Facebook starts $725 million privacy settlement payout: Check which US citizens qualifyFacebook is disbursing payments to millions of users as part of a $725 million settlement addressing claims of misusing user data, particul...
12 Sep, 2025, 10.19 PM IST
Facebook’s $725 Million Privacy Settlement payment begins: What it is the highest & lowest payouts users will receiveMeta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, has begun distributing payments from its USD 725 million privacy settlement. Newly fil...
12 Sep, 2025, 04.14 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg reveals Biden administration coerced Facebook into censoring content on Covid vaccineMark Zuckerberg stated that the Biden administration pressured Facebook to censor content on Covid vaccines, especially any information abo...
11 Jan, 2025, 09.51 AM IST
Apple sued for failing to curtail child sexual abuse material on iCloudThe notice arrived months after Apple had unveiled a tool that allowed it to scan for illegal images of sexual abuse. But it quickly abando...
09 Dec, 2024, 08.24 AM IST
Amazon sued in US over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellersUS regulators and 17 states have filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of abusing its market position to inflate pr...
27 Sep, 2023, 09.09 AM IST
Facebook users, it’s time to claim your share of $725 mn settlement!Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world's largest social media platform allowed millions of its users' personal information t...
28 Jul, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
US Facebook users have one month left to apply for a share of $725 million settlementMeta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world's largest social media platform allowed millions of its users' personal information t...
27 Jul, 2023, 12.48 PM IST
Snapchat agrees to pay $35 million over illegal user data collection in USSnapchat will be paying the amount for violating Illinois's biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
15 Feb, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
Flipkart and PhonePe separate; deal to bring windfall for Flipkart employeesSix years after Flipkart acquired PhonePe in 2016, the two companies announced today they are going their separate ways, having concluded a...
23 Dec, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
Facebook to pay $14.25 million to settle claims it favoured H1-B visa holdersThe US Justice Department had in December last year sued Facebook on the grounds that it had declined to “recruit, consider or hire” qualif...
20 Oct, 2021, 08.49 PM IST
Facebook to pay up to $14.25 million to settle US employment discrimination claimsFacebook will pay a civil penalty under the settlement of $4.75 million, plus up to $9.5 million to eligible victims of what the government...
20 Oct, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Facebook paying fine to settle US suit on discriminationFacebook agreed in the settlement announced Tuesday to train its employees in anti-discrimination rules and to conduct more widespread adve...
20 Oct, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
Take it easy, policyIn today's ETtech Evening Briefing: Google Pay privacy policy for India is set for an update; Indian creators need not worry about YouTube'...
11 Mar, 2021, 07.47 PM IST
US court blocks Trump ban on H-1B, L-1 visasIn June, US President Donald Trump had signed a Presidential Proclamation banning the entry of certain groups of nonimmigrant visa holders,...
02 Oct, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
Trump moves against social media cos, signs order stripping them of legal immunityThe move comes a day after an angry tirade from Trump against Twitter for labelling two of his tweets.
29 May, 2020, 09.24 AM IST
Facebook to pay moderators $52 mn for work traumaFacebook has agreed to pay $52 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in the United States which alleged that content moderators contract...
14 May, 2020, 07.04 AM IST
Peter Thiel, the VC who backed Trump, and refuses to conformThiel takes a stand, often an opposing one, and then sticks by it. Here are the other times when he controversially stood alone.
29 Nov, 2016, 10.53 AM IST