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India rejects Google's proposal to roll out Street View app
28 Mar 2018
India has refused Google’s proposal to roll out its Street View application that would have enabled its users around the globe to explore the country, following objections from security forces
Mark Zuckerberg apologises for ‘major breach of trust
22 Mar 2018
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has asserted he would not let the social media be misused during elections including the one to be held in India next year
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
Twitter accounts of leaders like Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul flooded with fake followers
15 Mar 2018
Well over half the followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Twitter are fake: Gandhi tops the list, closely followed by BJP president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
US judge allows Yahoo to be sued for 2013 data hacks
13 Mar 2018
A US judge says victims of the massive data breaches that exposed 3 billion email accounts in 2013, can sue Yahoo
On Twitter, false news travels faster than true stories
09 Mar 2018
Research project finds humans, not bots, are primarily responsible for spread of misleading information on Twitter, says new research from MIT
WhatsApp Messenger update to allow deletion of messages in 68 minutes from 7 minutes earlier
06 Mar 2018
Social media as good a barometer of public health attitudes as traditional phone polling
23 Feb 2018
Facebook now available on JioPhone
14 Feb 2018
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