John Evans, digital services commissioner at Coimisiun na Mean, said: ‘It is unacceptable for platforms to prevent people from using their rights.’

Coimisiún na Meán can investigate major online platforms and search engines headquartered in Ireland, and fine them up to six per cent of global turnover for breaches of online content rules.

Dana Rosemary Scallon brought defamation actions against publishers, including against The Irish Times and Meta.

Meta also argues that the relevant State watchdog, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), acted outside its powers by widening its investigation, broadening it to all users of Facebook.

The revenues recorded by the Dublin-based unit account for 60 per cent of the US-headquartered Meta’s global revenues of $164.5 billion (€142 billion) for 2024.

Judge Francis Comerford said Martin Hannon engaged in ‘vicious and callous’ behaviour when making the false statements that the two 'wholly innocent men' were paedophiles.

Shane Flanagan (39) with an address in Co Clare impersonated the woman on the fetish website, FetLife.com, and on Facebook for the purpose of arranging for people to come to her home and rape her.

At Gort District Court, Sgt Claire Henaghan said that the post caused the woman “great distress”

Misinformation around a recent shooting incident at a Carlow shopping centre was "weaponised" by anti-immigrant activists

The research, conducted over the last 72 hours, uncovered scores of comments and posts on the platform supporting racist violence and the firebombing of homes in Ballymena

The cases were brought in the Irish High Court because Facebook operator Meta, which is also a defendant in the actions, has its European headquarters in Dublin.  

Last year a study from Dublin City University’s Anti-Bullying Centre showed that the recommender algorithms used by social media platforms are rapidly amplifying misogynistic and male supremacist content.

Judge Francis Comerford imposed the 22 month prison term with the final 14 months suspended on father of four, Jason Downes (31).

Meta's decision to remove fact checkers with moderation by users is "dangerous and disingenuous", according to a group that works to counter hate and disinformation

The data breach affected some 29 million Facebook accounts across the world.

The High Court ruled Peter Casey had been defamed in a social media post about his provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd paid out €40.4 million in severance to 491 ex-employees

The European Commission said Meta had acted illegally in tying the Marketplace to the social network arm of the platform.

A number of people who worked as "content moderators" for Facebook claim they suffered serious psychological injuries from being exposed to graphic and violent content

Ireland’s media regulator has said it will hold media companies to account if they do not improve safety measures such as age verification.

Appeals Centre Europe will receive disputes from people and organisations across the European Union.

William Phelan (57) pleaded guilty to two charges of persistently pestering his adult niece through phone calls, voice messages and posts on Facebook

While Sinn Féin will be sitting down to take stock after disappointing local election results, they continue to lead the way when it comes to social media following

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard the man and woman were in a brief relationship, which she ended in November 2021

Mr Harris has 95,100 TikTok followers and 172,000 Instagram followers

Leeanda Farrelly (49) received a nine-month fully-suspended sentence for sharing an image of one of the teenage boys convicted of killing Ana Kriégel

The outage began at around 4pm Irish time, systemic internet issue is likely to be the root cause.

Sean Kilkenny (48) has offered to apologise to Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe

RTÉ has said it has asked Facebook to investigate suspicious activity around one of its social media accounts

Pre-tax profits were hit at the company after Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd set aside an additional €1.43 billion for potential regulatory fines

Wissam Al Mana brought an action over adverts posted using the Facebook Ads tool which he said were "wrongly and maliciously" using his name and image

Any failure to comply with the enforcement notice is a criminal offence, and could also see the company being fined

Max Schrems is an Austrian lawyer and activist with the privacy rights organisation NOYB

Neilus Cooney of Strand Street, Tralee, Co Kerry, also threatened to kill two gardaí who came to the woman’s assistance

Daniel took to his own social media channels to tell fans of the news and to pay tribute to Marion