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Tech giant Meta is facing a lawsuit in the Northern Ireland courts over its alleged use of copyrighted material to train its generative AI model. Belfast firm KRW LAW has issued pre-action correspondence to Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd on behalf of author Richard O'Rawe, who alleges serious and ongoin

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X social media platform over its use of users' posts as AI training data. X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC), known until the start of April 2025 as Twitter Internet Unlimited Company (TIUC), was notified last week

Elon Musk's X has been ordered to hand over information about an anonymous user who made allegedly defamatory posts about Belfast solicitor Kevin Winters and others. Mr Winters, of KRW LAW, has been instructed by a number of individuals, including retired gardaí, who allege they were defamed

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has accused Meta of "silencing" a former director who was ordered this week to refrain from promoting her new book. Careless People, published this week, provides an account from Sarah Wynn-Williams of her time as Meta's director of global public policy f

More than 150 decisions have been issued so far by the Dublin-based Appeals Centre Europe (ACE), a new independent body for resolving disputes on social media platforms. ACE, certified by Coimisiún na Meán as an out-of-court dispute settlement (ODS) body under Article 21 of the EU Digi

Albania is to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the social media platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The country's education minister, Ogerta Manastirliu, said that officials are in contact with TikTok on adding parental controls and age verification as well

The Supreme Court of Canada has said it is winding down its presence on Elon Musk's X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter. The court joined the platform in July 2015 and has around 46,500 followers — but said it will now "be focusing our communication efforts on other platforms".

Elon Musk's X is to pay $10 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit over his suspension in 2021 from what was then Twitter. Mr Trump was banned from most major social media platforms after hundreds of his supporters stormed the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021 in a bid to ove

Meta is to pay $25 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit against the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after his supporters stormed the US Capitol building in 2021. The settlement agreement, which does not include any admission of liability by Meta, was signed by

European consumer watchdogs have accused Meta of continuing to breach EU law with its "pay-or-consent" policy. Meta first introduced a pay-or-consent model in November 2023, offering EU users of Facebook and Instagram the option of either paying a monthly fee to use ad-free versions of the social ne

Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has been ordered to provide more information to the EU in its ongoing proceedings under the Digital Services Act. The European Commission today said it has addressed three additional technical investigatory measures to X relating to the platform's recommender system.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will today hear a last-ditch attempt by TikTok owner ByteDance to prevent the video-sharing platform from being banned in the US. Under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), the Chinese-owned platfor

Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram "must not retreat from facts", the European human rights commissioner Michael O'Flaherty has said. Meta, which owns both platforms, this week announced plans to scrap its independent fact-checking programme in favour of a 'community notes' system si

An Irish MEP has called for the EU to crack down on social media platforms which undermine democratic values. Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, a Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South, criticised Facebook and Instagram Meta, which this week announced plans to replace independent fact-checking wit

The Irish government has been urged to more tightly regulate social media companies in the wake of controversial changes by Facebook and Instagram owner Meta. Meta yesterday said it would wind-down its independent fact-checking programme, lift restrictions on certain speech and reverse changes which