Facebook carves out a unit focused on its financial payments businesses
Facebook Financial will handle management and strategy for all payments and money services across the Silicon Valley company’s platform.
Man saved from suicide in the nick of time after Facebook staffer alerts police
It was a tense three hours for police from Delhi to Mumbai trying to trace a man seen on Facebook videos preparing to die by suicide.
Facebook, Twitter crack down on Russia, China agents trying to sway US election
State-led influence campaigns were prominent on social media during the 2016 US elections and have been seen around the world.
Trump's Facebook, Twitter post removed for saying children 'almost immune' to coronavirus
Action taken over 'misinformation', but the American Academy of Pediatrics says children appear to transmit COVID-19 less than adults.
Ban on social media use by defence personnel remains, Delhi High Court dismisses plea against it
The court said that if the government had assessed that social media enables espionage by enemy countries, it would not overturn the ban.
Tech This Week | What we learned from the US antitrust inquiry
Lawmakers seem to be catching up with technology and so will regulation, so Big Tech should not take things for granted.
Australia's draft law makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to pay for news content
The aggregators will be given three months to work out a deal on fair pay for news, failing which arbitrators will make a binding decision.
Big Tech including Apple, Facebook reports mixed earnings amid pandemic
Apple delivered surprisingly strong numbers with both its revenue and profit rising, defying analysts' lowered expectations
Big Tech CEOs pulled up at antitrust hearing but will it translate to strong regulation?
The premise is whether existing competition policies and laws are adequate for overseeing the tech giants, or if new legislation is needed.
Zuckerberg, Bezos will sell their companies as American success stories at anti-trust hearing today
The antitrust debate is being muddled by a rising “techlash” over a range of issues from privacy to economic inequality to political bias.