US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints onlineThe US has barred five Europeans from entry, accusing them of pushing American tech companies to silence US opinions. The move uses visa ru...
24 Dec, 2025, 08.29 AM IST
EU queries Apple, Google, Microsoft over financial scamsThe European Union on Tuesday demanded Big Tech players including Apple and Google explain what action they are taking against financial sc...
23 Sep, 2025, 09.52 PM IST
Brazil launching data center incentives next month to woo big tech, sources sayUS President Donald Trump has tied the tariff to the trial of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro, as well as complaints about regula...
30 Aug, 2025, 04.14 PM IST
EU claims 'sovereign right' to regulate tech after Trump threatThe European Commission defended its sovereign right to regulate tech giants, rejecting Donald Trump’s claims that EU rules unfairly target...
26 Aug, 2025, 08.09 PM IST
Rubio says US to refuse visas to officials over online 'censorship'Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. will deny visas to foreign officials who censor Americans' social media posts, citing con...
29 May, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
X blocks 8,000 accounts in India under government orderX (formerly Twitter) has begun blocking over 8,000 accounts in India following government orders, including accounts of global media and pr...
08 May, 2025, 11.06 PM IST
Here's where China's DeepSeek hired its talent from in training its AI chatbot, and it has a U.S linkDeepSeek's rapid success in the AI industry has raised concerns over its connections with former Microsoft employees from Microsoft Researc...
11 Feb, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
US tech titans ramp up pressure on EUMark Zuckerberg's recently paused its fact-checking at Facebook and Instagram in the US. This means that the same could happen in the UK to...
09 Jan, 2025, 09.02 AM IST
FCC Commissioner Carr writes to Big Tech, accuses them of forming “censorship cartel”In a letter on November 13 addressed to Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg, and Tim Cook, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said tha...
15 Nov, 2024, 10.30 PM IST
US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, IranThe tools, supported by the U.S.-backed Open Technology Fund (OTF), have seen a surge of usage in Russia, Iran, Myanmar and authoritarian s...
06 Sep, 2024, 12.46 PM IST
Malaysia orders Meta, TikTok to forge plans to combat harmful contentMalaysia has ordered tech giants Meta and TikTok to present plans to combat harmful content online, authorities said Tuesday, after the Mus...
10 Apr, 2024, 02.26 PM IST
Vietnam orders tech firms to store user data onshoreVietnam's new rules will apply to social media companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta's Facebook and telecommunications operators a...
18 Aug, 2022, 12.45 PM IST
Tencent chief causes stir with repost of article on China's economyThe article, which Pony Ma reposted early on Saturday, lamented that there were few people in China willing to speak up about the pressures...
23 May, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Legal regime of data privacy in China: Hurdle for foreign tech firmsEpic Games, the operator of the video game Fortnite which was launched in China in partnership with Tencent that is China’s biggest gaming ...
11 Nov, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections beginRussia demanded this month that Apple and Google remove the app from their stores, saying a refusal to do so would be treated as meddling i...
17 Sep, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Google, Facebook forced to pay creators under new EU rulesThe new rules mean music producers and publishers could come gunning for more money from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc
14 Feb, 2019, 11.20 PM IST
Tech companies might be forced to reveal company secrets under a new Chinese security lawThe law, which calls for a review of the tech industry and foreign investments in China, is asking that tech industry giants be "secure and...
03 Jul, 2015, 12.45 PM IST