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# Social Media

March
March 2023
TikTok chief faces off with US lawmakers as ban looms
Tiktok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is under immense pressure across Western countries.
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Mar 23rd 2023, 7:51 PM
Taoiseach says Govt seeking expert advice on TikTok after UK bans app on work devices
Fine Gael’s Colm Markey has written to the Taoiseach and the Ceann Comhairle urging them to ban TikTok from government-issued phones.
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Mar 16th 2023, 5:10 PM
Gardaí investigating alleged Waterford assault arrest woman for allegedly making false statement
In a statement, gardaí also said they were not aware of any alleged “spate of attacks by foreign nationals as suggested”.
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Mar 15th 2023, 12:17 PM
Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'
A wave of abuse greeted Lavender after she accepted the Album of the Year award for CMAT last week.
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Mar 14th 2023, 7:30 PM
Opinion: 'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'
Mum Margaret Lynch looks at the question of smartphone use for children and shares her own experiences.
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Mar 11th 2023, 8:00 PM
Vast majority of LGBTQ+ young people exposed to 'dramatic increase' in hateful content online
Europe saw the ‘deadliest rise in anti-LGBTI+ violence in over a decade’ in 2022.
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Mar 6th 2023, 6:30 AM
Poll: Have you ever bought anything because an 'influencer' posted about it?
Research from the advertising watchdog reveals only one in 10 people have trust in what influencers post on social media.
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Mar 1st 2023, 10:59 AM
Artificial intelligence to be used to ensure influencers comply with advertising code
The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland ‘will use tech tools to capture information to assess’ social media posts.
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Mar 1st 2023, 10:42 AM
February
February 2023
Canada bans TikTok on government phones and devices over data protection worries
The European Commission banned the app from its equipment last week.
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Feb 27th 2023, 9:44 PM
Social media companies aren't doing enough to remove misinformation about migrants, Harris says
There have been numerous allegations about migrants and refugees circulating on social media in recent weeks.
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Feb 24th 2023, 12:04 PM
Poll: Do you use TikTok?
The European Commission and Council have banned staff from using TikTok on official devices.
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Feb 24th 2023, 9:44 AM
European Commission and Council bans staff from using TikTok on official devices
TikTok today said the decision was based on mistaken ideas about its platform.
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Feb 23rd 2023, 6:45 PM
Social media has 'distracted significantly' in Nicola Bulley investigation, say police
Detectives maintain there is still no evidence of a crime in the mother-of-two’s disappearance last month.
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Feb 15th 2023, 2:18 PM
This year
2023
German woman alleged to have killed a lookalike she found on social media to fake her own death
According to a daily German newspaper, the woman was a beautician who entrapped the victim via Instagram by offering her cosmetics.
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Jan 31st 2023, 12:40 PM
Debunked: London Police are not criminally investigating COVID-19 vaccines
Despite accusations of murder, terrorism, genocide, and torture, no credible evidence was given.
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Jan 26th 2023, 1:51 PM
Therapist: How do we challenge toxic masculinity and its appeal to impressionable young men?
Geoffrey McCarthy looks at the Andrew Tate case and the troubling message it brings.
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Jan 22nd 2023, 3:00 PM
Andrew Tate due in Romanian court to appeal against continued detention
The controversial social media influencer is charged with being part of an organised crime group, human trafficking and rape.
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Jan 10th 2023, 8:55 AM
Last year
2022
Injunction judgement reserved over allegedly defamatory social media posts by Conor McGregor
Retired MMA fighter Artem Lobov claims that he has been the subject of a barrage of harassing and defamatory posts by McGregor.
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Dec 22nd 2022, 2:45 PM
Almost half of adverts posted by social media influencers not labelled as such, research finds
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission today published its report on social media influencers.
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Dec 13th 2022, 7:43 AM
No social media, no milkshakes: How Australia upset World Cup odds
In the build-up to Qatar, expectations at home were rock-bottom.
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Dec 1st 2022, 8:30 PM
Twitter employee: 'Our jobs are gone but we hope EU and UK law will protect us'
One former employee says staff are gutted – ‘after 14 interviews in 11 months, I had finally found my dream job’.
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Nov 26th 2022, 7:30 AM
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
Taoiseach condemns 'utterly reprehensible' attack on two Gardaí outside pub in Ballyfermot
The two gardaí were responding to an incident last night when the attack occurred.
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Nov 21st 2022, 5:44 PM
Opinion: As a former Twitter employee, I'm horrified by what Elon Musk is doing
Declan Cashin used to work at Twitter – he says what is happening to the company is deeply disappointing.
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Nov 18th 2022, 10:00 PM
Twitter's survival is about more than just Elon Musk getting his way - here's why
Twitter has been shaken to its core since Elon Musk acquired it – does it matter?
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Nov 18th 2022, 8:12 PM
Poll: Which social media platform do you spend the most time on?
Let us know.
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Nov 18th 2022, 10:26 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
Musk tells staff to brace for ‘difficult times’ as he warns of Twitter’s demise
Workers who survived last week’s mass layoffs are facing harsher work conditions and growing uncertainty about their ability to keep Twitter running.
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Nov 11th 2022, 7:33 AM
Could Mastodon take over from Twitter - and how do you join?
We explain why the decentralised social media site is now in favour, and what makes it different.
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Nov 7th 2022, 3:44 PM
WhatsApp begins rolling out Communities feature to bundle together group chats
It will be available globally in the next few months, WhatsApp has said.
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Nov 3rd 2022, 9:42 AM
Musk announces 'content moderation council' for Twitter
The announcement came as the website’s users wasted no time testing the limits of free speech on the platform.
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Oct 28th 2022, 9:31 PM
Kanye West begins process of buying alternative social media platform Parler
Parent company Parlement Technologies said it has entered into an agreement in principle for the rapper to acquire the site.
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Oct 17th 2022, 12:48 PM
Debunked: Figures on Covid-19 deaths and underlying conditions have been taken out of context
Covid sceptics are misinterpreting CSO data to make inaccurate claims.
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Aug 28th 2022, 7:00 AM
YouTube becomes latest platform to ban Andrew Tate for breaching hate speech rules
Tate has gained notoriety online for comments about women including suggesting they “bear some responsibility” if they are assaulted.
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Aug 23rd 2022, 2:07 PM
HSE flagged over 3,000 Covid-19 social media posts due to misinformation
Most of the flagged posts were on Twitter.
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Aug 11th 2022, 1:05 PM
Domestic abuser Paul Moody was still active on dating apps days before his sentencing
Ex-garda Paul Moody is now being investigated for allegations made by a number of people.
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Aug 3rd 2022, 7:42 PM
Health products regulator warns against unauthorised 'self-tanning' substance
The HPRA said that social media has had a huge role at popularising the product.
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Jun 27th 2022, 2:25 PM
Parents of Irish teenage Instagram users can now supervise their child's account
Parents can now send invitations to their teens to initiate supervision tools.
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Jun 14th 2022, 11:30 AM
Facebook's parent company to launch 'metaverse academy' in France
The school’s goal in its first year will be to train for free around 100 students as specialist immersive technology developers and support and assistance technicians.
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Jun 12th 2022, 1:00 PM
Facebook and Instagram to reveal more on how ads target users
The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information.
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May 24th 2022, 7:27 AM
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