Meta pulls ads aimed at recruiting plaintiffs for social media addiction lawsuitsAt the end of March, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Alphabet's Google liable for a young woman's depression and suicidal thoughts afte...
10 Apr, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
Snap shares slump 15% as scrapped forecast stokes ad slowdown fears before Meta earningsSnap shares plummeted after the company cautioned about a slowdown in ad spending, fueled by tariff-related economic uncertainties. Chinese...
30 Apr, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
Meta took advantage of teens’ emotions: WhistleblowerDuring a Senate hearing, former Meta director Sarah Wynn-Williams disclosed that the company targeted teenagers with ads based on their emo...
10 Apr, 2025, 11.25 AM IST
Meta must face Australian billionaire Forrest's US lawsuit over scam Facebook crypto adsIn a decision on Monday, US District Judge Casey Pitts in San Jose, California said Australia's second-richest person can try to prove that...
19 Jun, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Instagram, TikTok fitness workouts are harmful? Here is what studies revealInstagram and TikTok workouts posts often attract eyeballs. However, one must be careful before following such handles.
06 Jan, 2024, 07.48 PM IST
Meta introduces paid subscriptions for ad-free Facebook and Instagram in Europe | DetailsMeta, the parent company overseeing Facebook and Instagram, has introduced a subscription service without ads, granting European users the ...
30 Oct, 2023, 10.24 PM IST
Canada to stop advertisements on Facebook, but path to settle dispute not ruled outThe legislation was drafted after calls from Canada's media industry for tighter regulation of internet giants to allow news businesses to ...
06 Jul, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Meta shares rally 20% after Facebook ekes out user growthMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also said that the company would scale back costs and was investing in artificial intelligence tools to improve re...
28 Apr, 2022, 08.10 PM IST
Meta shares surge after Facebook ekes out user growthMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also said that the company would scale back costs and was investing in artificial intelligence tools to improve re...
28 Apr, 2022, 08.47 AM IST
Meta shares surge after Facebook ekes out user growthMeta has lost about half of its value since the start of the year, after a dismal February earnings report when Facebook's daily active use...
28 Apr, 2022, 07.16 AM IST
Facebook parent Meta Platforms sheds $200 billion in market valueFacebook's global daily active users declined from the previous quarter for the first time, to 1.929 billion from 1.930 billion.
03 Feb, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
Meta shares plunge 20% as Facebook feels heat from Apple and TikTokThe after-hours slump in Meta shares vaporized $200 billion worth of its market value, with another $15 billion in value lost from peers Tw...
03 Feb, 2022, 06.54 AM IST
Facebook plans to remove thousands of sensitive ad-targeting optionsAdvertisers on Facebook's platforms can still target audiences by location, use their own customer lists, reach custom audiences who have e...
10 Nov, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
Google, Facebook sued by West Virginia newspaper publisherThe company, HD Media, owns several papers in the state, including the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington and the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
30 Jan, 2021, 01.07 PM IST
Facebook India profit doubles in fiscal 2020The company’s revenues for the year went up 43% to Rs. 1,277.39 crore, according to Registrar of Companies filing, which were shared by mar...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.25 PM IST
Facebook India posts 84% jump in FY19 profitSignificant jump in revenues and net profit attributed to a shift to a local selling structure in October 2018
04 Nov, 2019, 07.06 PM IST
Google issues refunds over ad fraudThe fraud was detected in ads bought through a platform called Double Click Bid Manager (DBM) over the last few months of this year, the WS...
29 Aug, 2017, 10.28 AM IST