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

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…

Big Tech Including Twitter, Google to Face Impact on Revenue Growth as Advertising Trends Dissipate: Report

Big Tech Including Twitter, Google to Face Impact on Revenue Growth as Advertising Trends Dissipate: Report

After unprecedented revenue growth last year, digital platforms including Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Snap and Twitter now face a sobering reality as pandemic-driven advertising trends dissipate, according to an analyst report on Thursday. Research firm MoffettNathanson cut its 2025 revenue estimates for each of the four companies by double-digit percentages. US…

Instagram Announces ‘1 Minute Music’ Tracks For Reels, Stories in India

Instagram Announces ‘1 Minute Music’ Tracks For Reels, Stories in India

Instagram on Thursday announced ‘1 Minute Music’ tracks that bring a collection of songs and videos that can be used in making Reels and Stories on the platform. The Meta-owned app has claimed that this latest ‘1 Minute Music’ track collection comprises music from over 200 Indian musicians, including Dhvani Bhanushali, Neeti…

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…

Facebook Accused of Blocking Australian Health Sites by Whistleblower Group

Facebook Accused of Blocking Australian Health Sites by Whistleblower Group

A whistleblower group is accusing Facebook of deliberately blocking websites for Australian hospitals and emergency services as part of a negotiating tactic last year. The social network owned by Silicon Valley tech giant Meta was lobbying to weaken a proposed law requiring it to pay news providers in Australia when…

TikTok Surpassed Instagram, Emerged as Top Downloaded App Worldwide in Q1 2022: Sensor Tower

TikTok Surpassed Instagram, Emerged as Top Downloaded App Worldwide in Q1 2022: Sensor Tower

TikTok has surpassed Instagram and become the world’s top downloaded app in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by app market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. The short-video app, which is banned in India, managed to continue to be one of the top-five top downloaded apps worldwide. However,…

WhatsApp Group Voice Calls Now Support Up to 32 Participants, Messenger Gets Other Design Updates

WhatsApp Group Voice Calls Now Support Up to 32 Participants, Messenger Gets Other Design Updates

WhatsApp now lets you add up to 32 participants to group voice calls, a step on its roadmap to expansion into WhatsApp Communities feature. This is among a host of new features that the social media messaging platform is said to be bringing out. WhatsApp last increased the group call…