Life Meta offers thousands to lure TikTokkers and YouTubers Eligible creators can receive up to $5,000 depending on their social media reach 24 Jan
Life TikTok restored in the US after ban lasts 14 hours Trump signals cosy relationship with Big Tech as ban hastily lifted 20 Jan
Blogs Social media landscape in chaos with more than a ‘vibe shift’ underway Internet billionaires are expecting to profit handsomely as they fall in line with Trump, but social media faces choppy waters ahead, says Jason Walsh 17 Jan
Life ‘TikTok refugees’ are flocking to China’s social media app RedNote. This is what we know about it RedNote has attracted a flurry of users looking for an alternative platform as possible US ban draws closer 15 Jan
Radio Google shares the year in search A look at what was on Ireland's mind in 2024 and the rest of the week's news 13 Dec
Life TikTok won’t roll out new reward mode in Europe after protests Europe steps in as app comes into conflict with new regulations 6 Aug
Trade Donald Trump ‘suddenly a fan’ of TikTok Trump previously called TikTok, which is used by 170 million Americans, a threat, but is now active on the medium himself 18 Jul
Life Investor turns to crowdfunding in attempt to save TikTok’s US operation Entrepreneur turns to crowdfunding model despite ByteDance saying video sharing service not for sale 29 May
Life Snapchat, Instagram battle for TikTok’s user base as it faces US ban Social networks look to Indian experience for inspiration 30 Apr
Life TikTok CEO defiant as Biden administration signs off on ‘sell or ban’ law CEO promises users the site will not shutter US operation 26 Apr
Radio TalentHub’s Ellie Doyle on more inclusive workplaces Bad news from Tesla, sort of good news from Meta and definitely some bad from Apple 26 Apr
Life TikTok on borrowed time in US as agreement on new law nears Parent company has two choices: sell or be banned 23 Apr
Radio Social media under the microscope and Dimitra’s Jon Trask on blockchain in agriculture Revealing investigations for TikTok and YouTube and how one company is bringing setting up farmers with smart contracts 19 Apr
Life TikTok partners with The Mary Robinson Centre for New Youth Climate Leaders Alliance Programme to run from May until the end of the year 11 Apr
Trade Sale of TikTok in US one step closer after House of Representatives vote to ban Trump admin Treasury Secretary assembles consortium to buy embattled social network 15 Mar
Life US House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to ban TikTok Bipartisan approach brings together Republicans and Democrats in rare show of unity 14 Mar
Trade How Big Tech is reacting to the Digital Markets Act Doing business in the EU got a whole lot more expensive 8 Mar
Life TikTok DSA investigation begins against backdrop of job losses Scale of lay-offs uncertain as staff set to be redeployed across business 19 Feb
Radio Colin Baker on the evolution of the PC A mixed week for Elon Musk, Swifties take up arms for their queen and the rest of the week's news 2 Feb
Life Universal Music Group threatens to pull song catalogue from TikTok Social media platform has until midnight to hammer out new deal 31 Jan
Life TikTok revenue passes $10bn for 2024 Creators can celebrate as social video app hits heights only seen before by mobile games 14 Dec
Life TikTok hit with €345m fine over processing child user data Child protection at heart of sanctions against video sharing network 15 Sep
Radio An Irish perspective on Space 4.0 Europe bares its teeth with the Digital Markets Act and a local perspective on the growing space economy 8 Sep
Blogs The view from the social media cheap seats is good, for now TikTok has climbed to unimagined dizzy heights, but there is no reason to think Facebook is in trouble, says Jason Walsh 12 May
Radio Victoria Gascon Perez on technology transfer at UL More trouble in social media, and how the key to creating a great spin-out 14 Apr
Radio Getting deep into drones with Lero’s Dr Stephanie Keogh Microsoft’s ‘acropolypse’, cashless Ireland, and how bad TikTok really is for your phone 31 Mar
Blogs Ireland cannot dance around growing privacy concerns Growing global pressure on the Chinese social media challenger puts Ireland in the spotlight, says Jason Walsh 20 Mar
Radio Inclusio’s Sandra Healy on strength in diversity How AI can help create a balanced workforce and the rest of the week's news 10 Mar
Life TikTok’s two new European data centres to address data protection concerns The company is under pressure to prove its user data isn’t being accessed by the Chinese state 20 Feb
Life UK regulator threatens TikTok with £27m fine over children’s privacy Social media firm issued with a notice for potential violations of data protection laws 26 Sep
Life TikTok refutes allegations of a massive security breach The alleged hack compromised account details of over 2bn TikTok users 6 Sep
Life Oracle to act as US data auditor for TikTok All US traffic on the social media platform will be routed through Oracle's cloud infrastructure 18 Aug
Trade TikTok launches programme to help SMBs with social media marketing Six-week initiative aims to equip businesses with the skills they need to get started on the social platform 13 Jul
Life FCC commissioner urges Apple and Google to remove TikTok from app stores This comes after it emerged that TikTok’s owners in Beijing have repeatedly accessed sensitive data collected from US citizens 30 Jun
Life TikTok phishing campaign tried to scam over 125 influencer accounts Hackers threatened to delete accounts over copyright violations 19 Nov
Life TikTok removed 81.5m videos in Q2 for violating guidelines The platform identified and removed 94.1% of the content before it was reported 18 Oct
Life TikTok, St. Patrick’s Festival foster creativity through €100,000 community arts fund Ten groups across Ireland will receive €10,000 30 Sep
Trade TikTok to open cyber security ‘Fusion Centre’ in Dublin The social media firm set to expand its presence in Ireland and tap into the country's "strong talent pool" 27 Jul
Life TikTok moves into recruitment with ‘video resumes’ Research shows that 18-29-year-olds in the US are more likely to have an active TikTok profile than a LinkedIn account 9 Jul
Life President Biden repeals and replaces Trump’s TikTok executive order For the second time since May, Biden voids a Trump-era executive order targeting social media 10 Jun
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