Irish regulator to probe Facebook, Instagram over alleged user profilingIreland's media regulator on Tuesday said it has opened a probe into Meta over its recommender system that promotes content on its social m...
06 May, 2026, 06.35 AM IST
Irish regulator investigates Shein over data transfers to ChinaIreland's Data Protection Commission is investigating Shein. The probe focuses on how the Chinese online retailer transfers European user d...
05 May, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
TikTok EU-China data transfers should be allowed during appeal, Irish Supreme court confirmsTikTok can continue transferring data from the EU to China. This decision comes as the company appeals a regulator's order to stop these tr...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
‘Slasher’ Walsh takes one of aviation’s toughest jobs at IndiGoWillie Walsh is set to lead IndiGo, India's largest airline. He takes over after operational issues caused significant disruption. Walsh is...
01 Apr, 2026, 06.47 PM IST
Irish media regulator opens investigations into TikTok, LinkedInThe probes were opened by the regulator in its new role supervising the compliance of platforms established in Ireland with the European Un...
03 Dec, 2025, 08.23 AM IST
Irish media regulator opens investigation into Musk's XIreland’s media regulator has launched an investigation into X over concerns about its content moderation appeals and accessibility of comp...
12 Nov, 2025, 11.32 PM IST
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to ChinaAn Irish regulator has initiated an investigation into TikTok regarding the transfer of European users' personal data to servers located in...
10 Jul, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
Irish regulator investigates X over use of EU personal data to train Grok AIU.S. President Donald Trump and other members of his administration have criticised EU regulation of U.S. companies and described fines imp...
11 Apr, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
Ireland fines Meta $263 million over Facebook hacksMeta, Facebook's parent company, has been fined €251 million by Irish regulators for a 2018 data breach affecting 29 million users globally...
17 Dec, 2024, 08.42 PM IST
X agrees to not use some EU user data to train AI chatbotElon Musk-owned X has said it allows all users to decide if their public posts can be used by the platform's artificial intelligence chatbo...
09 Aug, 2024, 09.44 AM IST
Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI complianceDes Hogan, Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland, highlighted the broad powers of national regulators to enforce changes in AI products f...
29 May, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
Meta's Twitter competitor Threads might not launch in EU: reportMeta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly not launch its new Twitter competitor "Threads" in Ireland or the European Union (EU) in the fores...
05 Jul, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Microsoft flags over $400 million charge for Irish privacy violation fine on LinkedInThe Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) launched an investigation into the professional networking platform in 2018 over whether its ta...
01 Jun, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
Irish regulator has month to make order on EU-US Facebook data transfersEU regulators, led by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon, have been finalising a ban on the legal tool used by Facebo...
14 Apr, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405 million euros in teen data caseIreland's Data Protection Commission said by email Monday that it made a final decision last week to fine the company 405 million euros ($4...
05 Sep, 2022, 10.06 PM IST
Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp $266 millionIreland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), which is the lead data privacy regulator for Facebook within the European Union, said the issues...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Court allows Irish regulator to proceed with inquiry into Facebook data flows"For the reasons set out in this judgment, I refuse all of the reliefs sought by FBI (Facebook Ireland) and dismiss the claims made by it i...
14 May, 2021, 08.50 PM IST