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Facebook India's video push, helped by partnerships, to get stronger

Facebook Live viewership jumped 50% as entertainment and culture moved online once the lockdown restrictions were put in place.

Facebook asks court to dismiss US government, states antitrust cases

Facebook asked a federal court to dismiss major antitrust cases filed by the US FTC and nearly every US state, saying they failed to show the company had a monopoly or harmed consumers

Facebook moves to dismiss federal, state antitrust suits

Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. The social media giant said Wednesday that the complaints do not credibly claim" that its conduct harmed either consumers or market competition. The antitrust suits, filed in December by the Federal Trade Commission and 48 states, are seeking remedies that could include a forced spinoff of the social network's popular Instagram and WhatsApp services. As we said when the FTC and the state attorneys general announced these lawsuits, people around the world use our products not because they have to, but because we make their lives better," Facebook said in a statement. The FTC suit asserts that Facebook has engaged in a "systematic strategy to eliminate its competition, including by purchasing smaller up-and-coming rivals like Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. New York Attorney General Letitia James, in announcin

Tech's war with news outlets flares as US lawmakers ready Bill

The legislation would make America the next front in the news industry's war against FB and Google

Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries

Instagram Lite will be available for Android-based phon­es and require less bandwidth than the traditional version

Over 4400 Facebook, Twitter URLs blocked in 2020: Dhotre

Over 4,400 URLs from Facebook and Twitter were blocked by the government in 2020 under Section 69A of the IT Act, Parliament was informed on Wednesday

BS READS: How Australia's news bargaining code can address media's revenue woes

A new law in Australia that mandates Facebook and Google to pay news publishers might inspire similar legislation in other countries. To what degree will it solve news industry's revenue problem?

US hearing on tech dominance of news outlets will include Microsoft

A US panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses who represent a range of news organisations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook increasingly dominate their industry

Surveillance fears over new rules to tame social media in India

For long, activists and governments have been prompted to demand greater transparency and accountability from Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and other social media behemoths

Mark Zuckerberg bets on more realistic digital avatars for VR headset users

Zuckerberg is aiming to introduce more realistic digital avatars for users of virtual reality headsets with eye and face tracking, in order to create a better social experience into the device

Facebook tests feature in India to share Instagram reels on its news feed

Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing a feature on Instagram that allows some content creators in India to share short video clips, known as reels, on their Facebook accounts

Nervous government explores ways to 'manage' media

The efforts betray the nervousness of a government unable to sell its 'positive' governance narrative at home and abroad

Thailand probes Facebook's removal of army-linked accounts

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says he has assigned the Royal Thai Army to carry out a probe

Facebook, Amazon, Google vie for piece of India's digital payment markets

The contest is fierce as regulator Reserve Bank of India is expected to give just one or two licenses, as implied in its notification inviting bids

Amazon, Google, Facebook vie for a piece of India's digital payments market

The companies are part of four consortia preparing to apply for licenses to operate retail payments and settlement systems in the country

Facebook Oversight Board changes timeline rules for action on case appeals

Under the new rules, the timeline of stipulated 90 days for Facebook's action will start when the board takes up a case for review

Reliance partners with Google, FB for digital payment network bid: Report

Fintech player Infibeam is also involved in the effort, the report said

Govt notifies 5-mn-user threshold for significant social media intermediary

Facebook and Twitter said they are studying the rules; Experts question compliance with PDP Bill

Facebook disagrees with Oversight Board on tweaking Covid-19 policies

The Oversight Board last month made 17 recommendations, based on the six cases, for Facebook to improve its content moderation

Facebook signs preliminary pay deals with three Australian news publishers

The commercial agreements are subject to the signing of full agreements within the next 60 days, a Facebook statement said