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
EU plans new rules targeting addictive design on TikTok, Meta, to protect childrenThe European Union is creating new regulations to safeguard children from addictive social media platform designs. These rules will target ...
12 May, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
TikTok challenges EU 'gatekeeper' status at Europe's top courtTikTok is fighting its EU 'gatekeeper' status in court. The company argues it does not meet the strict criteria set by the Digital Markets ...
12 May, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
Bulgaria's pro-Russian former president Rumen Radev set for landslide election win, exit polls showBulgaria's election shows a strong win for former President Rumen Radev. Exit polls indicate a significant victory for his party. This outc...
20 Apr, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
In wake of US social media verdicts, look at what limits other countries have imposed for kidsOn Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico...
27 Mar, 2026, 05.25 PM IST
Dutch court upholds ruling forcing Meta to offer chronological feeds in NetherlandsA Dutch court has ruled that Meta must allow users in the Netherlands to see posts chronologically on Facebook and Instagram. This decision...
10 Mar, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
EU court adviser rejects Meta's fight against EU antitrust demands for Facebook dataA key legal adviser has supported EU regulators in their dispute with Meta Platforms. The tech giant had challenged information demands mad...
26 Feb, 2026, 09.52 PM IST
Meta Platforms to use social media posts from Europe to train AIMeta Platforms plans to incorporate social media content from Europe to train its generative AI models using Llama large language models. N...
10 Jun, 2024, 09.36 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 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
Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rulesThe updates help solidify Europe's reputation as the global leader in efforts to rein in the power of social media companies and other digi...
25 Apr, 2023, 10.40 PM IST
Meta explores ban on political ads in EuropeEU lawmakers in February agreed to tougher rules on targeted political advertising aimed at countering misinformation during elections. The...
30 Mar, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Irish regulator could halt Facebook, Instagram EU-US data flows in MayEurope's highest court ruled in 2020 that an EU-US data transfer pact was invalid due to concerns that US government surveillance may not r...
24 Feb, 2022, 08.34 AM IST
Governments must check if Facebook really does scrap face recognition, Frances Haugen saysFacebook made the announcement on Tuesday, partly in response to growing scrutiny from regulators and legislators over user safety and abus...
04 Nov, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
Facebook to pay more than $118 million in back taxes in FranceFrance, which is pushing hard to overhaul international tax rules on digital companies such as Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Apple and Amazo...
25 Aug, 2020, 12.26 AM IST
Global Facebook users to get 'good' EU-style safeguards: ZuckerbergFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today that he was rolling out the privacy controls demanded by European regulators to Facebook users worl...
25 May, 2018, 09.43 AM IST