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Social media crucial for our agitation: Farmers on FB shutting down page

A day after Facebook temporarily shut down a page on the ongoing farmers agitation against the Centre's new farm laws, the protestors on Monday said social media was crucial for their movement

Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?

So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, writes T N Ninan

Facebook fixes bug that exposed Instagram users' personal information

A bug during a Facebook test recently exposed the personal information like email addresses and birthdays of Instagram users, the media reported

The irony in Facebook's tone-deaf attack on Apple giving data protection

The company declared in newspaper ads that it was "standing up to Apple." It's a desperate ploy that's unlikely to work

Google hit with third lawsuit as US states sue over search dominance

The complaint filed on Thursday focuses on Google's search business and search advertising, as well as what they said was an effort by Google to use special agreements to also dominate newer techs

Google secretly gave Facebook perks, data in ad deal: US states

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Alphabet's Google, the two biggest players in online advertising, used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally, Texas and nine other states alleged in a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday.

Facebook, Google entered illegal deals to undermine competition: US lawsuit

Facebook and Google used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally, Texas and nine other states alleged in a lawsuit against Google

Apple wants to make iPhone user tracking harder and Facebook is upset

Facebook previously told investors that Apple's changes, scheduled to go live early next year, will lead to significant headwinds because most of its advertisers are small businesses

A picture-perfect growth story: Instagram has grown by 66% in India

Its own mother brand Facebook grew by 16 per cent to 380 million users, while LinkedIn grew by 20 per cent during the same period

Facebook criticises Apple as it welcomes Europe's new technology rules

The new laws announced Tuesday - known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) - are designed to keep the tech giants in check

Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan deposes before Parliamentary panel

Mohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

WhatsApp to help users in India buy 'sachet-sized' health insurance

WhatsApp said by the end of this year, buying affordable health insurance coverage from SBI General leveraging WhatsApp, will be a reality

Facebook to notify users who like, share Covid-19-related misinformation

In its bid to fight the spread of Covid-19 related misinformation on its platform, Facebook will now send notifications directly to users who like, share, or comment on such posts

Tech giants risk breakup as EU unveils tougher rules to curb power

Companies like Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc. or Alphabet Inc.'s Google could face fines of as much as 10 per cent of their revenue

Facebook, Twitter will face UK fines if they fail to limit harmful content

Tech platforms will also need to do more to protect children from being exposed to grooming, bullying and pornography, the government said

Facebook, Twitter face British fines if they fail on harmful content

Tech platforms will also need to do more to protect children from being exposed to grooming, bullying and pornography, the government said

Not in India's DNA to be deterred by Covid, Ambani tells Zuckerberg

Crises are too precious to be wasted, as they present an opportunity for new growth, RIL chief Mukesh Ambani tells Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Read full transcript of the discussion

Facebook doubles down on India's digital growth, helps SMBs

Facebook on Tuesday said that it is committed to help India quickly recover economically and socially in 2021 from the pandemic-hit year

Jio-FB combine a value-creation opportunity for India's small businesses: Ambani

A conversation with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the first ever Facebook Fuel event in India, Ambani called the partnership great for India, Indians and small Indian businesses

We remain committed to being open, neutral platform: Facebook India VP

Social media giant Facebook, which has over 400 million people using its family of apps in India, said it continues to remain committed to being an open, neutral, and non-partisan platform