- Technology
Meta fined $101.5 million for 2019 breach involving Facebook passwords
London: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday fined Meta 91 million euros (around $101.5 million) for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords. The Irish regulator announced its…
- World
No explosive device found at venue for Donald Trump rally: Police
New York: Nassau County Police refuted reports that an explosive device was found at or near the venue of former President Donald Trump’s rally on Wednesday. The police in a Facebook post…
- India
Breaking free from digital dominance of West: Case for Indian-owned messaging platform
New Delhi: In an article written by Rebecca Kern published in Politico in 2024, it was alleged that WhatsApp had been operating for over eight months worldwide without explicit election-disinformation policies. While…
- World
Pak to ban social media for 6 days to control ‘hate material’ during Ramadan
Lahore: After successfully blocking X, formerly Twitter, for over four months, the Pakistan government is now set to ban all social media platforms — YouTube, WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — for…
- India
UP: BJP supporter held for sharing offensive post over Kaaba
The Uttar Pradesh Bareilly police have arrested a man for allegedly sharing an offensive Facebook post that allegedly hurt the religious sentiments of the Muslim community. According to the police press note,…
- Business
Fraudsters using FB, WhatsApp to dupe users in investment scams in India: Report
New Delhi: Cybersecurity researchers have revealed the alarming rise of investment scams in India peddled through social media messaging platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, X, and others, in which fraudsters convince…
- Top Stories
Meta purged over 21 mn pieces of bad content on FB, Insta in India in May
New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 15.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.8 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies…
- Technology
Meta AI arrives in India on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and more
New Delhi: Tech giant Meta on Monday announced the availability of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant in India on WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and meta.ai — that is built with the latest…
- World
Facebook hit with fresh user data leak, claim researchers
New Delhi: Cybersecurity researchers have reported an alleged data leak involving at least one lakh users of Facebook which appeared on a data breach forum. The team from New Delhi-based non-profit organisation…
- Technology
Meta purged over 17 mn pieces of bad content on FB, Insta in India in April
New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 11.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.4 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies…
- Business
Unflagged content on Facebook spiked Covid vax hesitancy by 46x: Study
New Delhi: More than flagged misinformation, unflagged content on social media platform Facebook was responsible for a 46-fold vaccine hesitancy during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study on Friday. A…
- India
Cyber surveillance intensifies: Social media monitoring in full swing ahead of LS polls
Ahmedabad: In light of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, authorities have intensified social media monitoring to safeguard public peace and ensure citizens’ safety. The Cyber Crime Social Media Monitoring Cell in Gujarat,…
- Technology
Meta purged over 18 mn pieces of bad content on FB, Insta in India in Feb
New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 13.8 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 4.8 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies for…
- India
Another UP cop faces action for post on Mukhtar Ansari
Chandauli: Yet another constable posted in Chandauli district has been suspended for calling Mukhtar Ansari a Messiah on his Facebook account page. As the post went viral, superintendent of police, Chandauli, Anil…
- World
Singapore makes Israeli embassy to remove FB post about Palestine, Quran
Singapore: An “insensitive” post by the Embassy of Israel here that tried to make a political point citing the holy Quran has been taken down after the intervention by the government of…
