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Meta launches new safety initiatives aiming at online protection of women

A first of its kind platform, NCII.org has partnered with various Indian organisations such as Social Media Matters, Centre for Social Research, and Red Dot Foundation

Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propaganda over Covid-19

A disinformation network with ties to China used hundreds of fake social media accounts to spread an unfounded claim that the US pressured scientists to blame China for the coronavirus, Facebook said

Over 18.8 mn content pieces 'actioned' on FB proactively in India: Meta

Its photo sharing platform Instagram took action against over 3 million pieces across 12 categories during the month

WhatsApp says banned over 2 million accounts in India in October

The Meta-owned platform also WhatsApp also received 500 grievance reports in the same month, and took action on only 18 of those

Facebook, Instagram remove over 18.8 mn content pieces in India in Oct

Meta, the newly-formed parent company of Facebook and its family of apps, on Wednesday said that it has removed over 18.8 million pieces of content in October on Facebook and Instagram in India

UK watchdog directs Facebook to sell online GIF platform Giphy

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Tuesday ordered Facebook's parent company Meta to sell online database and search engine Giphy

Sweden's first female PM elected for second time in a week

Magdalena Andersson has been reappointed Prime Minister, less than a week after she resigned within hours of taking the job.According to Aljazeera, Magdalene Anderson became Prime Minister and resigned a day later, after her budget was rejected in favour of one proposed by the opposition, which included a far-right party, and her coalition partners quit.Earlier, Magdalena Andersson, leader of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, became the country's first female prime minister following the elections and her historic term lasted about seven hours."According to constitutional practice, a coalition government should resign if one party leaves the government," she said. "For me, it is about respect, but I also do not want to lead a government where there may be grounds to question its legitimacy," she said in her Facebook account.However, it's expected that Andersson will govern Sweden's weakest governments in recent decades. Further, Anderson's budget will be formulated by three ...

Reliance's JioMart turns to WhatsApp to break Amazon grip on grocery buyers

The move comes 19 months after Meta Platforms Inc., previously known as Facebook Inc., invested nearly $6 billion into Reliance's Jio Platforms unit

Parl panel not satisfied with Facebook's answers, to summon officials again

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT is not yet satisfied with the answers given by Facebook in the matters of citizens' rights, and has decided to call Facebook representatives again.

Parliamentary panel summons Facebook India over protecting citizen rights

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) has summoned representatives of Facebook on Monday

Make it safe or we'll make you do it: Australian PM tells Twitter, Meta

If the social media platforms fail to do so, they will have to pay defamation costs

Facebook executives expected to depose before parliamentary panel on Monday

Top executives of Facebook India are expected to depose before a parliamentary panel chaired by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology is scheduled to meet on Monday to hear the views of the representatives of Facebook India on the subject of safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms, according to a notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. The meeting will also deliberate on the security of women in the digital space, especially on social media. Top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will also depose before the panel on the same issue, according to the notice. The panel has held several meetings on the subject and had summoned top executives of various social media platforms.

Is Indian advertising ready for metaverse?

Every brand and company in India too will soon need a metaverse strategy

Looking at not-so-bad side of FB, Amazon, Twitter as we bring them to heel

Big Tech indeed needs better regulation and management for the simple reason that they have an enormous sway over people's attention and make money from advertisers by monetising this attention

Tighter rules likely for social media firms, may supersede IT laws: Experts

Players stand to lose safe harbour provisions that protect them from third party content; platforms that do not act as intermediaries may be treated as publishers, held accountable for hosted content

Parliamentary panel recommends new regulator for social media platforms

The panel is asking for tighter rules because current laws treating these social media platforms as intermediaries hasn't done enough in terms of regulation: Sources

Meta delaying plans to encrypt Facebook, Instagram messages till 2023

Meta-owned Facebook Messenger and Instagram are delaying plans to encrypt users' messages until 2023.

Australian billionaire to help publishers strike deal with Google, Facebook

Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's philanthropic organisation will help 18 small news publishers negotiate with Google and Facebook

Meta testing new controls for users, businesses in Facebook News Feed

Meta has announced several new controls designed to give users and businesses the ability to tailor their News Feed experience

During COP26, Facebook served ads with climate falsehoods, skepticism

Facebook, which recently changed its name to Meta, does not have a specific policy on climate misinformation in ads or unpaid posts