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Islamic State spreading in India, 168 arrests so far: NIA Reports revealed

According to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Islamic State (IS) is trying to spread its network in India through…

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Instagram feature to let users prioritise accounts in feed: Report

San Francisco: Instagram, owned by Facebook, is working on a feature called Favourites for its iOS app that will allow…

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‘WhatsApp messages are not end-to-end encrypted’: Facebook disputes report

WhatsApp has always been known for its end-to-end encryption system that keeps the conversation between sender and recipient private. Facebook-owned…

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Delhi HC directs Google, Facebook to block websites, domain names infringing AAJ TAK trademark

Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, Delhi High Court single-judge bench, on Monday, ordered Google and Facebook to block 25 websites, accounts…

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Facebook deletes the account of a Marine’s mother accusing Biden for her son’s death

An account belonging to Shana Chappell, the mother of US Marine Kareem Nikoui, who died in a suicide bombing in…

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3 million WhatsApp accounts in India have been banned!!!

Within a 46-day period from June 16 to July 31, Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp announced that it had banned over…

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Tharoor’s pic of smashing coconut becomes a meme, MP shares his ‘favourite ones’

If you’re a frequent Internet user, you’re probably aware that some ingenious Internet users can convert anything into amusing memes.…

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19 months in Saudi prison for posting a Facebook status: Man returns to his family

Udupi: Having spent 19 months behind bars in Saudi Arabia for a blasphemous post made out by fraudsters in his…

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Man arrested for Facebook post in Saudi, returns to India after 20 months

Bengaluru: An Indian man who was jailed for 20 months in Saudi Arabia for blasphemy and posting derogatory messages about…

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Facebook sends notice to Rahul Gandhi, asking to remove post ‘expeditiously’

New Delhi: On Tuesday, Facebook sent a notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding a video posted on Instagram in…

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Tik Tok surpasses Facebook as the most downloaded app of 2020

According to digital analytics firm App Annie, TikTok was the world’s most downloaded app in 2020, displacing Facebook Messenger. The…

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‘Facebook failed to take action on fake accounts promoting BJP MPs’: US whistleblower

New Delhi: A new report claims that Facebook allowed a network of fake accounts to ‘artificially inflate’ the popularity of…

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Facebook has changed its Privacy Settings; here is what it means for you

Facebook is making changes to its platform, or at least a portion of it, to make things easier for its…

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Facebook’s ‘Reverse Passthrough’ VR prototype is nightmare fuel

Facebook Reality Labs will present new work on a ‘reverse passthrough’ VR concept at this year’s SIGGRAPH event which, honestly,…

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Facebook’s Ray-Ban smart glasses likely to be launched soon

Facebook plans to launch its augmented reality-related Ray-Ban smart glasses within the next few weeks. The US-based tech giant is…

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Russia sues WhatsApp for breach of personal data law

The Russian government on Friday initiated administrative proceedings against Facebook’s WhatsApp. The move comes after it alleged the company failed…

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Facebook releases cloud streaming service for games

Users with Apple iOS devices can use their browser to access a cloud streaming service for games which was recently…

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‘Take breaks, your well-being is important’: Microsoft India

The President of Microsoft India, Anant Maheshwari, posted a friendly reminder on social media to all of Microsoft’s employees. In…

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TikTok Likely to Return to India as TickTock

After being banned in India for nearly a year, the popular short video app TikTok could re-enter the country as…

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Misinformation on social media platforms ‘killing people’ says Biden

US President Joe Biden has declared that social media companies are ‘killing people’ by failing to police misinformation about the…

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Emojis bring a smile to our faces every day: Facebook rolls out ‘soundmojis’

Facebook has announced that it is rolling out Facebook Messenger emojis with sound one day before World Emoji Day. The…

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WhatsApp banned over 20 lakh accounts : Report reveals first intermediary guidelines

In compliance with the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, WhatsApp published its first…

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Standoff: WhatsApp blinks first

New Delhi:  As a result of widespread concerns over data sharing with parent company Facebook and the potential violation of…

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Facebook criticized by SC, must take responsibility for content

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that massive social media platforms like Facebook, which has over one-third of the world’s…

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Donald Trump to file suits against social media

New York: Former US President Donald Trump announced that he will file suits against Facebook, Twitter and Google and their…

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Koo publishes first social media compliance report, removes over 1200 posts

Koo, a Bengaluru-based social media platform, became India’s first network to publish its social media compliance report more than a…

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‘New IT rules’ for Facebook, Google

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Tuesday instructed Facebook and Google to comply with the new…

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‘Legally insufficient’: US judge dismisses lawsuits against Facebook

As part of a major victory for the social media giant Facebook, a US federal judge has dismissed antitrust suits…

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Woman marries 17-year-old boy met on Facebook; booked

Bengaluru: Chikkamagaluru police have booked a 20-year-old BSc nursing student from Bengaluru for allegedly marrying a 17-year-old boy she met…

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Court rules; Facebook could be held liable for sex trafficking on its platform

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Facebook can be held responsible if sex traffickers use the platform to…

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Ronaldo, the first person to reach 300 million followers on Instagram

Lisbon: The famous Portuguese footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo, becomes the first person in the world to reach 300 million followers on…

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Man with Alzheimer’s forgets he was married to his wife and proposes her again

Peter Marshall, 56, of Connecticut was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a few years ago. The disease sadly destroys a person’s memory…

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Facebook rewards Indian hacker

Mumbai: Social media giant, Facebook rewarded Indian ethical hacker Mayur Fartade from Solapur in Maharashtra. He was awarded Rs.22 lakh…

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FB acquires Virtual Reality game developer BigBox VR

Facebook has acquired BigBox VR, makers of the popular battle royale virtual reality game titled Population: One for an undisclosed…

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Women get back ring lost 46 years ago, thanks to Facebook

New York: A woman was reunited with her ring after a long gap of 46 years. Mary Gazall-Beardslee lost her…

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