Meta blocks access to Muslim news page in IndiaMeta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government's request, the account's founder said Wednesday, denou...
08 May, 2025, 08.28 AM IST
Elon Musk's X settles Donald Trump lawsuitThen known as Twitter, the company banned Donald Trump following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, citing his inflammatory posts that coul...
13 Feb, 2025, 08.22 AM IST
Trump ends long-running legal feud with Twitter over his banishmentPresident Donald Trump ended his legal battle with Twitter over his banishment after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, following Elon Musk's acquisi...
08 Feb, 2025, 12.10 PM IST
Judge says Elon Musk's claims of harm from OpenAI are a 'stretch' but welcomes possible trialThe judge expressed concerns about OpenAI's relationship with business partner Microsoft and decided not to block the case from going to tr...
05 Feb, 2025, 07.44 AM IST
After banning Donald Trump from Facebook post Jan 6 riots, Mark Zuckerberg now dines with the President-elect at Mar-a-Lago; here's what they discussedMark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, recently dined with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, sparking renewed interest in their complex r...
28 Nov, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
AI poster child Sam Altman back at OpenAI, may have fewer checks on powerOpenAI is bringing Altman back just days after his ouster as well as installing a revamped board that could bring sharper scrutiny to the s...
23 Nov, 2023, 12.46 AM IST
Israel-Hamas conflict was a test for Elon Musk’s X, and it failedPosts about the attack in Israel have led to confusion, misinformation and conflict on Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, exposing h...
10 Oct, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
US Supreme Court to weigh state laws constraining social media companiesThe justices took up two cases involving challenges by technology industry groups who argued that these 2021 laws restricting the content-m...
29 Sep, 2023, 09.44 PM IST
Meta sends Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member's content referral to Oversight BoardAs part of its Q1 2023 Oversight Board quarterly update, Meta said between January 1 and March 31, 2023, it submitted eight content referra...
18 May, 2023, 09.27 PM IST
US appeals court rejects bid by states to revive antitrust lawsuit against FacebookDozens of states led by New York asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year to reinstate the lawsuit, which US ...
27 Apr, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
Elon Musk asks Twitter users whether he should step downTwitter said it will at least temporarily suspend accounts that include the banned websites in their profile. However, the practice is so w...
19 Dec, 2022, 11.32 AM IST
Mastodon, Hive Social and other Twitter rivals try to capitalise on Elon Musk-induced chaosA race is on to dethrone Twitter and capitalize on the chaos of its new ownership under Elon Musk, the tech mogul who bought the social med...
07 Dec, 2022, 01.03 PM IST
General Mills, Audi join list of companies pausing Twitter adsGeneral Mills and Audi are the latest big advertisers to pause ads on Twitter as questions swirl about how the social media platform will o...
04 Nov, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
Google opposes social media self-regulation; Zomato acquires Blinkit’s warehousing businessReuters reports that Google is against the idea of a self- regulatory body, which has the support of Meta and Twitter.
11 Aug, 2022, 06.54 PM IST
Google opposes Facebook-backed proposal for self-regulatory body in India: sourcesAt a closed-door meeting this week, an executive from Alphabet Inc's Google told other attendees the company was unconvinced about the meri...
11 Aug, 2022, 12.39 PM IST
Elon Musk's arrival stirs fears among some Twitter employeesWithin hours of the surprise disclosure this week that Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist," acquired enough shares to become th...
07 Apr, 2022, 03.50 PM 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