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Meta has just announced its first ever shareholder dividend, perhaps placating investors, but nevertheless the tech giant likely has a difficult time ahead

It started as an internal Twitter project, now it’s an alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform

In its early days, it offered an optimistic vision. But the picture soon darkened and disregard for potential harms has been a recurring feature

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families hurt by social media

Online harm is not an unintended consequence of social media. It’s baked into the design

Five big tech leaders appeared before the US Senate this week, but it remains to be seen whether anything of substance emerges

Earnings come in ahead of expectations as cost-cutting yields results

Social network has outlasted all predictions of its demise and the site currently has more than three billion active users

Social media CEOs testify before a committee examining ways to curb harms from online platforms

A Wall Street Journal reporter gets the dystopian inside story on one of the world’s most powerful companies

Interest in virtual reality remains tepid — but his AI experiment proved more successful

Facebook co-founder’s trust as well as entities for his charitable and political giving unloaded shares worth almost €170 million

Tech boss discusses job losses at the company, its ‘constructive relationship’ with the Data Protection Commission, and tackling disinformation

Media need to focus on what’s happening at Twitter and Meta, not a ludicrous fight that was never likely to happen

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Mark Zuckerberg has concluded the Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about a fight

Meta CEO says Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about proposed brawl in post on Threads platform

Billionaire says mooted fight with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to be live streamed on his social media platform

Meta president for global affairs Nick Clegg raised the issue of staffing at Coimisiún na Meán at least twice with the Taoiseach

Facebook’s parent company downgrades current affairs on Threads app and refuses to engage with Canadian law designed to fund media groups

RTÉ scandal, BBC crisis and Twitter dysfunction have made it nightmare season all round

Apps such as Zuckerberg’s Threads are a stage for brands and celebrities, not a network for friends to connect

Planet Business: Bolsonaro themed party hats; bumper Barbie box office forecasts; and Threads v Twitter

That so many people are so willing to opt for more Meta says much about how ghastly Twitter has become

Meta has not clarified why it has no plans to launch in Ireland or other EU states but it is likely to come down to regulation

And not a tech-exec cage match in sight. Yet.

Warning to Mark Zuckerberg comes as new users top 30m on first day of message service

Lawyer’s letter to Mark Zuckerberg outlines concerns that Meta has engaged in “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets”

New Meta app may well provide Twitter with the first serious competition it has had for some time

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to take on Twitter with the launch of a new app this week

Instagram-linked app rolls out in US and UK but is unavailable in EU over regulatory concerns

Tech company is also exploring new territory with the launch of Threads, a rival for Twitter

App called Threads is reportedly set for release this week on Apple’s App Store as social media platforms battle for disgruntled Twitter users

Former insider at social media giant offers her personal witnessing of its algorithmic workings and the harms knowingly caused to us as people and communities

Twitter exchange sees Facebook founder accept challenge from Musk, with Vegas named as location

Author talks the dark world of his latest novel, spending time in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse and why he always feels he has to dig himself out of a hole

Nature of social media giant’s Irish business meant this round of cuts was always likely to be the most painful for Irish workforce

Function is being rolled out by Meta-owned messaging service and should become available in coming weeks

Tech billionaire wins gold and silver medals in California event to the shock of many in martial arts community

Solid financial performance across US tech giants has buoyed confidence on Wall Street at an important moment