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Facebook removes fake networks targeting US, Myanmar ahead of elections

As the US and Myanmar prepare for November elections, Facebook has removed malicious networks that targeted the countries for violating its policies

CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, Google to face grilling from Republican senators

CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are set to face a grilling by Republican senators who accuse the tech giants of anti-conservative bias

Facebook India public policy head Das quits months after hate speech row

Firm says Ankhi Das left to pursue 'public service'. In an internal note it says her leaving is not linked to "recent media reports regarding claims of anti-Muslim bias"

Ankhi Das, Facebook public policy director for India, steps down

The resignation comes weeks after Facebook and Das faced questions internally from employees over how political content is regulated in India

Islamophobic content: Imran Khan writes to chief of Facebook seeking ban

Pakistan summoned the French ambassador in Islamabad as anger spread on Monday over President Emmanuel Macron's reaction to the murder last week of a French teacher by an Islamist

Facebook adds cloud gaming feature, allow users to play without downloading

The feature will be available to Android and web users for now, Facebook said, while it was working on alternative options to launch the feature on Apple's iOS.

US elections: Facebook prepares emergency measures to calm possible unrest

The tools, which Facebook is planning to deploy, were earlier designed for "at-risk" countries and have already been used in Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Data Protection Bill: Amazon to appear before joint parliamentary committee

The parliament committee wants to examine all the stakeholders including Amazon, Facebook and Google to get their perspective about personal data protection issues

Amazon faces JPC action over refusal to appear; panel grills FB on data

Parliamentary Panel grills Facebook on data protection; Google, Twitter, Paytm executives to depose on Oct 28

India's data protection law can propel digital economy, says Facebook

The par panel on Friday quizzed Facebook about the quantum of their revenue, profit and tax payouts in India and asked what portion of their earnings were being used for data security in the country

Parliament panel quizzes Facebook on its India revenue, profit, tax payouts

Facebook India's policy head Ankhi Das appeared before the Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill, 2019 chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi.

Amazon refuses to appear before Parliamentary panel on Data Protection Bill

Amazon's refusal to appear before the panel amounts to breach of privilege, said BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

J-K govt summons FB India head to appear in person in online cheating case

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday summoned the Facebook India managing director and other officials to appear before the adjudicating officer on November 12 in connection with a complaint of an alleged online cheating case. Orders for appearance in person against Ajit Mohan, MD of Facebook India, and other respondents have been issued by adjudicating officer Simrandeep Singh, who is the Secretary to J&K government's Department of Information Technology. Taking cognisance of a complaint filed under the Information Technology Act 2000 by Jammu resident Vivek Sagar through advocate of J&K High Court Deepak Sharma, the secretary issued notices to them to appear before him on 12 November. In the notice issued to the Facebook India head, it is said that Vivek Sagar had filed a complaint against others including the company under the IT Act. The notices for appearance have also been issued to Director of Bajaj Finance Ltd, Director of Quadrant Televentures Ltd and an SBI ..

Parliament joint committee summons Facebook, Twitter over data privacy

Representatives of Facebook India have been asked to appear on Friday before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

Oversight Board begins accepting appeals from Facebook and Instagram users

Oversight Board, an independent body set up by Facebook, on Thursday said Facebook and Instagram users can now submit appeals to the Board

Whatsapp to expand tie-up with biz solution providers, charge for services

In July, WhatsApp had said there are more than 15 million WhatsApp Business app users every month in India and 50 million globally

WhatsApp to offer in-app purchases, cloud hosting services to boost revenue

The world's biggest social media company has been trying to boost sales from higher-growth units such as Instagram and WhatsApp, which it bought in 2014 for $19 billion but has been slow to monetize

US sues Google: Biggest anti-trust case and what it means for the net giant

The lawsuit comes more than a year after the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission began antitrust investigations into four big tech companies: Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, and Google

Reining in monopolies

Anti-trust suit against Google could have lessons for India