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From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessNations worldwide are enacting strict rules for social media access by children. Australia has banned platforms for those under 16. Britain...
Govt hiding reality of foreign surveillance via CCTVs, apps; people's security at risk: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi accused the Modi government of jeopardizing national security by allegedly covering up failures and concealing foreign surveil...
Here’s how countries are cracking down on kids’ social media useAs concerns over online safety increase, governments around the world are tightening rules on children’s access to social media. In India, ...
Centre logs into chat on social media child lockThe Centre is building its stance on banning or restricting social media usage for children, with consultations held to assess technical ca...
Govt crackdown on underage scrolling; UPI incentives declineHappy Thursday! The government is debating social media restrictions for children in India. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatc...
How a 'low-ranking' Indian official outsmarted tech giant Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook team with just a clickIn 2016, an Indian telecom official outsmarted Meta's attempt to save its Free Basics program with a simple click. The program faced scruti...
NCLAT stays CCI order on WhatsApp-Meta data sharing banAn Indian appeals tribunal on Thursday put on hold the antitrust authority's five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and Meta for adver...
Meta took down 22.9 million posts in India in NovemberMeta published these numbers as part of new guidelines under the IT Rules, 2021, which mandate digital and social media platforms with more...
WhatsApp banned over 2 million Indian accounts in AugustThe global average number of accounts that WhatsApp bans to prevent abuse on its platform is around 8 million accounts per month.
Facebook, WhatsApp release compliance reports under new IT rulesThe US-based social media network proactively acted on 3.5 million posts related to violent and graphic content and 2.6 million posts conce...
WhatsApp banned 2 million Indian accounts during May 15-June 15 periodThe messaging platform bans or disables over 8 million accounts on an average every month globally.
'Ban' fears echo on social media as Big Tech clashes with governmentFacebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are flooded with hashtags and posts calling for a ban on them in India or defending them.
TikTok ban not good for rivals, sets a precedent: Adam MosseriThe head of the Facebook unit also said that governments should have a role in regulating content on the platforms while rejecting the cont...
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 ...
Vishva Hindu Parishad considering legal action against WSJ for its Facebook, Bajrang Dal reportIn a response to ET’s queries, a Facebook spokesperson said it bans individuals or entities after following a careful, rigorous, and multi-...
Facebook bans BJP politician Raja Singh for his post containing hate speechFacebook - which counts India among its largest markets with over 300 million users - has been in the eye of a storm after a Wall Street Jo...
Companies outsource crypto marketing to IndiaAs the agencies use platforms like messaging app Telegram, the ban on cryptocurrency ads by Google and Facebook will have little impact on ...
Internet ban lifted in Jammu & Kashmir after three daysFormer chief minister Omar Abdullah was one of the first online protestors, lashing at the PDP-BJP government in the state for imposing the...
'Our plan is not to monetise, but increase user base here'Javier Olivan and Meenal J Balar talk about Facebook's new privacy controls, the ban in China, competition from Twitter, their India strate...
- Facebook's India strategy: Increasing user base, not monetising assets
Additional growth for Facebook can only come from international markets. On a sunny morning at Facebook’s Palo Headquarters, ET caught up w...