Meta investors, Zuckerberg to square off at $8 billion trial over alleged privacy violationsMark Zuckerberg is set to testify in an $8 billion trial accusing him and Meta leaders of enabling illegal data practices after violating a...
14 Jul, 2025, 06.26 PM IST
Facebook-parent Meta settles with Australia's privacy watchdog over Cambridge Analytica lawsuitAustralia's privacy regulator has been caught up in the legal battle with Meta since 2020. The personal data of 311,127 Australian Facebook...
17 Dec, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook MessengerMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised, back in 2019, to bring end-to-end encryption to its platforms after the social media company suffered a ...
07 Dec, 2023, 10.07 PM IST
US appeals court revives Meta's shareholder lawsuit over user privacyShareholders sued in 2018 after the company's stock fell on reports that Facebook was still allowing third parties to access user data, and...
19 Oct, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica scandal case for $725 millionLawyers for the plaintiffs called the proposed settlement the largest to ever be achieved in a US data privacy class action and the most th...
23 Dec, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica privacy suitThe deal comes as Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg and former chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, who announced her resignation in June, were...
28 Aug, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica data privacy lawsuitThe lawsuit, which has been going on for four years, alleged that Facebook violated consumer privacy laws by sharing personal data of users...
27 Aug, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
Scandal-hit Facebook ends long-criticised facial recognition system over privacy fears, to delete scan data of billion peopleThe feature would automatically identify people who appeared in users' digital photos.
03 Nov, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
At F8 Refresh, Facebook announces changes to way businesses can interact with customers on Instagram, WhatsAppWhatsApp will support more types of messages, like letting businesses send alerts when an item is back in stock.
03 Jun, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
If BJP or govt engaged Israeli agencies to snoop, it's gross rights violation: Priyanka GandhiHer remarks come after WhatsApp said that Indian scribes and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entitie...
01 Nov, 2019, 12.09 PM IST
Facebook accord with US to elevate privacy oversight to boardThe board changes would come in addition to a record penalty of $3 billion to $5 billion, which Facebook disclosed last week.
03 May, 2019, 11.17 PM IST
Facebook F8 kicks off: What to expect, how to watch Zuckerberg's keynote liveThe developers conference will kick off in San Jose, California at 10:30 pm IST.
30 Apr, 2019, 06.28 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg claims, despite data leaks, not too many people have un-friended Facebook!Zuckerberg acknowledged this during a Congressional hearing.
12 Apr, 2018, 03.10 PM IST
Why Apple, Microsoft are healthier than FacebookApple still collects our data — and reserves the right to share it — but the company has a much better track record than newer tech titans.
31 Mar, 2018, 08.26 AM IST
Government issues notice to Facebook seeking details on data breachFacebook has been asked to whether personal data of voters and users has been compromised by Cambridge Analytica or any other downstream en...
28 Mar, 2018, 06.27 PM IST
US Senate committee summons FB, Google, Twitter CEOs to testify on data misuseThe hearing will broadly cover privacy standards for the collection, retention and dissemination of consumer data for commercial use.
27 Mar, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promises changes to protect user dataFacebook has been in the eye of the storm over harvesting of data of millions of users by Cambridge Analytica.
22 Mar, 2018, 10.08 PM IST