European news for Ireland
The boss of Facebook and Instagram has accused Europe of holding back innovation and institutionalising censorship. Mark Zuckerberg has announced that it will get rid of fact checkers in the…
The European Commission is keeping a close eye on Elon Musk. In recent months the boss of X (previously known as Twitter) has been taking an increasingly close interest in…
From tomorrow, all new phones, speakers, cameras and other electronic devices sold in Europe must use the same charger: USB-C The European law on common chargers comes into force tomorrow,…
Ireland’s data protection authority has fined Meta €251 million for a massive leak that affected millions of Facebook users in Europe and around the world. Hackers were able to get…
TikTok is being investigated for a possible violation of EU law, the European Commission has announced. Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, “will contribute with its expertise and analysis to…
TikTok bosses have angered MEPs by failing to sufficiently answer their questions in the European Parliament. MEPs demanded answers from Tiktok following concerns about disinformation on the social media platform.…
From mapping the Vikings to new technology for breast cancer survivors, six Irish-based projects have won €12 million in research funding from the EU. The funding, announced by the European…
Social network TikTok approved adverts containing disinformation about the Irish elections – that’s according to Global Witness. The human rights NGO says it submitted 28 fake adverts for approval. The…
BlueSky, an alternative micro-blogging platform to X (formally known as Twitter), has experienced a meteoric rise in users since the US election. Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump had seen…
The EU has fined Meta, the owner of Facebook, €797.72 million for breaching EU law. The European Commission says the company used its dominant position to impose “unfair trading conditions…