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Facebook begins testing advertisements on short video offering Reels

The firm looks to help brands better engage with relevant audiences.

Internet cos need positive regulatory framework: Facebook India head

Facebook India Head Ajit Mohan said there is a need for a "forward-looking and positive regulatory framework" for internet companies

Fine, thank you, says Alibaba Group after China's $2.8-billion penalty

It's a sign of how odd China's crackdown on the power of big tech has been compared with the rest of the world

Making of Bidenomics

The idea of a global minimum tax rate has merits

GameStop's strong stock performance triggered board director's exit

Giving up the board seat allows Wolf to sell GameStop shares for his investors without restrictions to meet redemption requests

Monetising content

Wikipedia's new initiative will make it more sustainable

US Congress to press Big Tech CEOs over hate speech, misinformation

The CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google face a new grilling by Congress, one focused on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading falsehoods and inciting violence

Future shock: New rules needed for the new world, but who will write them?

How should personal data be used and not used? What about the disintermediated media that has teamed up with Big Tech to re-invent politics by spreading post-truth and hate mail, wonders T N Ninan

Google to invest over $7 billion in US offices, data centers this year

This comes as the firm takes on a surge in internet traffic after pandemic restrictions drove more users and advertisers online

Facebook gets tougher with groups that violate its community guidelines

Facebook has announced new measures to prevent its interest-based forums called Groups from spreading harmful content

Google gets into sleep surveillance with new Nest Hub screen

Google's next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep.

Data privacy: Tension between big technology firms and govt boils over

Experts expect more regulatory action in India against these firms, and say this could have an impact on other parts of the world as well

French startup lobby to file privacy complaint against Apple

The lobby also alleges that Apple's tracking functionality allows it to share the data it collects with affiliated companies without telling users ahead

Plainspeak in a post-truth world: Meet Twitter general counsel Vijaya Gadde

What sets Twitter apart from other social media and big technology firms at present is that the platform has not shied away from taking politically sensitive decisions and sticking by them

SC not to use WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for hearings

The Supreme Court will no longer use WhatsApp groups to share video conference links for court hearings

Biden admin removes stumbling block to global deal on digital tax

On Friday, Yellen said at a meeting of G-20 finance ministers that the US "is no longer advocating for safe harbour implementation", a US Treasury official told the Financial Times

Facebook plans to invest $1 billion in news industry after Australia row

Facebook on Tuesday restored Australian news pages, ending an unprecedented week-long blackout after wringing concessions from the government over a proposed law

Best of BS Opinion: Unfriending big tech, oil's new challenge, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Unfriending big tech

The drama playing out between news publishers, Google/Facebook and the Australian government hit all kinds of high points last week

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification