UK regulator clears Facebook, WhatsApp of data-sharing charges
15 Mar 2018
The two most significant developments of the latest truce are that WhatsApp and Facebook will not be fined; and WhatsApp has signed an undertaking committing publicly not to share personal data with Facebook in the future until the two services can do it in a way that is compliant with data protection rules
After Facebook, Google moves to ban cryptocurrency ads
14 Mar 2018
Google said it will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings starting in June, part of its crackdown on ‘bad ads’ that saw it remove more than 3.2 billion advertisements in 2017
WhatsApp Messenger update to allow deletion of messages in 68 minutes from 7 minutes earlier
06 Mar 2018
CNN chief Jeff Zucker wants regulators to probe Google, Facebook monopolies
27 Feb 2018
The CNN chief is not alone in expressing displeasure with Google and Facebook; Rupert Murdoch recently suggested the two companies pay a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies
