First US trial against TikTok to test claims platform fueled teen mental health crisisAn Alabama jury will hear the state's claims that TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance made the platform addictive to young user...
25 Sep, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
Google to report child abuse content directly to Indian authoritiesGoogle said on Monday it has agreed to report content flagged as child sexual abuse material to Indian authorities, breaking from a global ...
22 Sep, 2026, 09.15 AM IST
Meta not a simple intermediary but service provider when algorithms decide visibility: Govt source"Service providers have many responsibilities. Meta must take on more onus after agreeing to be responsible for content on its platform," t...
16 Sep, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
NCPCR summons Meta India chief over alleged child sexual abuse material adsIn response to alarming discoveries from a BBC investigation, the National Commission for Child Rights has called upon the leader of Meta I...
08 Sep, 2026, 09.39 PM IST
Snap sees opportunity as Indian advertisers look beyond Google, Meta: CBO Ajit MohanAdvertisers are looking beyond Google and Meta as concerns over dependence on the two platforms grow, Snap’s Ajit Mohan told ET. Snapchat h...
31 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
US teen drops lawsuit against Meta, Google and Snap ahead of trialThe plaintiff, a 15-year-old girl from New Jersey identified in California court records as P. M-Y., had alleged the platforms' owners - Me...
21 Aug, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
What if Meta loses trial? Penalties may top $1.4 trillion, matching its market capMeta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is being sued by a bipartisan coalition of states on allegations of deceiving the public and desig...
21 Aug, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Teen drops landmark social media addiction case against Meta, Google, SnapA 15-year-old girl dropped her lawsuit against Meta, Google, and Snap Inc. She had alleged social media addiction and mental health issues....
21 Aug, 2026, 06.42 AM IST
SC issues notice to Centre on PIL for restraining police from revealing identity of accused onlineThe Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and states. Social media platforms Meta and X were also issued notices regarding the...
18 Aug, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
What's the latest in the trials over claims social media is hurting children?The social media companies have denied allegations that their products have contributed to depression, anxiety, body-image issues and a bro...
12 Aug, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Meta, 29 states head to court in biggest test yet of youth social media litigationThe trial in Oakland, expected to last seven weeks, will test Colorado, Kentucky, California and New Jersey's allegations that Meta designe...
12 Aug, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Not even prima facie material with CCI to initiate probe: Facebook Inc to HCSenior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook Inc, contended that just because Facebook is the formal owner of WhatsApp and the ins...
22 Jul, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Coming soon, Facebook for campus! FB to allow college students join college events, interact with classmatesThe product is launching with 30 colleges and universities beginning Thursday.
11 Sep, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
iOS 14 will allow users to control their information, Facebook fears update to 'severely impact' adsApple will require developers to show a warning label to users before collecting IDFA info on iOS 14.
27 Aug, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
Facebook pushes shopping features in move towards e-commerceFacebook Inc wants its users to shop for clothes and other products from their mobile phones without ever leaving its app.
12 Oct, 2015, 09.25 PM IST
- Facebook, Skype in talks over video calling
Facebook Inc, the world's biggest social-networking company, is holding talks with Skype Technologies SA about offering Web video calls to ...
05 Mar, 2011, 01.57 PM IST
- Facebook beats back patent infringement claim
Facebook Inc won a legal fight on Wednesday over claims its hugely popular social networking website infringed a patent owned by little-kno...
28 Jul, 2010, 10.56 PM IST