Facebook must face $3.7 billion UK mass action over market dominance, tribunal rulesLegal academic Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, who is bringing the case on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users in the UK, says users were not ...
15 Feb, 2024, 08.38 PM IST
US states say Meta's Instagram linked to depression, anxiety, insomnia in kidsIn a complaint filed in the Oakland, California, federal court on Tuesday, 33 states including California and New York said Meta repeatedly...
25 Oct, 2023, 12.26 AM IST
US appeals court revives Meta's shareholder lawsuit over user privacyShareholders sued in 2018 after the company's stock fell on reports that Facebook was still allowing third parties to access user data, and...
19 Oct, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
Meta faces Kenya legal offensive by content moderatorsSlapped with massive fines in the European Union for violating data protection laws, Meta is fighting on another front in Kenya, where cont...
15 Jun, 2023, 10.59 AM IST
$3.7-billion UK mass action against Facebook over market dominance rejected - for nowHowever, a London tribunal gave the proposed claimants' lawyers up to six months to "have another go" at establishing any alleged losses by...
21 Feb, 2023, 01.13 AM IST
Facebook seeks to block $3.7 billion UK mass action over market dominanceMeta Platforms Inc, the parent company of the Facebook group, is facing a mass action brought on behalf of around 45 million Facebook users...
30 Jan, 2023, 09.07 PM IST
US court allows mega antitrust case against Google to proceedAccording to a Wall Street Journal report in July, Google offered the US government to split its ad-tech business into a separate entity un...
14 Sep, 2022, 10.28 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg to testify in Cambridge Analytica privacy lawsuitMark Zuckerberg has agreed to sit for a deposition for as long as six hours, while Sheryl Sandberg is set to be questioned for up to five h...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook group admins over fake reviewsAmazon said it strictly prohibits fake reviews and has more than 12,000 employees around the world dedicated to protecting its stores from ...
19 Jul, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Facebook faces $3.2 billion UK class action over market dominanceThe lawsuit, which will be heard by London's Competition Appeal Tribunal, alleges Facebook made billions of pounds by imposing unfair terms...
14 Jan, 2022, 08.18 AM IST
Meta to ban all Myanmar-army controlled businesses from platformsThe U.S tech giant had already announced in February it would stop all entities linked to the military, known as the Tatmadaw, from adverti...
08 Dec, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Google battles landmark UK class action over alleged iPhone trackingThe case, brought on behalf of more than four million Apple iPhone users, hinges on whether Google breached its duties as a data controller...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Big Tech under big fire: All you need to knowHere’s a quick guide to what’s happening and what it may all mean.
21 Dec, 2020, 08.13 AM IST
Facebook’s gross advertising billings in India jump 193% to Rs 6,613 crore in FY20Facebook’s filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show that FB India Online Services purchased advertising worth Rs 6,067.95 crore f...
11 Dec, 2020, 07.11 AM IST
After Pegasus spying row, India asks WhatsApp to explain privacy breachIndia is awaiting WhatsApp’s response to decide on the next action, which could include imposition of penalty.
02 Nov, 2019, 02.55 PM IST
Facebook struck deals over personal data, say UK MPsThe documents, which had been sealed by a California court, led lawmakers to conclude that Facebook undertook deals with third party apps t...
06 Dec, 2018, 07.57 AM IST
UK parliament seizes confidential Facebook documentsLawmakers sought the files ahead of an international hearing they're hosting on Tuesday to look into disinformation and "fake news." .
26 Nov, 2018, 08.05 PM IST