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Warning to Mark Zuckerberg comes as new users top 30m on first day of message service

Global jitters over impact on household finances of hawkish tone of latest Federal Reserve minutes

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to take on Twitter with the launch of a new app this week

Instagram-linked app rolls out in US and UK but is unavailable in EU over regulatory concerns

Tech company is also exploring new territory with the launch of Threads, a rival for Twitter

US department of justice senior trial counsel says in an affidavit that the proceedings are of crucial interest to the US

Riga has become a hub for those trying to report on and into Russia, and for those keeping tabs on Kremlin disinformation. But even these Russia experts were taken by surprise by last weekend’s events

Decision comes in response to law requiring payment to Canadian publishers for links

Galway-based Diligent employs almost 300 people and targets the growing corporate transparency market

Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection

Journalist says biggest platform where fake news spreads is WhatsApp followed by Facebook

Stay will remain in place until end of July

Commissioner asked platforms to report to her about their handling of video shared more than five million times

Former insider at social media giant offers her personal witnessing of its algorithmic workings and the harms knowingly caused to us as people and communities

Facebook’s parent faced severe criticism for similar move in Australia in early 2021

Twitter exchange sees Facebook founder accept challenge from Musk, with Vegas named as location

Stocktake: Market breadth finally appears to be improving

Group complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPR

Meta says it will lose about €664m in revenue if the decision’s effects are not delayed

Action had been widely expected after last month’s decision on data transfers

Meta targeting Oprah Winfrey and Dalai Lama as potential users of ‘sanely run’ social networking platform

EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalists hear about country’s colonial legacy and the future of AI

Venture makes sense as a place holder ahead of a revolution that could threaten its smartphone empire

Beijing Letter: Foreign visitors complain about being unable to use social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, which are blocked in China

Data Protection Commissioner initially planned not to fine Meta for data breaches but fines are arguably the most dissuasive tool in the GDPR toolkit

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report suggests business tax base even more concentrated around small number of firms than previously thought

Data Protection Commission appears to interpret its mandate in a way that is sympathetic to the companies it regulates

Taoiseach says State will offer job search and training support to impacted workers ‘if they need it’

Nature of social media giant’s Irish business meant this round of cuts was always likely to be the most painful for Irish workforce

Facebook owner argued commission over-reached in its investigation of suspected anti-competitive behaviour

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Function is being rolled out by Meta-owned messaging service and should become available in coming weeks

Ireland’s data protection watchdog again has to be forced into tougher measures against Big Tech wrongdoing

Case centres on Facebook’s transfers of personal data to the US in defiance of EU law

Apple is now worth more than the 2,000 companies that make up the small-cap Russell 2000 index

Order to delete data processed and stored unlawfully in US could be more problematic for Facebook owner than fine of €1.2bn

As with previous penalties, the Facebook owner has claimed unfair treatment and resolved to appeal

DPC had imposed fines for GDPR breaches by Facebook and WhatsApp, and over Meta’s operation of Instagram services

Comments made after Meta received a record fine from the Data Protection Commission for breaching EU data protection laws

Social media giant’s attempts to work around previous court rulings on data transfers and privacy are seen to have fallen short