An Irish presidential election candidate has sent legal letters to social media firms after "smears" of a "very personal nature" were posted about him online.
Jim Gavin said the "vicious" posts included misinformation about himself, his family and friends and the claims were "potentially politically motivated".
He said online misinformation had "become normalised" in society and he was "going to make a stand" by contacting media regulators and social media platforms.
Gavin said Facebook and Instagram's parent company, Meta, and has since removed the posts from its platforms and he now wants X and TikTok to do the same.
[SRC] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vzn723l92o
