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A DUP councillor has criticised a council policy on dual language that places a second language – most commonly Irish - above English on nameplates throughout the area. Mid Ulster District Council discussed the nameplate policy at last week's ...

19 May 2021 at 10:25

Arts & Entertainment

WhatsApp comes back online after service outage

WhatsApp has come back online for many users after a service outage knocked the popular messaging app offline for around two hours on Tuesday morning. The Meta-owned platform has not yet confirmed the cause of the fault but had told users ...

25 Oct 2022 at 12:34

Election

County Derry election candidate would 'dramatically restrict' abortion access

An County Derry candidate in the upcoming Assembly Election has said he would 'dramatically restrict' access to abortion services, and that they should be 'funded privately'. Niall Murphy, who is standing as an independent in the East ...

27 Apr 2022 at 16:22

Premier League

Meta condemns racist abuse sent to Premier League footballer but says it cannot take action

Meta has condemned racist abuse sent to Ivan Toney on Instagram but insists it cannot take action because the message has not been reported within the app. Brentford striker Toney took to Twitter on Saturday, writing: “I wasn’t even ...

17 Oct 2022 at 15:40

Arts & Entertainment

Donald Trump reinstated to Facebook following ban

Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former US president Donald Trump’s personal account after a two-year suspension following the January 6 insurrection. The company said in a blog post on Wednesday it is adding “new guardrails” to ...

26 Jan 2023 at 09:34

Northern Ireland

Coroner seeking Noah Donohoe Instagram messages to send Meta court order

A coroner investigating the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe is to send a court order to Meta in a bid to access private messages in the late teenager’s Instagram account. Noah, 14, was found dead in a storm drain in north ...

23 May 2025 at 16:50

Arts & Entertainment

Facebook fixes issue with its feed

Facebook has fixed a problem with its feed after confirming they were working to sort the issue after many users reported seeing waves of posts unrelated to their interests. On Wednesday morning, Facebook users around the world ...

24 Aug 2022 at 12:13

Arts & Entertainment

'A sad moment' - Facebook parent company Meta to cut Irish jobs

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has confirmed it plans to cut more than 11,000 jobs globally as part of a major restructuring of the tech giant. The cuts will reduce the size of the company’s ...

09 Nov 2022 at 13:11

Newsletter DerryNow

'Unionists not welcome' says councillor after Irish unity walk at Council site

A Mid Ulster councillor has said a political event held at a Council site was a clear signal that unionists are 'not welcome'. UUP councillor and Assembly election candidate, Meta Graham, made the comment at a full ...

02 Mar 2022 at 18:50

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams seeking legal advice over Meta use of books for AI systems

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says he has sought legal advice after claiming Meta has used his books to train its artificial intelligence systems. The Society of Editors recently held a protest in London ...

09 Apr 2025 at 18:05

Arts & Entertainment

New features added to Meta platforms

Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen ...

27 Jun 2023 at 13:44

Northern Ireland

Donal MacIntyre to be asked to help Noah Donohoe inquest

Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre is to be asked to provide assistance to the inquest into the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe. A coroner told a court on Tuesday he expects the long-awaited ...

17 Jun 2025 at 13:44

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