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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 11:11

National News

Meta Ireland to cut about 490 jobs

Facebook owner Meta is to make approximately 490 full-time employees redundant across its Irish operations. The roles are being cut from a number of teams including finance, sales, marketing, analytics, operations and engineering. Employees at ...

24 May 2023 at 15:05

Arts & Entertainment

Kanye West keen on purchasing social media platform

Kanye West has begun the process of buying alternative messaging platform Parler after his Twitter and Instagram accounts were locked. A statement from parent company Parlement Technologies said it has entered into an agreement in principle ...

17 Oct 2022 at 13:30

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 ...

15 Mar 2023 at 15:59

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

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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 language to three ...

23 Feb 2023 at 10:38

National News

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

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 ...

09 Nov 2022 at 18:33

National News

Explainer: Instagram is limiting the 'political content' on your feed. Here's how to turn it off

As part of a Meta initiative, Instagram is limiting the 'political content' on their users' feed. First announced on February 9, the change has been implemented on the platform over the past couple of days. Users will see less of ...

26 Mar 2024 at 16:03

Arts & Entertainment

Donald Trump reinstated to Facebook following ban

Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former US president Donald Trump’s personal account after a two-year suspension following the January 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” ...

26 Jan 2023 at 09:34

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 three million were ...

17 Dec 2024 at 19:08

National News

Use of Irish writers’ work for AI training has ‘profound implications’ – union

A group of Irish writers has called on the government to protect their work from AI technologies. The government said it is working to implement an EU law on AI that is due to come into force later this year, while Meta said ...

17 Apr 2025 at 20:16

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 ...

04 Apr 2024 at 13:35

Arts & Entertainment

New features added to Meta platforms

Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health....

27 Jun 2023 at 13:44

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