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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom
Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap's Snapchat require users...
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Twitter Suspends Bot Account Tracking Elon Musk's Private Jet
Twitter suspended a bot account tracking its owner Elon Musk's private jet, the account's operator Jack Sweeney said on Wednesday. The account tracked movements of Musk's private jet using data in the public domain and puts out alerts.
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Meta India MD Lauds Government for Holding Companies Accountable for Internet Safety
Social media giant Meta India's Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan at an event on Thursday lauded the Indian government and its policy, regarding the Internet and its security. Recently, several social media giants have faced criticism across the country regarding data compromise and hate speeches.
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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"Won't Share Data With Third Party": Reliance To Parliamentary Panel
Jio Platforms Ltd and Reliance Jio Infocomm do not have any data sharing mechanism with Google and Facebook which are its investors, officials of the firms told a parliamentary committee looking into the issue of data safety today. The officials who deposed before the committee today were asked if there was any data-sharing mechanism between the co...
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Facebook Targets UK Growth With 1,000 Hires in 2020
Facebook will hire 1,000 people in London this year in roles such as product development and safety as it continues to grow its biggest engineering centre outside the United States after Britain leaves the European Union.
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Facebook Shares Crash On Data Breach Fallout, $130 Billion Wiped Out
Facebook shares went into a freefall Wednesday as a stunningly weak financial outlook raised fresh concerns for the social networking giant as it tries to recover from the impact of data protection scandals and investigations
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US Senate Panel to Call Key Cambridge Analytica Figure to Testify
The panel's subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security will hold a hearing next Tuesday on data privacy risks.
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Facebook's Dating Service Is a Chance to Meet the Catfisher, Advertiser or Scammer of Your Dreams
The love-seeking singles of Facebook's new dating service, privacy experts say, may not be prepared for what they'll encounter.
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Aadhaar Data "Gold Mine" For Misuse: Supreme Court Cites Facebook Breach
There is a chance that Aadhaar data of 1.3 billion Indians can be misused, the Supreme Court said today, citing the case of misuse of Facebook data by disgraced British firm Cambridge Analytica. The petition the court was hearing, challenges the validity of the 12-digit unique identity number and questions data safety -- a matter hotly contested by...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify To Congress Next Week About Cambridge Analytica
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a key House committee next week, the panel said Wednesday, the first of three potential hearings where Zuckerberg could face questions about Facebook's data privacy practices.
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Facebook Response to Government's Data Breach Query Sought by April 7
The government wrote to Facebook seeking its response over the user data breach and details of the measures it has put in place to ensure safety and prevent misuse of personal data.
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Anand Mahindra May Fund Facebook Rival. Gets Instant Like From Minister
As the controversy over the Facebook-Cambridge Analytical scandal continued to grab headlines, spiralling into a growing political row and spur worries about privacy and safety of personal data in India, Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to muse whether it was time to build an alternative social media platform.
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#DeleteFacebook? Privacy Proves Hard To Protect Online
Anyone tempted to #DeleteFacebook after the personal data of millions of users fell into the hands of a political consultancy is still likely to be monitored by the social network, which tracks nearly 30 percent of global website traffic.
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No Problem Stripping Before "White Man": Minister's Barb On Aadhaar Row
Union minister KJ Alphons on Sunday weighed in on the Aadhaar versus Right to Privacy debate, as concerns over data safety spiked following the Cambridge Analytica's unauthorised use of Facebook data in US elections, and reports of Aadhaar data being open to misuse owing to fresh security lapses.
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Snapchat Removes Few Children Off Its Platform Every Month in Britain: Ofcom
Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta's Instagram, ByteDance's TikTok, and Snap's Snapchat require users...
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Twitter Suspends Bot Account Tracking Elon Musk's Private Jet
Twitter suspended a bot account tracking its owner Elon Musk's private jet, the account's operator Jack Sweeney said on Wednesday. The account tracked movements of Musk's private jet using data in the public domain and puts out alerts.
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Meta India MD Lauds Government for Holding Companies Accountable for Internet Safety
Social media giant Meta India's Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan at an event on Thursday lauded the Indian government and its policy, regarding the Internet and its security. Recently, several social media giants have faced criticism across the country regarding data compromise and hate speeches.
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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"Won't Share Data With Third Party": Reliance To Parliamentary Panel
Jio Platforms Ltd and Reliance Jio Infocomm do not have any data sharing mechanism with Google and Facebook which are its investors, officials of the firms told a parliamentary committee looking into the issue of data safety today. The officials who deposed before the committee today were asked if there was any data-sharing mechanism between the co...
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Facebook Targets UK Growth With 1,000 Hires in 2020
Facebook will hire 1,000 people in London this year in roles such as product development and safety as it continues to grow its biggest engineering centre outside the United States after Britain leaves the European Union.
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Facebook Shares Crash On Data Breach Fallout, $130 Billion Wiped Out
Facebook shares went into a freefall Wednesday as a stunningly weak financial outlook raised fresh concerns for the social networking giant as it tries to recover from the impact of data protection scandals and investigations
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US Senate Panel to Call Key Cambridge Analytica Figure to Testify
The panel's subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security will hold a hearing next Tuesday on data privacy risks.
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Facebook's Dating Service Is a Chance to Meet the Catfisher, Advertiser or Scammer of Your Dreams
The love-seeking singles of Facebook's new dating service, privacy experts say, may not be prepared for what they'll encounter.
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Aadhaar Data "Gold Mine" For Misuse: Supreme Court Cites Facebook Breach
There is a chance that Aadhaar data of 1.3 billion Indians can be misused, the Supreme Court said today, citing the case of misuse of Facebook data by disgraced British firm Cambridge Analytica. The petition the court was hearing, challenges the validity of the 12-digit unique identity number and questions data safety -- a matter hotly contested by...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify To Congress Next Week About Cambridge Analytica
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a key House committee next week, the panel said Wednesday, the first of three potential hearings where Zuckerberg could face questions about Facebook's data privacy practices.
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Facebook Response to Government's Data Breach Query Sought by April 7
The government wrote to Facebook seeking its response over the user data breach and details of the measures it has put in place to ensure safety and prevent misuse of personal data.
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Anand Mahindra May Fund Facebook Rival. Gets Instant Like From Minister
As the controversy over the Facebook-Cambridge Analytical scandal continued to grab headlines, spiralling into a growing political row and spur worries about privacy and safety of personal data in India, Anand Mahindra took to Twitter to muse whether it was time to build an alternative social media platform.
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#DeleteFacebook? Privacy Proves Hard To Protect Online
Anyone tempted to #DeleteFacebook after the personal data of millions of users fell into the hands of a political consultancy is still likely to be monitored by the social network, which tracks nearly 30 percent of global website traffic.
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No Problem Stripping Before "White Man": Minister's Barb On Aadhaar Row
Union minister KJ Alphons on Sunday weighed in on the Aadhaar versus Right to Privacy debate, as concerns over data safety spiked following the Cambridge Analytica's unauthorised use of Facebook data in US elections, and reports of Aadhaar data being open to misuse owing to fresh security lapses.
