Meta tool to track employee mouse clicks on collision course with EU privacy rulesMeta's AI training tool, Model Capability Initiative (MCI), is reportedly capturing extensive U.S. employee computer usage, including non-U...
29 May, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
Elon Musk defends AI ambitions as IPO reveals troubleElon Musk insists that his artificial intelligence venture xAI remains a serious competitor, pushing back against mounting doubts after rev...
28 May, 2026, 11.26 PM IST
Meta's paid subscription: Soon you have to pay more for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Plus to access new featuresMeta subscription: Meta has introduced paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. These plans offer users extra feature...
28 May, 2026, 10.32 AM IST
Irish regulator to probe Facebook, Instagram over alleged user profilingIreland's media regulator on Tuesday said it has opened a probe into Meta over its recommender system that promotes content on its social m...
06 May, 2026, 06.35 AM IST
EU rules reining in Big Tech will now target cloud services and AI, regulators sayThe European Union is expanding its Digital Markets Act to cover cloud and artificial intelligence services. This move aims to ensure faire...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
EU denies bowing to tech lobby on data centre green impactThe European Commission denies allegations of copying industry lobbyists' proposals for data centre environmental impact rules. A probe sug...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
EU antitrust chief meets Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon CEOs amidst AI scrutinyEU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera, who has voiced concerns about Big Tech extending its dominance into artificial intelligence, will meet th...
24 Mar, 2026, 10.23 PM IST
Meta says will appeal 'unlawful' EU fineFacebook owner Meta said it will appeal a 200-million-euro fine slapped on it by the EU after the bloc accused the company of breaking digi...
03 Jul, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
Meta may allow Instagram, Facebook users in Europe to pay and avoid adsThose who pay for Facebook and Instagram subscriptions would not see ads in the apps, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonym...
02 Sep, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
Meta may allow Instagram, Facebook users in Europe to pay and avoid adsThis may help Meta fend off privacy concerns and other scrutiny from EU regulators by giving users an alternative to the company’s ad-based...
01 Sep, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted adsIt said the changes were to address "evolving and emerging regulatory requirements" amid a bruising tussle with the Irish Data Protection C...
01 Aug, 2023, 08.57 PM IST
Court rejects Meta's challenge against EU antitrust requests for informationOn May 22, Meta was fined $1.3 billion by the European Union and given a deadline to stop shipping users’ data to the US after regulators s...
24 May, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
EU fines Meta $1.3 billion over data transfers to USThe social network giant’s continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of people w...
22 May, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer to USThe penalty will be higher than the previous record €746 million ($821.20 million) fine for Amazon.com Inc, according to the sources.
18 May, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Irish privacy regulator fines Meta more than $400 millionIreland's data privacy regulator fined Meta 390 million euros ($414 million) on Wednesday for breaches at its Facebook and Instagram servic...
04 Jan, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
Meta cannot run ads based on personal data, rules EU privacy watchdog: sourceThe Irish data protection agency, which oversees Meta because its European headquarters is located in Dublin, has been given a month to iss...
07 Dec, 2022, 08.25 AM IST
Irish regulator moves closer to possible ban on Facebook, Instagram EU-US data flowsEurope's highest court ruled in 2020 that an EU-US data transfer agreement was invalid, citing surveillance concerns. That prompted Ireland...
07 Jul, 2022, 07.27 PM IST