Facebook’s Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Into WhatsApp’s Private Policy Rejected by Supreme Court

Facebook’s Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Into WhatsApp’s Private Policy Rejected by Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said…

Google May Face EU Antitrust Charges Over Its Digital Advertising Business

Google May Face EU Antitrust Charges Over Its Digital Advertising Business

Alphabet unit Google could face antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, with EU regulators frustrated over the slow pace of settlement talks with the company, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Google‘s ad business is Alphabet‘s biggest moneymaker, accounting for about 80 percent of annual…

Facebook Follower Counter Drops for Several Users, Mark Zuckerberg’s Count Drops Below 10,000: Details

Facebook Follower Counter Drops for Several Users, Mark Zuckerberg’s Count Drops Below 10,000: Details

Several users of Meta’s Facebook are complaining losing majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over 119 million followers which has brought down his follower count to below 10,000. “Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away…

PayPal Says It Never Intended to Fine for ‘Misinformation’ Days After Drawing Criticism for User Agreement

PayPal Says It Never Intended to Fine for ‘Misinformation’ Days After Drawing Criticism for User Agreement

PayPal Holdings said it has no intention of fining customers for spreading misinformation, after attracting criticism for publishing a new user agreement outlining such a plan. The issue gained traction over the weekend after the company published policy updates prohibiting users from using the PayPal service for activities identified by…

Facebook Warns 1 Million Users About Usernames, Passwords Stolen via 400 Malicious Apps

Facebook Warns 1 Million Users About Usernames, Passwords Stolen via 400 Malicious Apps

Meta said it would notify roughly 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised due to security issues with apps downloaded from Apple and Alphabet’s software stores. The company announced Friday that it identified more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year that target…

WhatsApp Call Links Support Rolling Out, 32-Member Group Video Call Testing Also Begins

WhatsApp Call Links Support Rolling Out, 32-Member Group Video Call Testing Also Begins

WhatsApp on Monday announced that it will roll out Call Links, a new feature that is designed to allow users to start a new call or join an ongoing call. A ‘Call Links’ option will be added within the Calls​​​ tab, and users can create a link for an audio…

Twitter Tests New Tools to Expand Recommendations, Allows Users to Remove Unrelated Tweets From Timeline

Twitter Tests New Tools to Expand Recommendations, Allows Users to Remove Unrelated Tweets From Timeline

Twitter is expanding how it recommends posts from accounts that users do not follow, the social media company announced on Tuesday. As part of the expansion, it is also building tools for users to control and provide feedback on that content. “With millions of people signing up for Twitter every…