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Facebook fight: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey mocks Shashi Tharoor's English, wants him out of Parliamentary panel

Also, the BJP MP on Thursday, August 20, sought the removal of Shashi Tharoor as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology.

Aug 20, 2020

Hate-speech row: FIR against Ankhi Das for outraging religious feelings, inciting violence

The Chhattisgarh police has registered the case late Monday night against Facebook's policy chief in India, Ankhi Das and two others based on a complaint by a journalist.

Aug 18, 2020

Who is Ankhi Das of Facebook; why everyone is Googling her

WSJ in its report had said that Facebook India's public policy director Ankhi Das didn't allow company's hate speech policy action against BJP ministers for their inflammatory messages despite finding them dangerous and capable of inciting violence.

Aug 17, 2020

Reining in the 'inflammatory posts': Karnataka govt to meet cybercrime experts

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that he would be holding a meeting with cybercrime experts to explore how to manage 'inflammatory posts' on social media to prevent hate crimes and violence. Will regulation of social media help, or will it become a concern of free speech?

Aug 17, 2020

'Losers, you were caught red-handed': Ravi Shankar slams Rahul Gandhi over FB jibe

India's IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has come forward to address Rahul Gandhi's claims against Facebook favouring BJP and RSS. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted that BJP and RSS spread fake news and hatred through it and use it to influence the electorate.

Aug 16, 2020

Facebook Ireland employee saves man's life, foils suicide bid; Delhi, Mumbai cop rush to help

Police personnel from Mumbai and Delhi saved life of a 25-year-old man after tracing and counselling him.

Aug 10, 2020

Facebook work from home until July 2021, staff get $1,000 for home office

Facebook joins other big technology firms that have taken similar steps recently.

Aug 7, 2020

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube pull down Trump posts for spreading Covid misinformation

The post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are "almost immune" to COVID-19.

Aug 6, 2020

TikTok owner ByteDance accuses Facebook of 'plagiarism and smears'

The Chinese firm also said it faced "complex and unimaginable difficulties" as it worked to grow into global company.

Aug 3, 2020

Facebook rolls out official music videos on its platform in India

The social network said that users in India will be able to watch music videos from labels like T-Series Music, Zee Music Company and Yash Raj Films on its platform.

Aug 1, 2020

Fact Check: No, Mark Zuckerberg wasn't grilling meat during Anti-trust hearing

The viral video that shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smoking meat in his backyard during the US Congress hearing on tech CEOs is a spoof.

Jul 30, 2020

'Google steals content from honest businesses': CEO Sundar Pichai questioned

Though it was Jeff Bezos' first congressional testimony, he appeared the least fazed. Cook drew fewer barbed questions than Bezos and handled them efficiently. Zuckerberg took the most damage, stumbling at times when confronted with internal emails.

Jul 30, 2020

CEOs of Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook to defend before US Congress by citing competition

The chief executives of four of the world's largest tech companies, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc, Apple and Alphabet's Google. plan to argue in a congressional hearing on antitrust on Wednesday that they face intense competition from each other and from other rivals.

Jul 29, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg roasted online for putting too much sunscreen while surfing in Hawaii

Newly-surfaced photos showed Mark Zuckerberg zipping around on an electric surfboard in Hawaii amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Jul 20, 2020

Google, Facebook join lawsuit against student visa restrictions

Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech firms have joined the lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last week to block Donald Trump administration's decision to ban foreign students taking only online courses.

Jul 14, 2020

How Mukesh Ambani made Reliance Industries debt-free well ahead of its target

In less than 2 months, the company managed to secure investments around 1.6 lakh crore through 11 investors and the Right issue.

Jun 19, 2020

Facebook removes Donald Trump's ads with the Nazi symbol

Facebook said that the ads violate the company's policy against organised hate. The ads consisted of a symbol of an inverted red triangle that Nazis used to designate political prisoners.

Jun 19, 2020

Facebook won't pay publishers for using news content in Australia

Facebook has pledged to invest an additional $100 million to support journalists at a time when ad revenues are declining due to the economic impact of the new coronavirus.

Jun 15, 2020

Facebook allows non-medical, homemade face masks on its platforms

Facebook temporarily banned ads and commerce listings for masks on its apps in March to help protect against scams, misleading medical claims, medical supply shortages, inflated prices and hoarding.

Jun 11, 2020

Zuckerberg promises to review content policies after facing backlash over Trump's post

Zuckerberg said Facebook would be more transparent about its decision-making on whether to take down posts and review policies on posts.

Jun 6, 2020