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
Why is MSFT, Google, Meta, Nvidia and Tesla stocks falling big today? Here’s what’s driving the Big Tech stock crashBig Tech stocks are under sharp pressure today. The Big Tech stock crash today is hitting Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, Meta Platforms Inc,...
27 Mar, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm childrenA New Mexico jury has fined Meta 375 million dollars. This is the first verdict in child safety trials against social media companies. The ...
25 Mar, 2026, 09.11 PM IST
Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claimsIn a landmark decision, a jury in New Mexico has convicted Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, of breaching stat...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social mediaA trial focused on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media and whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms beg...
09 Feb, 2026, 10.59 PM IST
Instagram shows more 'eating disorder adjacent' content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research showsMeta surveyed 1,149 teens over the course of the 2023-2024 academic year about whether and how often they felt bad about their bodies after...
21 Oct, 2025, 08.25 AM IST
Instagram shows more 'eating disorder adjacent' content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research showsRising concerns show that Instagram's impact on teen body image is troubling, with a notable increase in content about eating disorders app...
20 Oct, 2025, 04.13 PM IST
Content moderators for Big Tech unite to tackle mental traumaContent moderators worldwide, from the Philippines to Turkey, are demanding stronger mental health support as they face trauma from viewing...
03 Jul, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
This is cool: Elon Musk on Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end fact-checking on FacebookMeta has ended its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram. Instead, it will implement community notes similar to the model used...
08 Jan, 2025, 03.42 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg copies rival Elon Musk, dumps Facebook fact-checking program ahead of Trump termMark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook will roll back a number of its censorship policies to become a free speech platform. The Meta C...
07 Jan, 2025, 10.33 PM IST
Meta says gen AI had muted impact on global elections this yearNick Clegg, Meta's president of global affairs said that the attempt to spread propaganda or false content in Facebook and Instagram largel...
03 Dec, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
Meta fends off AI-aided deception as US election nearsMeta's efforts to combat "coordinated inauthentic behavior" on its platforms come as fears mount that generative AI will be used to trick o...
16 Aug, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Brazil looks to regulate monetized content on InternetThe Brazilian government is studying whether to regulate Internet platforms with content that earns revenue such as advertising, its secret...
18 Mar, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
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...
23 Dec, 2022, 12.48 PM IST
Meta received 55,497 requests for user data from India, second only to USIn its transparency report published on Wednesday, Meta said it restricted access in India to 597 items in response to directions from the ...
23 Nov, 2022, 02.01 PM IST
Meta purges 33.7 million pieces of bad content in India in SeptemberMeta has said that it took down over 30.7 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 3 million pieces of such c...
01 Nov, 2022, 12.12 PM IST
Instagram to tweak ranking system to boost original contentIn response to a tweet from social media consultant Matt Navarra, Mosseri noted that Instagram already works to highlight original content,...
21 Apr, 2022, 11.32 AM IST