Facebook posts

The parents of Nora Quoirin, a French-Irish schoolgirl from London whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort during a family holiday, have settled a case against Facebook. Lawyers for the social media giant, trading as Meta, read out ...

20 Jul 2022 at 12:53

National News

Gardai and Fastway among those reprimanded by watchdog for data breaches in 2022

An Garda Siochana and the Fastway delivery firm are among the organisations that were reprimanded over data breaches, according to a watchdog’s annual report. Gardai reported a breach to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) involving the ...

07 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Arts & Entertainment

Facebook and Instagram to introduce new subscription service

Meta is testing a new subscription service that would let Facebook and Instagram users pay for a verified account. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Verified on his social media accounts on Sunday. Testing will begin in New ...

20 Feb 2023 at 10:52

National News

Supermac's Instagram and Facebook accounts suspended over April Fool's joke

Supermac's has found itself embroiled in a trademark dispute with the GAA following an April Fools' joke gone awry. The chain's social media platforms, including Instagram and Facebook, have been abruptly taken offline by Meta, ...

04 Apr 2024 at 13:35

Arts & Entertainment

'A sad moment' - Facebook parent company Meta to cut Irish jobs

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has confirmed it plans to cut more than 11,000 jobs globally as part of a major restructuring of the tech giant. The cuts will reduce the size of the company’s ...

09 Nov 2022 at 13:11

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams seeking legal advice over Meta use of books for AI systems

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says he has sought legal advice after claiming Meta has used his books to train its artificial intelligence systems. The Society of Editors recently held a protest in London alleging ...

09 Apr 2025 at 18:05

Arts & Entertainment

WhatsApp introduces new feature to combat internet shutdowns

WhatsApp will allow users to connect to the messaging app via proxy servers for the first time to allow users to stay online even when an internet shutdown or block is in place. The Meta-owned site said it had taken ...

05 Jan 2023 at 16:52

Irish data watchdog fines Meta Ireland 390m euro

National News

Irish data watchdog to seek order to annul ‘problematic’ EU authority direction

Ireland’s data watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company Meta Ireland 390 million euro as a row erupted over whether further investigation of the use of people’s data is warranted. Meta Ireland was fined 210 ...

04 Jan 2023 at 16:37

National News

Meta fined more than 250 million euro by Irish data commission following breach

Meta has been fined more than 250 million euro (£206 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission over a data breach. The breach affected approximately 29 million Facebook accounts globally, of which some ...

17 Dec 2024 at 19:08

National News

Time for mandatory trade union recognition in the workplace, Dail hears

Mandatory trade union recognition is needed in the workplace, the Dail has heard. The People Before Profit/Solidarity TD Mick Barry accused Tanaiste Leo Varadkar of facilitating poor treatment of workers as ...

10 Nov 2022 at 16:31

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