Google, Facebook, Amazon Decry French Digital Tax as ‘Discriminatory’
American tech giants Amazon, Facebook, and Google joined forces on Monday to decry the French digital tax as retroactive and discriminatory. President Donald Trump is...
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WhatsApp Said to Be in Talks to Launch Mobile Payments in Indonesia
Facebook’s messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the...
Aadhaar Linking to Social Media Accounts: Supreme Seeks Response on Facebook Plea From Stakeholders, Centre
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre and others seeking their response on Facebook’s plea to transfer four cases from three...
Facebook, Twitter Target Fake Accounts Undermining Hong Kong Protests
Twitter and Facebook said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong. Twitter said...
Facebook to append its name to Instagram and WhatsApp
According to a recent Information report, Facebook wants to make sure we all know that it owns Instagram and WhatsApp by adding its name to...
Did Facebook Data Help Trump? Netflix’s The Great Hack Documentary Explores Scandal
The new documentary The Great Hack captures how Facebook’s cavalier handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal posed a threat to democracy. But it...
Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes Campaigning to Break Up Tech ‘Monopoly’ He Helped Create
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has become one of the company’s biggest problems. In recent weeks, Hughes, who left the social media giant in 2007 and...
The $5 BILLION fine on Facebook is RIDICULOUS
The FTC is cracking down on the major tech companies, but Facebook was given special attention. Following years of privacy and transparency issues, Facebook was...
What Google, Facebook Could Face in US Antitrust Probe
The US Department of Justice is investigating whether big technology companies are engaged in anticompetitive behaviour, addressing a rising tide of criticism they have become too...
Facebook Said to Agree to Create Privacy Panel as Part of US FTC Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission is set to announce on Wednesday that Facebook has agreed to a sweeping settlement of significant allegations it mishandled user privacy and...
Facebook’s $5 Billion US FTC Settlement Said to Be Announced as Early as This Week
The US Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce a roughly $5 billion (roughly Rs. 34,500 crores) settlement with Facebook as early as this week of its...
Google, Facebook Are Tracking Your Porn-Viewing Habits, and Incognito Mode Won’t Save You
If you think watching pornographic material in the “incognito” mode will not let anyone know, you are mistaken. Google, Facebook and even Oracle cloud are...