Yesterday
12th March 2025
This week
9th March 2025 - 13th March 2025
debunkedDebunked: Deepfake video showing Michael O'Leary promoting financial software was made with AI
Last week
2nd March 2025 - 8th March 2025
CourtsMan from midlands pleads guilty to encouraging teen girls in US to send him sexually explicit material
Last month
February 2025
instagram facebook whatsappZuckerberg's Meta under Trump: 'As an American, my only option is to quit its platforms'
MisinformationDebunked: Doctors and nurses who gave the Covid-19 vaccines are not being tried for war crimes
debunkedDebunked: A photo of a split bride/groom costume isn't an Irish person who ‘married themself’
January
January 2025
FactCheckDebunked: Fake missing child posts shared widely in Limerick and Roscommon Facebook groups
Artificial IntelligenceMeta showed nearly 10,000 ads for deepfake clothes 'erasing' app to Irish users since December
'Deep concerns' over AI 'undress' apps being advertised on Irish social media
So-called ‘nudify’ apps allow users to create deepfake naked images of any woman.
AnalysisMeta's scrapping of fact-checking in the US has emboldened disinformers; now the EU is on alert
MisinformationMeta says it is killing off its third-party fact-checking programme 'starting in the US'
Last year
2024
Election Once AgainHow did parties and candidates campaign via online ads in the run-up to the election announcement?
How a 'missing person' scam is luring Irish social media users using old photos of real children
A photo of an American child who was attacked by dogs was claimed to show a child found in Ireland.
Appeals Centre EuropeNew social media appeals body which aims to resolve content disputes will be based in Dublin
GDPR BreachData Protection Commission fines Meta €91 million over inadequate security for users' passwords
Shop front
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.
doxxingO'Gorman strongly criticises Coolock Says No after group publishes personal details of family
factcheckDebunked: Hoax Facebook ads containing claims about Fintan O’Toole bring users to a malicious link
deepfakeRTÉ says AI deepfakes a ‘growing challenge’ after Facebook removes Mary Lou McDonald scam advert
tech moderationZuckerberg says Biden administration 'repeatedly pressured' Meta to censor certain Covid content
social media bossesHarris promises to hit social media firms 'where it hurts' through fines and holding owners liable
Josiah Burke
Burke brother spends €30,000 on Facebook ads promoting activities of Castlebar family
The spend includes more than €5,000 on ads which show senior politicians being heckled.
Artificial IntelligenceFacebook will soon use your photos, posts and other info to train its AI. You can opt out (but it's complicated)
Online SafetyProbe into Facebook and Instagram launched over possible online 'rabbit holes' affecting minors
factcheckDebunked: Posts ‘as Gaeilge’ among more than 100 scam ads featuring presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
profit over welfareOpinion: We can no longer leave children alone to face this unregulated tech world
Social MediaFake ad data Tánaiste obtained from Google through court order being 'forensically analysed'
combating abuseHate Speech law: 'As legislators, it is our responsibility to draw the line on hate'
FAKE NEWSBank of Ireland warns of fake articles designed to 'steal customers' money' with crypto scams
