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The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.

The European Commission said it suspected Meta's moderation of adverts was "insufficient" and that an increase in paid spots in those conditions could harm "electoral processes and fundamental rights, including consumer protection rights".

Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...

The European Commission had given online platforms and search engines until February 17 to publish their monthly active users. Very large online platforms have four months to comply with the rules or risk fines. As a result, Google, Meta, and Twitter have published numbers for their monthly active users in EU.

Irish regulatory body has fined Meta an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. In its new decision, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted "in breach of its obligations in relation to transparency," the watchdog said in ...

Meta was warned by the European Commission on Monday that it was likely breaching EU antitrust laws. The social media firm will face an investigation into whether it abused its dominant position and distorted competition in markets for online classified advertising. EU antitrust regulators last month were said to be drawing up charges against Meta ...

The European Commission on Monday said it had told Facebook parent company Meta that it is likely breaching EU antitrust laws by distorting competition in the markets for online classified ads and abusing its dominant position.

Meta could face charges from EU antitrust regulators over the social media firm's use of customer data and the tying of its classified advertisements service to its social network. The European Commission began an investigation into social network company Meta in June 2021, and has asked Meta rivals to remove confidential information from their sub...

Google, Facebook, Twitter and other companies may come under compulsion to counter deepfakes, spam accounts once soon after EU announces its updates code of practice this week. Ignoring the rules may attract hefty fines on social media giants.

Meta Platforms have compared EU antitrust probe regulators on Facebook's data and online marketplace to a fishing super trawler. The company claims it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019. Meta has questioned the necessity and proportionality of the data requests and the re...

Google, Meta and other online service providers will be now required to find and remove online child pornography on their platform under European Commission draft rules. Companies that fail to comply with the rules can face fine up to 6 percent of their annual income or global turnover, whatever will be decided by EU countries.

The British broadcasting regulator has announced another dozen investigations into the "impartiality" of news programmes aired on Russian state-funded television channel RT.

WhatsApp has been given until the end of February to explain changes to its privacy policy and whether this complies with EU consumer protection laws after complaints from consumer groups, the European Commission said.

Google suffered a setback after Europe's second-highest court dismissed its challenge to an EU antitrust ruling and EUR 2.42 billion (roughly Rs. 20,830 crore) fine in a major win for EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager.

US tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — collectively dubbed GAFAM — have been accused of not paying enough taxes, stifling competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading fake news.

The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.

The European Commission said it suspected Meta's moderation of adverts was "insufficient" and that an increase in paid spots in those conditions could harm "electoral processes and fundamental rights, including consumer protection rights".

Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record EUR 1.2 billion (nearly Rs. 10,750 crore) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which acts on behalf of the European Union, said the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ha...

The European Commission had given online platforms and search engines until February 17 to publish their monthly active users. Very large online platforms have four months to comply with the rules or risk fines. As a result, Google, Meta, and Twitter have published numbers for their monthly active users in EU.

Irish regulatory body has fined Meta an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. In its new decision, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted "in breach of its obligations in relation to transparency," the watchdog said in ...

Meta was warned by the European Commission on Monday that it was likely breaching EU antitrust laws. The social media firm will face an investigation into whether it abused its dominant position and distorted competition in markets for online classified advertising. EU antitrust regulators last month were said to be drawing up charges against Meta ...

The European Commission on Monday said it had told Facebook parent company Meta that it is likely breaching EU antitrust laws by distorting competition in the markets for online classified ads and abusing its dominant position.

Meta could face charges from EU antitrust regulators over the social media firm's use of customer data and the tying of its classified advertisements service to its social network. The European Commission began an investigation into social network company Meta in June 2021, and has asked Meta rivals to remove confidential information from their sub...

Google, Facebook, Twitter and other companies may come under compulsion to counter deepfakes, spam accounts once soon after EU announces its updates code of practice this week. Ignoring the rules may attract hefty fines on social media giants.

Meta Platforms have compared EU antitrust probe regulators on Facebook's data and online marketplace to a fishing super trawler. The company claims it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019. Meta has questioned the necessity and proportionality of the data requests and the re...

Google, Meta and other online service providers will be now required to find and remove online child pornography on their platform under European Commission draft rules. Companies that fail to comply with the rules can face fine up to 6 percent of their annual income or global turnover, whatever will be decided by EU countries.

The British broadcasting regulator has announced another dozen investigations into the "impartiality" of news programmes aired on Russian state-funded television channel RT.

WhatsApp has been given until the end of February to explain changes to its privacy policy and whether this complies with EU consumer protection laws after complaints from consumer groups, the European Commission said.

Google suffered a setback after Europe's second-highest court dismissed its challenge to an EU antitrust ruling and EUR 2.42 billion (roughly Rs. 20,830 crore) fine in a major win for EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager.

US tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft — collectively dubbed GAFAM — have been accused of not paying enough taxes, stifling competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading fake news.