Google looks to pick up USD 4 billion stake in Jio, says report
The Bloomberg report came a day after Google’s chief executive Sunder Pichai said it would invest USD 10 billion in India.
Google, Microsoft, Facebook join lawsuit against US visa rule forcing international students out
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement rule bars international students from staying in the country if their classes have gone fully online.
US hits back at France with tariffs on cosmetics, handbags for taxing Big Tech
The office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said France’s digital services tax unfairly targets US digital technology companies.
Facebook software that allows you to login to Spotify, Tinder, Pinterest blamed for apps crashing
The crashes Friday happened even if users were not logged in to the apps using Facebook.
Quackery not allowed: Posts claiming to change gays' sexual orientation banned from Facebook
The move is an extension of an existing ban on ads that promote conversion therapy, which medical experts consider ineffective and harmful.
Future of communications infra should be founded on Western Ideals of private property, Pompeo says
Decrying Chinese spying, the US Secretary of State praised Google, Facebook and Twitter for not sharing user data with Hong Kong government
Facebook looking to score points for just optics, no action taken on hate speech: Ad boycott organisers
They said at a virtual meeting with Zuckerberg they "didn’t hear anything...to convince us that Zuckerberg and colleagues are taking action"
Biased algorithms, content moderation, ad policy, voter suppression among Facebook's civil rights issues
A civil rights audit being conducted over the past two years says not fact-checking Trump's lies among setbacks to progress.
Won't entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom joining Twitter, Facebook, Google
Police have stepped up requests on user data to pick up dissidents in the wake of the national security law being enforced.
Donald Trump is way ahead of Joe Biden if this were a social media election
Trump’s ‘steady retweets of everyday users helps fans feel connected to him’ while Biden remains traditional and ‘promotes values’.