Bits & Bytes: Meta beats lawsuit over Apple privacyIn a decision, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers also rejected claims that Meta concealed former COO Sheryl Sandberg’s use of compan...
22 Sep, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect childrenBeginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under under 18 who signs up for Instagram will be placed into teen accoun...
17 Sep, 2024, 07.03 PM IST
Tribunal rules $17 billion UK adtech lawsuit against Google can go aheadThe lawsuit, which seeks damages on behalf of publishers of websites and apps based in the United Kingdom, is the latest case to focus on t...
05 Jun, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
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
Israel-Hamas war: 'Dire' disinformation spreads globallyAs the war in Middle East intensifies, social media has been able to spread disinformation around the country. The conflict, which has kill...
31 Oct, 2023, 05.51 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
Microsoft's Activision deal hurts gamers, UK watchdog saysBritain's Competition and Markets Authority said its in-depth investigation found that the deal could strengthen Microsoft's position in th...
08 Feb, 2023, 10.55 PM 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
Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg accused of using her influence to quash news stories about ex-boyfriend Bury KotickAccording to WSJ, the news story would've unveiled a temporary restraining order against Kotick.
03 May, 2022, 10.49 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