WhatsApp: A lot to explain
It is largely true that netizens sign off much of their rights over prized personal information when they sign on to social media platforms
Tech This Week | Facebook services integration comes with trade-offs
Once WhatsApp and Instagram (and Oculus) became sufficiently big, it was time to integrate these properties into the larger Facebook machine
Boy do they like to come after you! Social media won't let you live down your mistakes
Several people who did not wear masks and subsequently got infected with COVID-19 have been hounded on social media.
Russian bank Sberbank enters tech space in major move to rival Google, Facebook, Amazon
The bank-turned-tech-firm is set to launch a host of digital products and services first in Russia and later abroad, including India.
Come together to stop spread of suicide content, TikTok urges Facebook, Google, Snapchat, others
It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly notify the others.
Facebook launches information centres to get people to vote to make up for its role in 2016
Facebook is seeking to show that it is no longer a means of massive disinformation as it was ahead of major votes in 2016.
Content goes by Facebook community standards, not ideology, India head says about Ankhi Das controversy
Ajit Mohan said the content team is guided only by community standards enforced globally and is independent of the local policy team.
US government not upfront about hackers targeting elections, so Congress relies on tech firms for alerts
With the Trump administration blocking what Congress learns about election threats, private companies are called upon to fill the breach.
As things get heated on internal message boards, Facebook mulls moderating employees' posts
A year ago on getting complaints about heated, abusive posts, Google told staff to be responsible and thoughtful on internal message boards.
Australia's pay-for-news law: Facebook, Google won't have to give out user data, says regulator
The final draft of the bill could be introduced into Parliament in late October.