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Google, Facebook won't have to pay domestic tax under new IT rules
Appointment of grievance officer does not imply permanent establishment, say officials
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Twitter lost immunity for non-compliance with IT Rules: Centre to HC
Govt counsel says grievance officer located in the US; Twitter said on Saturday it is in the process to appoint a local one
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'Big step towards transparency': Union IT minister praises Facebook, Google
'First compliance report on voluntary removal of offensive posts published by them (social media platforms) as per IT Rules is a big step towards transparency,' IT minister tweeted
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Google says it made significant gains in hiring employees of colour
Google has made significant gains in hiring employees of colour, saying that it is excited to build on the goals such as increasing representation of underrepresented groups by 30 per cent by 2025
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India shifts international tax deal stand with an eye on revenue
India and other developing countries were fighting to include companies with at least Euro 1 billion in revenues as against the final proposal of Euro 20 billion revenues and a profit margin above 10%
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Google will bring digital Covid-19 vaccine cards to Android phones
California is among states that have kicked off a program to make digital cards accessible and commonplace through its own system
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Microsoft, Google end 6-year truce on legal battles to prevent open warfare
Microsoft and Google have reportedly ended a six-year truce on legal battles, to prevent open warfare between the two tech giants
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Removed over 59,000 content pieces in April in India, says Google
Google received over 27,700 complaints in April this year from individual users in India over alleged violation of local laws or personal rights
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Google publishes report under new IT rules, removes 59K pieces of content
The total number of complaints received by Google in the reported period was 27,762, of which 96.2 per cent related to copyright issues, 1.3 per cent were related to trademark, 1 per cent defamation
Comply with the new IT rules: House panel to Facebook and Google
The panel, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, had asked them to appear in-person at the parliament secretariat
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Facebook, Google to soon publish reports as required by new IT Rules
FB says its interim report will be out on July 2; Twitter remains tightlipped
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Google restores YouTube, Gmail services after multiple users face outage
Platforms including Google, YouTube, and Gmail were down, with users citing issues with login and accessing the website in parts of North America, according to Downdetector.
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Google search engine, email services down for some users: Downdetector
Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc's search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector
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AI: The origin story
Book review of Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook and the World
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Parliamentary Committee on IT summons Google, Facebook on June 29
In its next sitting on July 6, representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will submit evidence related to the subject before the committee.
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Parliament committee on IT to meet on June 29 to hear Facebook, Google
Parliament Standing Committee on Information Technology is scheduled to hold a meeting on June 29 to hear the views of Facebook India and Google India on safeguarding citizens' rights
Twitter may soon let you sign in through connected Google Account
Micro-blogging site Twitter is working to make it possible to sign in to your account through a connected Google Account
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Google tests feature to warn users if search results not reliable
Companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook have often struggled to handle the high volume of misinformation, conspiracy theories and unverified news stories that run rampant on the internet.
United Kingdom watchdog probes Amazon, Google for fake reviews of goods
Google and Amazon said they will work with UK regulators in their investigation.
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Big Tech's car mania all about taking eyes off the road & on to the screen
Americans were behind the wheel for 307.8 hrs in 2016 - time not spent using apps on an iPhone, searching on Google, etc. Any firm able to free up that time will have a good chance of capturing it
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