Meta CEO Zuckerberg sells over 560,000 shares amid stock surge
05 Dec 2023
Meta’s Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, has offloaded a significant number of shares despite the social media giant’s stock surging to nearly a two-year peak in November 2023.
Meta strikes a deal with Tencent to launch a low-cost VR headset in China
10 Nov 2023
In an effort to re-enter the Chinese market, Meta Platforms has reportedly reached a preliminary deal with Tencent Holdings to introduce a new, budget-friendly virtual reality (VR) headset in China
How will the new rule changes by the European Commission affect the tech giants?
07 Sep 2023
On Wednesday, 6 September 2023, the European Commission unveiled a list of service providers that meet the criteria for inclusion within the scope
Facebook rebrands itself as Meta; broadens reach to new areas
01 Nov 2021
While Meta will offer other products and services, including Facebook Messenger, Facebook Watch, and Facebook Portal, the change will not apply to its individual platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp
WhatsApp challenges India’s customer protection rules
26 May 2021
In public, however, the IT giants Facebook and Google have adopted a non-confrontationist posture, saying they are trying to comply with the rules
US, UK and Australia seek keys to Facebook’s encrypted messages
04 Oct 2019
Facebook, which expanded the use of encryption following global criticism for its failure to protect the data of its users, now faces government demand to allow snooping operations
US FTC slaps $5 billion fine on Facebook
25 Jul 2019
While two Democrats on the FTC demanded a fine of $10 billion on FB, the three Republicans stood firm and imposed just $5 billion fine on the social network
Facebook removes ISI-backed Congress party accounts, pages
01 Apr 2019
Facebook said it is removing 687 pages associated with the Congress party, including 103 accounts linked to individuals working for the publicity division of Pakistan’s military establishment, or the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)
Some Facebook users perceive worsening physical health
08 Jan 2019
In the first study of its kind reveals Facebook use is linked to perceptions of worsening physical health, new research from the University of Surrey, reports
Facebook asks US banks to share customer data; plays down privacy fears
07 Aug 2018
Facebook has had discussions with JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and US Bancorp in the past year about sharing customers' financial data to enhance its Messenger texting platform
Facebook sees bid to influence US mid-term polls, deletes 32 accounts
01 Aug 2018
Facebook said on Tuesday it had identified a political influence campaign that was potentially built to disrupt the mid-term elections, and removed pages and fake accounts that had engaged in activity around divisive social issues
Thinking about quitting Facebook? There's a demographic analysis for that
24 Jul 2018
New research shows Facebook users are more likely to be older, female, higher-income earners, married and ideologically liberal; study also reveals socioeconomic inequalities in Facebook use and non-use
Google, FB, Microsoft, Twitter join hands for Data Transfer Project
21 Jul 2018
Google says the project will let users ‘transfer data directly from one service to another, without needing to download and re-upload it’, with Microsoft adding that ‘portability and interoperability are central to cloud innovation and competition
Facebook may have shared data with Airtel, Jio’s Saavn, 50 others
04 Jul 2018
Facebook’s submission to the US Congress reveals details of 52 companies with which it had data-sharing partnerships and deals, including Airtel and Reliance Jio’s music app Saavn, though the deal with Airtel is no longer in force
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