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Facebook's Nick Clegg said data-sharing across jurisdictions is more important than where that info is located physically.

Linking Of User Profile With Aadhaar: SC Agrees To Hear Facebook's Plea

Gadgets & Technology Internet and Social

The top court issued notice to the Centre, Google, Twitter, YouTube and others and sought their response by Sept 13.

Social Media Puts Emerging Markets At Forefront Of Tourism

Briana Garcia

Companies & Markets Sector Reports Media & Entertainment

During the past few years, we have seen a massive shift in user behaviour within the tourism industry, primarily driven by increased usage of smartphones and social media apps.

Indian E-Commerce Platform Meesho Raises $125 Million In Naspers-Led Funding

The Meesho platform allows re-sellers of everything from jewellery to mobile phones to reach prospective customers via social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram.

Imminent Revolution – Cryptocurrency, Branded Money And Erosion Of National Sovereignty

Shubhranshu Singh

Economy

Projects such as Maker and Basis are attempts to achieve precisely this - creating crypto-currencies that can be accepted as if they were "real dollars” and are exchangeable for Fed-dollars on a one-to-one basis. 

Facebook Agrees To Pay $5 Billion Penalty For Privacy Violations

Facebook agreed to all this in order to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the company violated a 2012 FTC order by deceiving users about their ability to control the privacy of their personal information.

Buzzoka Forays Into Social Media Crisis Management

The company is one of the early players to understand the need for social media crisis management so that organizations can continue enjoying digital appreciations.

Facebook Partners With VC Funds to Enable India’s SMB Ecosystem for Faster Growth

Facebook’s VC Brand Incubator program aims to scale SMBs, empowering them to accelerate the socio-economic growth of the country

Facebook Stops Huawei From Pre-installing Apps On Phones

The social media giant said it took the step after US President Donald Trump's order barring Huawei from US technology exports over concerns that it works with Chinese intelligence.

Facebook Building Privacy-focussed Social Platform: Zuckerberg

Gadgets & Technology Internet and Social

More than 5,000 developers, creators and entrepreneurs from across the world are participating at this year's edition of F8 - Facebook's annual technology conference

Facebook Removes 687 Pages, Accounts Linked To Congress IT Cell For 'Inauthentic Behaviour'

These accounts were part of a coordinated networks and were removed not based on content or fake news but for "inauthentic behaviour" and for pushing spam

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Chaitanya Kalbag

Opinion Columns

Social media – and mass media – fuel a horrific cycle of evil

Some Facebook Content Reviewers In India Complain Of Low Pay, High Pressure

Seven content reviewers at Genpact said in interviews late last year and early in 2019 that their work was underpaid, stressful and sometimes traumatic

Indian Lawmakers Summon Facebook Officials Over Citizens' Rights Protection