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YouTube's landmark privacy upheaval on kids video content begins

These changes have been expected for months, but their impact is still unknown

How are we checking child porn, Rajya Sabha panel asks Google and Twitter

New Delhi, 6 January An ad hoc committee of the Rajya Sabha met executives from online social media platforms Google, Twitter and ShareChat, as also the HERD Foundation, on the "alarming issue of pornography on social media and its effect on children and society as a whole". According to a person present, the MPs asked the companies about ways to curb child pornography on their respective platforms. The meeting was attended by Rahul Jain, the India manager for public policy at Google; Twitter India policy head Mahima Kaul; Berges Malu, head of public policy and policy communications at Indian language content platform ShareChat; and Amol Deshmukh and Suchika Gupta of HERD Foundation. Another person aware of the discussion said one of the executives suggested something on the lines of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in America. That law is designed to limit the collection and use of personal information about children by operators of internet services and websites. The ...

Google fined $167 million in France amid crackdown on online advertising

The French authority found Google abused its dominant position in search when it set "opaque and difficult to understand operating rules" for its Google Ads advertising platform

To prevent data theft, Chrome to now warn if your password has been stolen

The browser will also offer real-time phishing protections on the desktop which warn when you visit malicious sites

Super 30 founder Anand Kumar among most searched personalities on Google

Google has unveiled its Year in Search 2019, which gives a glimpse into what India was searching for this year

2019 rewind: Lata Mangeshkar 2nd most searched personality on Google India

Superseded by much-celebrated Indian Air Force official Abhinandan Varthaman, the veteran singer was the most searched about personality on Google India this year.

Endgame most downloaded film on Google in India, Andhadhun close second

Indians' love for action and drama has made Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame the most downloaded movie of the year, followed by Ayushman Khurana's Andhadhun

Genius sues Google, seeks $50 mn in damages for allegedly copying lyrics

Genius, a platform that music fans can use to look up and annotate lyrics, said the tech giant has been copying its lyrics for years

Nine of 10 Indian users consume content in local languages: Google India

Nearly 40 million users of Internet who were added from 2015-18 and nine out of ten such new user is Indian language user, Nidhi Gupta, senior product manager, Google India said

Google eyes wider user base, more revenue streams from Google Pay platform

Kolkata, 26 NovemberWith an eye to grow its customer base in the country and increase the volume of annual transactions, Google might further monetise services on its payments platform, Google Pay."In case of recharges and travel, there is already an established commercial model in place but we don't charge the consumers or the merchant as of today; it works on other parameters. For the personal loans and gold investment services, there is a certain fee involved," said Sharath Bulusu, director of product management at Google Pay.He did not specify the sectors or services the global information technology giant is now eyeing to open new revenue streams. Asked if it will be on new services or existing ones, he said, "At this point, I really can't say...We are watching and observing this space."As part of its near-term strategy in India, Bulusu said the focus is to further the customer base and promote UPI (Unified Payments Interface) transactions. It is also in talks with financial ...

Former Star and Disney head Sanjay Gupta joins Google as country manager

Gupta was the managing director of Star and Disney India, and he will take up his new role early next year

Google India revenue declines 56% due to change in accounting standards

Revenue from advertising fell to 28 per cent from 69 per cent a year ago. Profit rose 16 per cent to Rs 473 crore during FY19 from Rs 406 crore a year ago

Rajan Anandan logs out of Google India, Caesar Sengupta may take over

Vikas Agnihotri, country director-sales, at Google, will be replacing Anandan in the interim, after he steps down by April-end

Google India revenue rises 29% to Rs 93.38 bn in 2017-18, profit up 33%

During 2017-18, Google India made 10 CSR grants, totalling about Rs 203 million to NGOs working to improve the quality of education, and for safety of children

Google served notice for constructing road on green belt in Gurugram

The GMDA directed Google to remove all structures from affected areas and restore status quo within 12 hours

First Indian PM? Google shows Modi's face with Nehru's name; irks Congress

Instead of Jawaharlal Nehru's picture, the image which appeared was of Narendra Modi when users searched for first Indian PM

Google appeals against CCI's 'search bias' ruling in anti-trust case

Google abusing dominance in online web search, watchdog said; Matrimony.com complaining the search giant had got off too lightly

Google India launches new AdWords features to quickly load pages

Google AdWords is a platform where people can advertise ads in the sponsored links section next to search results to boost website traffic

Google India eyes SMBs for growth

With its initiatives focused on education, new tools to help them create online presence