The Attorney General has been excused from participating in a High Court case by a Limerick school aimed at discovering who was behind a closed down Instagram account which allegedly made derogatory and defamatory remarks about students and teachers. The board of management of the Salesian Secondary College in Limerick is seeking orders against Facebook Ireland, owners of Instagram, aimed at identifying the users of the Instagram account at issue. The application arose out of posts on an Instagram account which was operational for 10 days in October 2019 before it was closed down. Facebook had said, because of data protection concerns, it would only give out information about account holders on foot of a court order. Mr Justice Simons said on Monday he wanted to be supplied with a copy of the terms and conditions which apply to Instagram accounts.

Source: The Irish Times December 21, 2020 20:37 UTC