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# Instagram

Last month
January 2025
Meta showed nearly 10,000 ads for deepfake clothes 'erasing' app to Irish users since December
Meta set to lay off 5% of its workforce as government gauges potential Irish impact
Meta says it is killing off its third-party fact-checking programme 'starting in the US'
Last year
2024
Barry Keoghan asks people to 'be respectful' following derogatory online commentary
Louise Bruton: I'm a Celebrity is back, and the wheels of reality TV keep turning...
Louise Bruton
Dr Catherine Conlon: The clock is TikToking on social media access for young teens
Dr Catherine Conlon
How did parties and candidates campaign via online ads in the run-up to the election announcement?
Data Protection Commission fines Meta €91 million over inadequate security for users' passwords
What's behind the viral 'Goodbye Meta AI' message that's being shared on Instagram?
Teenagers on Instagram to have automatic restrictions applied under new 'Teen Accounts'
Scammers are using AI photos to lure Instagram users into buying fake Irish brands
Thousands of ads for fake businesses have been run in Ireland by international scammers in recent months.
Ads for clothes or accessories have used AI-generated images of people who supposedly work at the shop in question.
Pages have attracted complaints from Irish customers saying that they didn't get the products they had paid for.
Harris promises to hit social media firms 'where it hurts' through fines and holding owners liable
Ciara Mageean: 'My Olympics is gone, but I am not out. I will come back stronger'
Ciara Mageean: 'My Olympics is gone, but I am not out. I will come back stronger'
Facebook will soon use your photos, posts and other info to train its AI. You can opt out (but it's complicated)
Calls for social media giants to 'come down on top of' accounts advertising fake euro notes
Some accounts seen by The Journal advertised counterfeit banknotes claiming to be “100% undetectable”.
Probe into Facebook and Instagram launched over possible online 'rabbit holes' affecting minors
Renter-friendly interiors: Instagram accounts to follow for design tips and ideas
Opinion: We can no longer leave children alone to face this unregulated tech world
Dr Catherine Conlon
Meta to tell politicians that app stores should be responsible for age verification
The GAA says there's nothing funny about Supermac's April Fool's joke
The GAA says there's nothing funny about Supermac's April Fool's joke
Bank of Ireland warns of fake articles designed to 'steal customers' money' with crypto scams
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.
Basketball Ireland's Instagram account 'removed in error' and now restored, Meta says
Basketball Ireland's Instagram account 'removed in error' and now restored, Meta says
Basketball Ireland's Instagram account 'permanently disabled' following fraught game with Israel
Basketball Ireland's Instagram account 'permanently disabled' following fraught game with Israel
Meta to begin labelling AI-generated images posted on its social media platforms
All time
Threads, Meta's rival to Elon Musk's X, now available in Ireland
Debunked: Photo of a child actor is not proof that Palestinians are faking casualties
Facebook and Instagram to offer €12.99 a month ad-free subscriptions for European users
Parenting: When we were growing up, our parents weren't bombarded by images of perfection
Margaret Lynch
Far-right posts featuring mock gallows outside Dáil remain online despite Garda investigations
TikTok dismantles operation that targeted Irish users with 'divisive views' on nationalism
Debunked: The Canadian government hasn't banned the British outlet GB News
The European Union's tough new laws on social media content have officially come into force
Ryan Tubridy teases ‘new beginning’ and tells followers to ‘stay tuned for more’
Teacher who sexually exploited vulnerable schoolgirl online given 3-year prison sentence
Opinion: 'The endorsement of cars by RTÉ celebs during a climate crisis shows poor judgement'
Seána Glennon