EU privacy regulator fines Meta 251 million eurosThe inquiry was opened six years ago after Meta notified Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) of the breach that impacted around 29 m...
18 Dec, 2024, 09.52 AM IST
Facebook says China trolls 'evolving' in push for influenceFronting a Senate inquiry into foreign interference, officials from parent company Meta said there had been a noticeable "shift in tactics"...
11 Jul, 2023, 10.13 AM IST
Meta tells Australia inquiry it will label government-affiliated accountsSocial media giant Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and Instagram, plans to label government-affiliated accounts on its new Twitter-like p...
11 Jul, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Facebook's VR Oculus business probed by US statesNew York, North Carolina and Tennessee were among the states involved in the inquiry. A group of almost 50 states also asked an appeals cou...
15 Jan, 2022, 10.06 AM IST
Congress alleges Facebook used by BJP as weapon to spread hate; seeks JPC probe, laws to restrict itCongress leaders Rohan Gupta and Praveen Chakravarty said at a joint press conference that it is time Facebook stops being used as a weapon...
12 Nov, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Facebook asks employees to preserve internal documents for legal inquiries after whistleblower scandalFrances Haugen accused Facebook of pursuing profit over safety.
28 Oct, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Facebook tells employees to preserve all communications for legal reasonsThe move, known as a "legal hold" follows intense media, legal and regulatory scrutiny over the social network's harms.
28 Oct, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
Irish data privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp $266 millionIreland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), which is the lead data privacy regulator for Facebook within the European Union, said the issues...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
Court allows Irish regulator to proceed with inquiry into Facebook data flows"For the reasons set out in this judgment, I refuse all of the reliefs sought by FBI (Facebook Ireland) and dismiss the claims made by it i...
14 May, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
We dealt with FB, Google via market power, not copyright: ACCC chairman Rod SimsThe code focuses on three things — payment for content, notice for significant algorithm changes and transparency on what data platforms ar...
10 Apr, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Congress writes to Facebook CEO over alleged "bias"; demands probe into the conduct of India leadership teamThe Congress on Tuesday wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing Facebook India of "interfering" with the country's electoral democr...
19 Aug, 2020, 07.18 AM IST
Parliamentary panel on IT to look into Facebook's content takedown concerns"I will look into the issues raised & of course seek to hear from those named," Shashi Tharoor, Kerala Member of Parliament from the Indian...
16 Aug, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
Voting process recorded, posted on Facebook; probe orderedAs per EC guidelines, voters are not allowed to carry their mobile phones within a 100-metre radius of polling stations on the day of votin...
18 Apr, 2019, 01.35 PM IST
Pawan Kumar Bansal's FB 'likes' shoot up by 10k in a day, approaches policeThe MP said on a daily basis, one expects 10-20 or maximum around 100 genuine 'likes', but an increase of over 10K 'likes' in just a day wa...
26 Dec, 2013, 02.03 PM IST
Facebook arrests: Police officers suspended, magistrate shiftedTwo police officers were on Tuesday suspended for the arrest of two girls over a Facebook post criticising the shutdown for Bal Thackeray's...
28 Nov, 2012, 10.24 AM IST
Facebook post case: Inquiry report submitted to DGP officeAn inquiry report on the arrest of two girls for their Facebook comments against the shutdown for Thackeray's funeral was submitted to Maha...
23 Nov, 2012, 07.52 PM IST
- Facebook goes offline briefly after updating slip
Facebook went offline briefly on Thursday to fix an updating slip.
17 Dec, 2010, 07.13 AM IST