Facebook threatens to block Australian users from sharing news
San Francisco: Facebook threatened to block Australian publishers and individuals from sharing news stories on its platform in reaction to an Australi
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube prepare to tackle Trump attacks if he doesn’t ‘go quietly’
San Francisco: Twitter on Friday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the US election, as US
Facebook removes Trump’s post for the first time, Twitter blocks his campaign account
San Francisco: Facebook and Twitter took aim at US President Donald Trump and his campaign Wednesday over a video post in which he contended that chil
Australia unveils law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news content
Sydney/Canberra: Australia unveiled a draft law Friday to force Google and Facebook to pay news media for their content in a “world-leading” initi
Turkey approves social media law that opposition calls censorship
Istanbul: Turkey’s parliament approved a law early Wednesday that gives authorities greater power to regulate social media despite concerns of growi
Facebook bans posts claiming to change sexual orientation of gays
San Francisco: Facebook on Friday said it is banning content that promotes “conversion therapy,” which is based on the unfounded notion that gays
Microsoft, Zoom join Facebook, Google, Twitter to stall Hong Kong user data requests
San Francisco: Microsoft and Zoom on Tuesday joined other major internet firms that have stopped considering requests by Hong Kong’s government for
France calls out US’ bully stance on taxing Big Tech
Paris: France and the US locked horns Thursday over taxing digital giants such as Google and Facebook, after Washington said it was breaking off talks
Unlike 2016, Facebook says it will block foreign state ads on US election
San Francisco: Facebook says it will block ads from foreign state media during the US election, as well as allowing users to hide all paid-for politic
WhatsApp payments launched in Brazil, ahead of its second attempt in India with Jio
New Delhi: WhatsApp has launched its ‘WhatsApp Pay’ in Brazil, nearly two years after it began testing the payments service in India. In 2018, the
What’s being done about fake news? EU wants Google, Facebook monthly reports
Brussels: A senior European Union official warned online platforms like Google and Facebook on Wednesday to step up the fight against fake news, comin
Assam Chief Minister Sonowal’s Facebook flooded with ‘Comrade’, ‘Lal Salam’ greetings
Guwahati: Assam’s BJP Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is being defiantly addressed as ‘comrade’ and greeted with ‘lal salam’ on Facebook b
Won’t support evildoers: Snapchat won’t recommend Trump anymore to users
San Francisco: Snapchat on Wednesday became the latest social network moving to curb the reach of US President Donald Trump, claiming the president ha
Facebook users, you can now add songs to your profile from Saregama
New Delhi: Saregama on Wednesday announced a global deal with Facebook to license its music for video and other social experiences across Facebook and
Aussie papers go digital, downsize amid double whammy of Google-Facebook and COVID
Canberra: Australia’s largest newspaper publisher, News Corp., announced on Thursday that most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the cou
Don’t let Big Tech turn the world into a China, Noam Chomsky warns
New York: The role of technology in helping push back against the novel coronavirus has been hailed widely. But it also means that people are constant
Boycott Google, Facebook to force them to pay for news, says Australian watchdog
Sydney: Australia’s competition watchdog suggested Tuesday that local media could organise a “collective boycott” of Google and Facebook to forc
Bois locker room: HC asks Google, Facebook, Twitter whether content can be removed
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought response of the Centre on a plea seeking directions to it to ensure social media platforms like Faceboo
Facebook cancels all large physical events till June 2021
SAN FRANSISCO: After Microsoft, Facebook has cancelled all physical conferences and events it had planned with 50 or more people through June 2021. It
