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After Twitter, FB and Instagram block Trump following mob attack on Capitol

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday have blocked US President Donald Trump from posting on their platforms as rioters attacked the US Capitol and violent protests broke out in Washington DC.

Facebook, YouTube remove Trump's video on US elections after Capitol attack

Facebook and YouTube have removed a video of President Donald Trump in which he repeated unfounded claims that the election was stolen from him after his supporters stormed the US Capitol.

M-cap of top 7 global tech stocks surged 61% last year, shows data

Apple alone commands a market cap of over $2.2 trillion, which is more than GDP of several countries, such as Brazil, Italy, Canada, and Russia

WhatsApp updates privacy policy, makes Facebook data sharing mandatory

The users have at least one month's notice before the privacy policy and terms go into effect in February 2021

WhatsApp updates terms of service, privacy policy around data

WhatsApp has updated its terms of service and privacy policy regarding how it processes user data and partners with Facebook to offer integrations

Accept WhatsApp's revised policies by Feb 8 to continue using its services

WhatsApp users received an in-app notification on Wednesday asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted

The stampede from Silicon Valley

Regulatory burden is pushing big firms out of California

How InMobi's Glance is changing digital habits for India and Bharat

In a bold move in 2018, it reimagined mobile advertising and developed a first-of-its-kind lock-screen content platform, which has 115 mn users across Asia today

Owning databases that we help build: Can it end capitalism as we know it?

Sacrificing some more of our freedom to eternal state surveillance could become a deal with a devil we're growing to know only too well

Privacy battle

Apple's new update will affect Facebook's revenue

This former Facebook India head finds his sweet spot in vernacular content

Umang Bedi's firm VerSe capitalised on the ban on Chinese apps by launching 'Josh', which claims to have over 77 million monthly active users, 36 million daily users ad 1.5 billion video plays a day

Google, FB agreed to team up against antitrust action, says draft lawsuit

WSJ report cited an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 states against Google last week.

How vernacular platform Dailyhunt plans to take on Facebook in Bharat

The vernacular platform's parent VerSe has become a unicorn after over $100 mn funding from Google, Microsoft and others

Google, Microsoft back Facebook lawsuit against NSO group over surveillance

WhatsApp accused the spyware maker of using a since-closed vulnerability in the messaging service to install spyware on the phones of at least 1,400 users

Microsoft, Google, Dell join FB in legal battle against hacking company NSO

Tech giants including Microsoft and Google on joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing a brief that warned that the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous"

Social media crucial for our agitation: Farmers on FB shutting down page

A day after Facebook temporarily shut down a page on the ongoing farmers agitation against the Centre's new farm laws, the protestors on Monday said social media was crucial for their movement

Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?

So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, writes T N Ninan

Facebook fixes bug that exposed Instagram users' personal information

A bug during a Facebook test recently exposed the personal information like email addresses and birthdays of Instagram users, the media reported

The irony in Facebook's tone-deaf attack on Apple giving data protection

The company declared in newspaper ads that it was "standing up to Apple." It's a desperate ploy that's unlikely to work

Google hit with third lawsuit as US states sue over search dominance

The complaint filed on Thursday focuses on Google's search business and search advertising, as well as what they said was an effort by Google to use special agreements to also dominate newer techs