Meta Ex-COO Sheryl Sandberg Reportedly Being Investigated Over Use of Company Resources

Meta Ex-COO Sheryl Sandberg Reportedly Being Investigated Over Use of Company Resources

Lawyers are investigating Meta Platforms’ outgoing operations chief Sheryl Sandberg’s use of company resources over several years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Several employees have been interviewed in connection with the investigation by Facebook-parent Meta, the WSJ reported, adding that the probe has…

Facebook, Google, Other Top Tech Firms Warn Indian Cybersecurity Rules May Create an Environment of Fear

Facebook, Google, Other Top Tech Firms Warn Indian Cybersecurity Rules May Create an Environment of Fear

Indian cybersecurity rules due to come into force later this month will create an “environment of fear rather than trust”, a body representing top tech companies has warned the government, calling for a one-year delay before the rules take effect. The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which represents…

Facebook, Google, Other Top Tech Firms Warn Indian Cybersecurity Rules May Create an Environment of Fear

Facebook Owner Meta Questions Necessity of Data Requests in EU Antitrust Investigations on Social Media App

Meta Platforms on Wednesday compared searches by EU antitrust regulators to a fishing super trawler as they investigate the owner of Facebook’s data and online marketplace. Meta says it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019 regarding its…

Snap to Slow Down Hiring for the Year Following Plunge in Economy, Slashes Quarterly Forecast

Snap to Slow Down Hiring for the Year Following Plunge in Economy, Slashes Quarterly Forecast

Snap said the economy had worsened faster than expected in the last month and the social media company slashed its quarterly forecast, triggering an after-hours sell-off. Since late April, “the macroeconomic environment has deteriorated further and faster than anticipated. As a result, we believe it is likely that we will…

Many of Top 100,000 Websites Found to Be Collecting Data Typed by Users Before Hitting ‘Submit’ Button

Many of Top 100,000 Websites Found to Be Collecting Data Typed by Users Before Hitting ‘Submit’ Button

Some of the top 100,000 websites are found to be collecting data from their online forms even before you hit the Submit button, a study conducted by researchers has revealed. In some cases, many of these top-visited websites were even collecting password data of their visitors, without user consent. A…

Researchers in Spain Develop Algorithm That Can Identify Unhappy Users and Their Mental Health on Social Media

Researchers in Spain Develop Algorithm That Can Identify Unhappy Users and Their Mental Health on Social Media

Our updates on social media gives world an insight into our personality in general and our needs and perspectives on those issues in particular. But what if there’s also a way to judge how we were feeling exactly at the time we shared an image, a video or any other…

Meta Ex-COO Sheryl Sandberg Reportedly Being Investigated Over Use of Company Resources

Facebook Parent Meta, Twitter, YouTube Asked to Archive Evidence of Suspected Russian War Crimes

Four Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook owner Meta to archive content that could be used as evidence of suspected Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine and the West say Russian troops have committed war crimes in its 11-week invasion of its neighbor, in…

Global Tech Industry Body Seeks Revision in India’s Directive on Reporting of Cybersecurity Breach

Global Tech Industry Body Seeks Revision in India’s Directive on Reporting of Cybersecurity Breach

US-based technology industry body ITI, having global tech firms such as Google, Facebook, IBM and Cisco as its members, has sought a revision in the Indian government’s directive on reporting of cyber security breach incidents. ITI said that the provisions under the new mandate may adversely impact organisations and undermine…