Former Meta contractor Sama to lay off more than 1,000 workers in KenyaFacebook's parent company Meta has ended its contract with Kenyan firm Sama. This decision will lead to over 1,000 workers being laid off f...
16 Apr, 2026, 10.24 PM IST
Facebook starts $725 million privacy settlement payout: Check which US citizens qualifyFacebook is disbursing payments to millions of users as part of a $725 million settlement addressing claims of misusing user data, particul...
12 Sep, 2025, 10.19 PM IST
Facebook Privacy Settlement 2025: Payments Start This Month for Millions of UsersAfter years of waiting, millions of Facebook users are finally starting to receive payments from the $725 million privacy settlement. The p...
10 Sep, 2025, 08.58 AM IST
Facebook must face $3.7 billion UK mass action over market dominance, tribunal rulesLegal academic Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, who is bringing the case on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users in the UK, says users were not ...
15 Feb, 2024, 08.38 PM IST
Meta to end access to news on Facebook, Instagram in CanadaMeta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it would end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada after parliament approved...
23 Jun, 2023, 08.20 AM IST
$3.7-billion UK mass action against Facebook over market dominance rejected - for nowHowever, a London tribunal gave the proposed claimants' lawyers up to six months to "have another go" at establishing any alleged losses by...
21 Feb, 2023, 01.13 AM IST
Facebook seeks to block $3.7 billion UK mass action over market dominanceMeta Platforms Inc, the parent company of the Facebook group, is facing a mass action brought on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users...
30 Jan, 2023, 09.07 PM IST
Facebook to pay $650 million settlement over US privacy disputeChicago attorney Jay Edelson sued Facebook in 2015, alleging it illegally collected biometric data to identify faces in violation of a 2008...
02 Mar, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
Google and Facebook risk big fines under draft Australian news lawGoogle and Facebook would risk multimillion-dollar fines if they failed to comply with proposed legislation introduced into the Australian ...
09 Dec, 2020, 12.21 PM IST
Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Oz Media“If there were no news content available on Facebook in Australia, we are confident the impact on Facebook’s community metrics and revenues...
15 Jun, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
In India, Facebook unveils new paid research program to track competitors, startupsThe company isn’t new to this kind of research, and uses it to monitor competitors, learn about emerging trends and even identify popular s...
12 Jun, 2019, 09.36 AM IST
Facebook mulls adding a dedicated news tab and paying publishersIt’s a change from the priorities Zuckerberg laid out last year, which focused on friends and family content in the news feed, shifting awa...
02 Apr, 2019, 11.33 PM IST
Facebook users need $1,000 to deactivate account for one year: StudyThe researchers ran three actual auctions, including two samples of college students, a community sample, and an online sample.
20 Dec, 2018, 01.34 PM IST
Facebook won't pay compensation for Cambridge Analytica caseFacebook said that was a "breach of trust," but no bank account details had been shared. And it said there was no evidence EU user data had...
25 May, 2018, 06.54 AM IST
Insecure people more active on Facebook: StudyIn two surveys of nearly 600 people ages 18-83, researchers at Union College in US asked participants about their tendencies in close relat...
15 Feb, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Some high-paying tech jobs at FacebookLooking at Glassdoor's self-reported compensation numbers, Facebook is a place where you can make investment-banker level money - if you ha...
17 Jan, 2015, 11.14 AM IST
- Facebook wins case against spammer; to get $711 mn in damages
Social networking site Facebook will get $711 mn in compensation, following a favourable US court ruling against a spammer accused of acces...
01 Nov, 2009, 11.25 AM IST