Elon Musk skips hearing in French probe of XTech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI chatbot, Grok, over al...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.33 PM IST
US says Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the former TwitterThe U.S. government has rejected former Twitter owner Elon Musk's request to end oversight of the company's data privacy and security pract...
13 Sep, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
FTC intensifies investigation of Twitter's privacy practicesThe investigation is focused on whether Twitter has adequate resources to protect its users' privacy after the mass layoffs and budget cuts...
09 Mar, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Twitter's lead EU regulator concerned over blue tick roll-outTwitter, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has in recent days launched the service in several EU markets, offerin...
07 Mar, 2023, 10.09 AM IST
New Twitter whistleblower says privacy lapses continued into Elon Musk eraAs many as 4,000 company employees could access an internal function nicknamed “GodMode” that allows them to take over private accounts and...
26 Jan, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
No evidence new user data leaks obtained via system bug: TwitterTwitter said data of 5.4 million accounts had been compromised by a bug it discovered early last year, which it previously fixed and disclo...
12 Jan, 2023, 08.09 AM IST
US FTC asks Twitter if it has resources to comply with consent decreeUpheaval and mass layoffs at Twitter since its takeover by Elon Musk have sparked concerns that the social media giant might fail to abide ...
16 Dec, 2022, 08.57 AM IST
Elon Musk adds whistleblower as new reason to cancel $44 billion Twitter dealLawyers for both Elon Musk and Twitter have subpoenaed Zatko, who also said the social-media platform’s officials didn’t know or care to fi...
30 Aug, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
Parliament panel grills Twitter officials over data security, privacyTop Twitter executives, including Senior Director (Public Policy) Samiran Gupta and Director (Public Policy) Shagufta Kamran, deposed befor...
27 Aug, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
Parliamentary panel to hear out Twitter India executives on data security and privacyThe standing committee on communications and information technology, chaired by Congress’ Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, will hear th...
24 Aug, 2022, 08.36 PM IST
Google tracks highest private data among Big Tech firms: reportAccording to the report, out of the five major digital firms, Google harvests the most data on its users by tracking 39 types of private da...
22 Aug, 2022, 04.44 PM IST
Twitter to pay $150 million to settle with US over privacy, security violationsTwitter's settlement covers allegations that it misrepresented the "security and privacy" of user data between May 2013 and September 2019,...
26 May, 2022, 10.17 AM IST
Parliamentary IT Panel summons Facebook, Twitter on misuse of online news mediaThe parliamentary panels have maintained that officials from most of these social media sites have failed to give satisfactory replies. The...
17 Jan, 2021, 10.23 PM IST
Can Facebook fix data privacy breach?Social Tech - the charming and entertaining companion who makes us feel so good and whom we embrace throwing caution to the wind – has reve...
16 Mar, 2019, 11.36 AM IST
Twitter to remove locked accounts from follower numbers in new policy moveTwitter said the specific update is focused on followers because it is one of the most visible features on the platform’s service and is of...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.18 AM IST
Fear of data misuse: Google's privacy policy raises hacklesThe web giant says the new privacy policy will allow it to offer better services, including more relevant search results.
26 Jan, 2012, 03.03 PM IST
- Twitter data privacy in dispute in WikiLeaks case
An Icelandic lawmaker and two other people associated with the website WikiLeaks are asking a federal judge not to force the social network...
09 Feb, 2011, 09.59 AM IST