Social Media

LinkedIn has been slapped with a €310 million fine by Ireland's Data Protection Commission in connection with behavioural analysis and targeted advertising. The inquiry into LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company was launched by the DPC, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn, f

A new independent body for resolving disputes on social media platforms has arrived in Dublin with the help of Taylor Wessing Ireland. The Appeals Centre Europe has been certified by Coimisiún na Meán as an out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) body under Article 21 of the EU Digital S

TikTok is facing a fresh lawsuit in the US over the video-sharing platform's alleged harm to children's mental health and well-being. A coalition of 13 states and Washington, D.C., co-led by California and New York, has filed separate enforcement actions against TitTok for alleged violations of stat

TikTok has opened a new "transparency and accountability centre" in Dublin which experts can visit to see how it works to protect users online. Dara Calleary, minister of state for trade promotion, digital and company regulation, joined TikTok yesterday to officially open the new centre, which 

Lawyer Paul Tweed has said he is exploring the possibility of bringing a group action against Big Tech companies in the Irish courts. Mr Tweed told The Journal that he is discussing with with cyberpsychology professor Mary Aiken the possibility of a legal action focused on screen addiction.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has been slapped with a €91 million fine after inadvertently storing some users' passwords in plain text. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday announced its final decision in an inquiry launched in April 2019.

Coimisiún na Meán has launched a formal review of online platforms' systems for reporting illegal content. TikTok, X, YouTube, Meta, LinkedIn, Temu, Pinterest, Shein, Etsy, Dropbox, Hostelworld and Tumblr have been issued with formal requests for information to ensure they are complyin

Children's rights advocate Jillian van Turnhout has been appointed to chair a new online health taskforce. The former Senator is one of 14 members of the new taskforce, which has been asked by the government to develop a public health response to the harms caused to children and young people by cert

Members of Brazil's Supreme Court have voted unanimously to uphold a ban on X, formerly Twitter, in the country. The temporary ban had been imposed on Friday after the social media giant refused to comply with local laws.

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has awarded a record €550,000 to a former Twitter employee who was sacked after failing to click a button in an email from Elon Musk shortly after he acquired the company. Gary Rooney, former source-to-pay director at Dublin-based Twitter International U

Social media algorithms should be disabled by default to protect people from "hateful, false and violent content", the Irish and UK governments have been told. An open letter signed by over 240 organisations has called on Taoiseach Simon Harris, UK prime minister Keir Starmer and Northern Ireland le

Coimisiún na Meán has said it is assessing Meta's compliance with the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) after concerns were raised about online death threats against the Taoiseach. A sinister threat against Simon Harris was posted to Instagram and remained live for days, even after An Gard

Elon Musk's social media company X has agreed to suspend its use of EU users' data to train an AI chatbot. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) this week launched High Court proceedings under section 134 of the Data Protection Act 2018 for the first time in order to prevent X from using EU dat

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched High Court proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company, the Dublin-based data controller for social media platform X. The regulator is seeking an injunction preventing the company from using EU users' data to train an AI-powered

Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly Twitter, is suing a group of major advertisers for allegedly organising an "illegal boycott" shortly after his acquisition. In a bizarre video posted to X, the company's CEO Linda Yaccarino said the legal action was a response to evidence recently heard b