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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

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 Zealand and ...

20 Feb 2023 at 10:52

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 workforce by about ...

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 that millions of ...

09 Apr 2025 at 18:05

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 he called for the ...

10 Nov 2022 at 16:31

National News

WhatsApp confirms major change is on the way for users and you may not like it!

16 Jun 2025 at 15:16

Concerns raised after social media giants approve anti-LGBT+ adverts

National News

Concerns raised after social media giants approve anti-LGBTQ+ adverts

Concerns have been raised about the processes used by social media giants to block advertisements containing hateful language towards the LGBT+ community. NGO Global Witness submitted ads that used extreme and violent ...

23 Feb 2023 at 10:38

National News

TikTok removes 80m under-age accounts per year, committee told

TikTok removes 80 million accounts of under-age users every year, an Oireachtas committee has been told. The revelation came during a Children’s Committee hearing on child protection in the context of artificial ...

19 Apr 2024 at 10:30

National News

Facebook parent company Meta to cut more than 11,000 jobs globally

09 Nov 2022 at 18:33

National News

No ‘early warnings’ of further job cuts in tech sector – Leo Varadkar

The Taoiseach has said there are no “early warnings” of further job cuts in the technology sector this year despite a slowdown in recent months. Leo Varadkar said the Government will be monitoring “very ...

04 Jan 2023 at 00:01

National News

Irish people could soon be paying €13 per month to use Facebook and Instagram ad-free

Tech giant Meta is exploring the implementation of a €13 per month ad-free plan for Instagram and Facebook for European Union members. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), as part of Meta's plan,...

03 Oct 2023 at 10:57

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