Google, Meta, TikTok hit by EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scamsThe move highlights growing pressure worldwide on Big Tech to do more to address the negative impacts of social media, particularly for chi...
22 May, 2026, 12.37 AM IST
Google, Meta, TikTok hit by EU consumer complaints about handling of financial scamsBig Tech firms Google, Meta, and TikTok face complaints in Europe. Consumer groups allege these platforms fail to stop financial scams. Use...
21 May, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
Employee's toxic boss threatened to blacklist him — here's the smart way he outsmarted him completelyFake reference job strategy is rising fast in modern hiring trends. Nearly 70% employers still rely on reference checks. That single call c...
05 May, 2026, 11.45 PM IST
YouTube offers deepfake detection to HollywoodYouTube is now offering Hollywood celebrities and entertainers a free deepfake detection tool to combat AI-driven impersonations. This expa...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
AI is a gold mine for spammers and scammers, but Google is using it as a tool to fight backGenerative AI is supercharging online spam and scams, with the FBI reporting over $893 million in losses last year. Tech giants like Google...
17 Apr, 2026, 08.36 AM IST
Google blocks over 483 million bad ads, suspends 1.7 million accounts in India in 2025Google took strong action against bad ads in India during 2025. The company blocked over 483 million ads and suspended 1.7 million advertis...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.50 PM IST
Google to clamp down on fake reviews in UK: RegulatorGoogle has agreed "significant changes" to tackling fake online reviews of UK services and products posted on the US giant's platforms, Bri...
24 Jan, 2025, 06.34 PM IST
Removal of safe harbour provisions will harm small firms the most: Google Executive"A framework that has a safe harbour from being responsible for all the content that's travelling over your systems is a cornerstone to ens...
06 Dec, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
Google India purged 4 lakh bad content pieces in MayGoogle said it received 25,694 complaints from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms during the one-month reporting p...
03 Jul, 2022, 04.23 PM IST
Removed 76,967 content pieces in Sept in India: Google compliance reportGoogle had received 35,191 complaints from users and removed 93,550 pieces of content in August, while 6,51,933 pieces of content were remo...
31 Jan, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
Removed 61,114 content pieces in Nov in India: Google compliance reportGoogle had received 24,569 complaints from users and removed 48,594 pieces of content based on those complaints in October, while 3,84,509 ...
31 Dec, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
Google removes 95,680 content pieces in July in India: Compliance reportOn Tuesday, Google said it had received 36,934 complaints in July from individual users located in India via designated mechanisms, and the...
31 Aug, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Google says it removed 71,132 content pieces in May, 83,613 items in June in IndiaIn its maiden report, Google said it had received over 27,700 complaints in April this year from individual users in India over alleged vio...
30 Jul, 2021, 11.41 AM IST
Italian regulator investigates Google over digital ads and data misuseItalian authorities are focusing on the availability and use of data for display ads _ the space that publishers and website owners make av...
28 Oct, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
Google blocked and removed over 5,000 'bad ads' a minute in 2019Google suspended nearly one million advertiser accounts for policy violations to protect users from misleading ads. The tech giant also not...
04 May, 2020, 04.21 PM IST
YouTube bans content creators from tying up with advertisers without intimating the coYouTube has banned content creators from directly tying up with advertisers and mandated its users to disclose commercial tie-ups.
03 Mar, 2015, 03.46 AM IST
- Code of conduct for social media: Indian politicians way too touchy about online image?
Between Jan and June 2011, Indian law enforcement agencies asked Orkut to remove 236 communities and 19 blogs for criticising government.
07 Dec, 2011, 05.11 AM IST