Meta Gets Nod to Buy VR Content Maker Within Unlimited as FTC’s Request Gets Denied

Meta Gets Nod to Buy VR Content Maker Within Unlimited as FTC’s Request Gets Denied

A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request to stop Meta Platforms from buying virtual reality content maker Within Unlimited, rejecting the regulator’s concerns the deal would reduce competition in a new market. A December trial to decide if Meta could go forward with the…

Meta to Block Ads Targeted at Teenagers Based on Gender From February

Meta to Block Ads Targeted at Teenagers Based on Gender From February

Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, on Tuesday said it will stop allowing advertisers to target ads at teens based on gender, as it fights accusations that its platforms are harmful to young users. Beginning in February, the social media giant said advertisers, the source of the company’s massive revenues,…

Meta to Block Ads Targeted at Teenagers Based on Gender From February

Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads

Meta must reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the European Union, its lead privacy regulator in the bloc said on Wednesday when it fined the social media giant EUR 390 million (roughly Rs. 3,500 crore) for the breaches. Meta said…

Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur

Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act…

Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

France’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft EUR 60 million ($64 million, roughly Rs. 530 crore) for foisting advertising cookies on users. In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said Microsoft‘s search engine Bing had not set…

Meta to Block Ads Targeted at Teenagers Based on Gender From February

Meta Took Down 2.29 Crore Posts on Facebook, Instagram in November; Many Users Complained of Hacked Accounts

Social media giant Meta took action against more than 2.29 crore pieces of content created by Indian users on Facebook and Instagram in November, according to India Monthly Report released by the company on Thursday. The company took action on over 1.95 crore pieces of content on Facebook and 33.9…

Facebook Parent Meta’s Oversight Board Increased Policy Implementation in Q3 2022

Facebook Parent Meta’s Oversight Board Increased Policy Implementation in Q3 2022

Facebook parent Meta Platforms implemented more recommendations from its oversight board in the third quarter than the second, the independent body said on Wednesday. The oversight board received more than a quarter of a million appeals from Facebook and Instagram users around the world during the quarter ended September 30. The panel,…