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Truecaller users' data available for sale: Rs 1.5lakh for Indian users' info

Truecaller India users' data was breached by hackers and it is being sold on the dark web. However, the company has denied such an incident.

May 22, 2019

TikTok beats Facebook for most downloads on App Store; India has largest number of users

The TikTok ban in India was lifted after the parent company assured that all safety standards and age limit usage instructions will be followed.

May 17, 2019

Facebook restricts Live feature, citing New Zealand shooting

Facebook said in a statement it was introducing a "one-strike" policy for use of Facebook Live, temporarily restricting access for people who have faced disciplinary action for breaking the company's most serious rules anywhere on its site.

May 15, 2019

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back online after brief outage

Select regions of Europe and Asia were affected by the disruption of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. In India, some people faced issues on desktop versions, but only for a brief time.

Apr 15, 2019

Facebook gets cracking on misinformation, hate speeches on social media platforms

The company has shared it's three-pronged measures—remove, reduce and inform—to counter fake news, click baits on all its social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Messenger app.

Apr 11, 2019

Meet billionaire CEOs Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg who receive annual salary of 1 dollar

Many executives of big companies, especially in Silicon Valley, see it as a point of prestige to not take a large salary. Instead, their earnings come in the form of bonuses and other compensation.

Apr 9, 2019

WhatsApp users set to get option to block frequently forwarded messages

In the soon-to-be-released WhatsApp update, users will be able to see how many times a message/photo/video has been forwarded and group admin will get powers to block individuals from sharing annoying forwarded messages in the chat sessions.

Apr 9, 2019

Facebook, data leak, user details, privacy

Not again! Facebook exposed more than 540 million users' private data on web

Two third-party Facebook app developing companies with scant regard for privacy and security had kept user-data backups on Amazon S3 bucket configured to allow public download of files.

Apr 5, 2019

Facebook helps reuniting Telangana family with missing boy after 8 years

Telangana boy, who ran away from home when he was 13, was discovered eight years later that he was in Punjab and was working in a field for a landlord.

Apr 4, 2019

WhatsApp gets much needed privacy feature: Say good bye to pesky group chat invites

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has released a new privacy feature which will give power to WhatsApp users to reject or accept to join a group chat.

Apr 3, 2019

Lok Sabha 2019: Facebook removes 687 Congress affiliated pages, accounts over fake news peddling, spam

Besides Congress, Facebook removed pages affiliated to Indian IT firm Silver Touch and Pakistan-based website for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behaviour on Facebook and Instagram in India

Apr 1, 2019

Facebook removes 687 pages linked to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections

The announcement marks a rare action from Facebook against a prominent political party in a country where it has more than 300 million users, the highest in the world.

Apr 1, 2019

Facebook mistakenly deleted Mark Zuckerberg's old posts

A spokesperson from the company reportedly said many of Zuckerberg's old posts about Facebook can still be found on the company's blog and in its newsroom.

Mar 30, 2019

A man uses a laptop during a power outage in Caracas, Venezuela, on March 26, 2019

Man seeks 'supari' on Facebook to kill PM Modi with foolproof plan, arrested in Jaipur

During Naveen Kumar Yadav's interrogation, he told the police that he had been uploading such content against politicians on his Facebook wall for several years.

Mar 29, 2019

Facebook AI for India summit: Scholarship to children, Women AI training and more announced

Facebook promises to host AI hub to educate children and women developers, and also hone their technical skill sets.

Mar 28, 2019

After Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp to get dark mode soon

Besides the dark mode, WhatsApp for Android will also get crucial biometric security feature similar to iOS-powered Apple iPhones and iPads.

Mar 27, 2019

Spread joy, not rumours: WhatsApp kicks-off campaign to curb fake news ahead of Lok Sabha 2019

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has launched video informational ads on YouTube to help users on how to detect fake news and not forward any suspicious content online and on the messenger apps.

Mar 25, 2019

Facebook confesses to storing 600 million users' passwords in plain text for years

The bug was unearthed during a security review in January and was reported by Brian Krebs, a cybersecurity writer. Facebook, in a blog post, explained the situation and said that they have fixed the bug.

Mar 22, 2019

WhatsApp Business for iOS goes live on Apple App Store, but only in select regions

WhatsApp Business for iOS is now available in four international regions and is expected to be expanded to more regions in the coming months.