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Facebook bans posts claiming to change sexual orientation of gays

San Francisco: Facebook on Friday said it is banning content that promotes “conversion therapy,” which is based on the unfounded notion that gays can change their sexual orientation through psychological…

admin July 11, 2020

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Microsoft, Zoom join Facebook, Google, Twitter to stall Hong Kong user data requests

San Francisco: Microsoft and Zoom on Tuesday joined other major internet firms that have stopped considering requests by Hong Kong’s government for information on users in the wake of China’s…

admin July 8, 2020

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France calls out US’ bully stance on taxing Big Tech

Paris: France and the US locked horns Thursday over taxing digital giants such as Google and Facebook, after Washington said it was breaking off talks aimed at establishing a global…

admin June 18, 2020

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Unlike 2016, Facebook says it will block foreign state ads on US election

San Francisco: Facebook says it will block ads from foreign state media during the US election, as well as allowing users to hide all paid-for political messages. The move comes…

admin June 17, 2020

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WhatsApp payments launched in Brazil, ahead of its second attempt in India with Jio

New Delhi: WhatsApp has launched its ‘WhatsApp Pay’ in Brazil, nearly two years after it began testing the payments service in India. In 2018, the Facebook-owned company had started testing…

admin June 16, 2020

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What’s being done about fake news? EU wants Google, Facebook monthly reports

Brussels: A senior European Union official warned online platforms like Google and Facebook on Wednesday to step up the fight against fake news, coming notably from countries like China and…

admin June 10, 2020

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Assam Chief Minister Sonowal’s Facebook flooded with ‘Comrade’, ‘Lal Salam’ greetings

Guwahati: Assam’s BJP Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is being defiantly addressed as ‘comrade’ and greeted with ‘lal salam’ on Facebook by netizens outraged by the charge-sheeting of peasant leader and…

admin June 8, 2020

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Facebook users, you can now add songs to your profile from Saregama

New Delhi: Saregama on Wednesday announced a global deal with Facebook to license its music for video and other social experiences across Facebook and Instagram. The partnership will allow users…

admin June 3, 2020

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Aussie papers go digital, downsize amid double whammy of Google-Facebook and COVID

Canberra: Australia’s largest newspaper publisher, News Corp., announced on Thursday that most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the country will become digital-only next month due to the pandemic.…

admin May 28, 2020

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Don’t let Big Tech turn the world into a China, Noam Chomsky warns

New York: The role of technology in helping push back against the novel coronavirus has been hailed widely. But it also means that people are constantly being watched by entities…

admin May 25, 2020

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Boycott Google, Facebook to force them to pay for news, says Australian watchdog

Sydney: Australia’s competition watchdog suggested Tuesday that local media could organise a “collective boycott” of Google and Facebook to force the tech giants to pay for news they put on…

admin May 19, 2020