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FactCheck

Community Notes vanishes from X feeds, raising 'serious questions' amid ongoing EU probe

28 May

8.7k

Courts

Jewellery piercer caught with child abuse images after Twitter tip-off, court hears

9 May

19.9k

FactCheck

How far-right agitators exploited an information vacuum after the Stoneybatter attack

10 Feb

28.5k

Twitter

European Commission criticised over lack of action taken against Elon Musk's X

21 Jan

7.7k

Drumcondra

Cherry Tomato Bridge was a return to social media of old - and yes, that matters

13 Jan

27.0k

a whiff of musk

Opinion: Elon Musk interfering in UK politics was not on our 2025 bingo card

Peter Flanagan

12 Jan

8.8k

District Court

Anti-immigration activist and man he 'clashes with online' both charged after altercation in Waterford

9 Jan

18.9k

Elon Musk accused of censoring far-right accounts amid immigration row

28 Dec 2024

23.3k

The Daily Poll

Do you use X?

14 Nov 2024

20.7k

124

drama drives interest

When Elon came to Dublin: An excerpt from Catherine Sanz's new book about the Web Summit

Catherine Sanz

12 Nov 2024

6.7k

Social Media

Opinion: Netanyahu and Musk are different types of narcissists, both foolish and bad for the world

Bobby McDonagh

19 Oct 2024

8.9k

Social Media

Brazil lifts ban on Elon Musk's X after platform paid millions in fines to settle row

8 Oct 2024

4.7k

Elon musk

Elon Musk's X pays over $5m to have Brazil ban lifted (but transfers money to wrong account)

Updated 5 Oct 2024

15.6k

Comisiún na Meán

Ireland's media watchdog to crack down on online platforms hosting illegal content

12 Sep 2024

8.5k

FactCheck

Debunked: False claims allege Kamala Harris paralysed a child and dressed in Communist attire

5 Sep 2024

13.1k

Social media regulation

'Not the space I'm in': Taoiseach has no plans to follow Brazil example in blocking 'X'

3 Sep 2024

9.4k

Courts

Twitter ordered to pay €550k to former senior employee, a record for unfair dismissal in Ireland

13 Aug 2024

19.3k

European Commission

Elon Musk warned over 'harmful content' on X hours before Donald Trump interview

12 Aug 2024

14.9k

x-ed

Venezuela's Maduro blocks access to X for ten days amid online row with Elon Musk

9 Aug 2024

9.8k

148

Artificial Intelligence

X gives undertaking to High Court to temporarily cease processing data of European users to train AI model

8 Aug 2024

5.2k

Twitter

X's response to riots in UK could determine the outcome of ongoing EU investigation

8 Aug 2024

10.7k

social media bosses

Harris promises to hit social media firms 'where it hurts' through fines and holding owners liable

7 Aug 2024

9.6k

GDPR

High Court proceedings launched against X by Data Protection Commission over use of personal data

6 Aug 2024

13.8k

Belfast Riots

Tánaiste labels Elon Musk's X 'problematic', blames social media for stoking up violence

6 Aug 2024

15.4k

Defamation

Fake ads about Tánaiste paid for by stolen credit cards originated in Russia and Belarus

25 Jul 2024

15.5k

X-ed: Likes are becoming private on the site formerly known as Twitter

12 Jun 2024

6.9k

FactCheck

How Ireland's non-white election candidates are targeted with misinformation and racist abuse

6 Jun 2024

5.4k

FactCheck

The disinfluencers: How over 150 anonymous 'Irish' accounts are swamping X with extreme views

The accounts could be part of a wider ‘influence operation’ in Ireland.

An analysis of anonymous accounts on the platform formerly known as Twitter found a potential 'influence operation' ahead of the June elections.

Some accounts showed signs of being operated by non-Irish users, despite claiming to be Irish and posting almost exclusively about Irish political issues.

X policy states that accounts should not "pose as someone who doesn’t exist to mislead others".

Stephen McDermott

27 May 2024

32.5k

X.com

Twitter.com is now, officially, a thing of the past

17 May 2024

9.0k

Social Media

Meta to tell politicians that app stores should be responsible for age verification

16 Apr 2024

4.9k

Social Media

Fake ad data Tánaiste obtained from Google through court order being 'forensically analysed'

8 Apr 2024

13.6k

combating abuse

Hate Speech law: 'As legislators, it is our responsibility to draw the line on hate'

Malcolm Byrne

27 Mar 2024

11.7k

Brussels

Man who hacked Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s Twitter account sentenced to 150 hours community service

A former parliamentary assistant to Flanagan admitted to sending the post in the early hours of 28 September, 2020.

Updated 25 Mar 2024

32.0k

FactCheck

Debunked: Chart used to criticise Dublin actually shows ranking for homelessness services

20 Mar 2024

11.8k

FAKE NEWS

Bank of Ireland warns of fake articles designed to 'steal customers' money' with crypto scams

15 Mar 2024

9.5k

FactCheck

Arrested, disgraced, injured: Cryptocurrency scams promote hoax stories about Irish celebrities

Have you seen spam ads appear on your social feeds?

One scam recently came about after a hacking of an Indian politician's Meta account.

The Journal understands the account was compromised by hackers who launched more than 50 ad campaigns.

Celebrity scam ads appear on Facebook and X.com after less than a minute of scrolling through main feeds.

Shane Raymond

10 Mar 2024

23.1k

Lawsuit

Former Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for almost $130 million in unpaid severance

4 Mar 2024

9.2k

Belgium

Man admits hacking Luke 'Ming' Flanagan's Twitter account

28 Feb 2024

10.5k

FactCheck

Debunked: The Irish Muslim Council has not put up stickers advocating for ‘Sharia Law’

27 Feb 2024

12.4k

Twitterer

How Elon Musk has courted Ireland's far-right by taking aim at the government's hate speech laws

10 Feb 2024

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