Meta India public policy head Thukral apologises for Zuckerberg's comment on 2024 pollsA Meta executive clarified that while Mark Zuckerberg's observation about many incumbent parties not being re-elected in the 2024 elections...
15 Jan, 2025, 10.28 PM IST
Meta launches ‘Know What’s Real’ campaign to combat misinformationThe social media giant said the aim of the campaign was to educate users on identifying and addressing misinformation on WhatsApp and Insta...
28 Feb, 2024, 01.03 PM IST
HCLTech to support Meta and Meity’s XR Startup programAs a knowledge partner of this program, HCLTech will help foster an ecosystem in which Indian startups can develop innovative services, har...
20 Jul, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
Working to fix bug which shows WhatsApp accessing phone's mic: GoogleGoogle on Thursday said it had discovered the bug in Android affecting WhatsApp users which produced “incorrect privacy indicators and noti...
11 May, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
Will examine WhatsApp’s breach of privacy, says MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharThe Centre will examine an alleged breach of privacy in which WhatsApp is said to be accessing and using the microphone feature of the smar...
11 May, 2023, 09.38 AM IST
WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose, Meta India public policy director step downConfirming the development, Meta India said that the announcement is "completely unrelated to the recent news cycles."
15 Nov, 2022, 08.30 PM IST
Facebook is stonewalling questions, says Delhi Assembly committee on riotsFacebook India’s Public Policy Director Shivnath Thukral mentioned pulling down any content found that read against the community standards.
18 Nov, 2021, 05.07 PM IST
2020 riots: Facebook India officials to depose before Delhi assembly panel on Nov 18The committee chaired by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raghav Chadha will convene its meeting at 12.30 pm on November 18 at Delhi Vidhan Sabha.
16 Nov, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Compliance with new IT rules must, parliamentary panel tells Facebook, Google representativesThe agenda of the parliamentary panel meeting is to safeguard citizens' rights and prevent the misuse of social/online news media platforms.
29 Jun, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
WhatsApp Privacy Policy: No personal data being shared, Facebook tells IT PanelFacebook India representative Shivnath Thukral Thukral assured the Parliamentary Standing Committee that there is no truth in the allegatio...
22 Jan, 2021, 04.58 AM IST
No misuse of WhatsApp data, Facebook assures Parliamentary Standing CommitteeThe Standing Committee, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, met on Thursday to hear the views of representatives of Facebook and Twitter ...
21 Jan, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
Facebook's India head deposes before Parliamentary panelCongress MP Karti Chidambaram, along with Tharoor, questioned Mohan about a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report on banning the Bajrang ...
16 Dec, 2020, 11.55 PM IST
No element in Bajrang Dal's content that necessitates ban: Facebook India headMohan deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The panel h...
16 Dec, 2020, 08.57 PM IST
Facebook India's public policy head Ankhi Das quitsThe Congress welcomed the exit of Facebook India’s public policy head Ankhi Das but expressed disappointment that her successor, Shivnath T...
29 Oct, 2020, 04.48 PM IST
With information comes responsibility, Facebook has taken down a billion fake accounts: Shivnath Thukral, public policy director FacebookLinking bad actors to fake accounts, Thukral said over the past six months, Facebook has taken down a billion fake accounts.
23 Feb, 2019, 04.27 PM IST
Govt exploring opportunities to make India USD 1 trillion digital economyThis is the second such meeting to be held by Prasad and significant since it comes ahead of the Union Budget 2018-19 slated to be presente...
15 Dec, 2017, 12.33 AM IST
Essar internal mails hint at access to budget proposals of Petroleum MinistryThe proposal has details about exemption from customs duty, excise duty etc, along with a covering letter, issued with the approval of Petr...
04 Jun, 2015, 11.51 AM IST