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Analysis: How this new bout of reductions will impact Irish staff is unknown

Company cut 11,000 staff, including 350 in Ireland, last year

Laura Slattery: The messaging app plays a valuable role in many people’s lives, but what is it worth to its owner?

Could the end of free social media be nigh?

Mark Zuckerberg announces plan to allow users to verify their accounts for up to €14 a month

Teenage ambassadors for Safer Internet Day are educating classmates on the importance of empathy and respect online

Dan Calladine, head of media futures at dentsu International, identifies key trends in media and marketing that will have a big impact in Ireland and explains what brands can do to adapt

Digital nomading can get expensive when it comes to managing your tax affairs

Former US president was suspended from platform a day after the deadly 2021 Capitol insurrection

Sometimes the best evangelism is telling people you’re Christian and then not being a complete jerk

Critics say Irish regulator will always choose the most tortuous, lengthy and expensive legal route to a decision rather than simple application of EU law

Meta’s advisory board says policy impedes right to expression for women and trans and nonbinary people

Irish data protection authorities accounted for a third of that figure, report says

Data Protection Commission stance may have deprived the Irish exchequer of multibillion windfall, critics say

Europe’s senior regulator critical of data protection commission over data collection investigation

Data protection watchdog forced to toughen its decision on data protection complaint after European intervention

Better focus on security and less focus on your phone will pay dividends for most people in terms of wellbeing

Facebook and Instagram not entitled to rely on legal basis currently used to justify data collection under GDPR, says Irish regulator

If adopted by Data Protection Commission, the rulings could upturn Facebook owner’s tailored advertising model

Has technology sector matured or is it entering a different phase of development?

Previous record-holder was a photograph of an egg with 55.7m likes

Meanwhile, new content policies draw criticism from detractors and Silicon Valley heavyweights

Consumers admit to being misled by product recommendations and have flagged concerns about crypto and other ‘finfluencing’

Concerts in Dublin’s 3Arena in 2023 have been moved to 2024 after singer revealed she has stiff person syndrome

Facebook owner is also facing other, more pressing headwinds on the advertising front

Decision could lead to huge fines against the Facebook owner and limit its ability to collect data for ad targeting

Facebook parent company’s own ‘oversight board’ accused it of leaving dangerous content online to serve business interests

With hundreds of thousands of followers, and a string of viral recipes to their names, these are the new celebrity chefs

Reach among young adults overcomes advertisers’ concerns about group’s Chinese owners, content quality and problems with bot traffic

Pre-loved jerseys, helmets and boots help coaches spark ‘instant’ love of sport in new adopters

Facebook-owner uses services of about 6,000 contractors in Ireland

Social media has made it easier to find romantic connections and share them with the world, but it has also made the end of relationships much messier

Data Protection Commission issued fine after two-year investigation

Vardy will have to pay her own legal costs, which could bring her combined bill to well over £3 million

People who’ve been through debt are building communities on Instagram by sharing honest personal finance stories and savvy budgeting advice

The National Lottery researched how its adverts were doing on social media and found counting by clicks is vanity

Social media giant ruled to have breached the privacy of children

The brash, shaven-headed grifter targets children, teenagers and young men with toxic, misogynistic opinions

Meet the Irish women taking centre stage in the influencer market with fashion, makeup and active-wear brands

Wagatha Christie leaks hail from time when app was much less frustrating to use