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Facebook Will Be Shut Down, Karnataka High Court Warns Over Investigation: Report
The High Court of Karnataka has orally warned Facebook (Meta) that it may order its operations in India to be shut down if it does not cooperate with police investigation over a fake profile.
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India Among Top 3 Nations Contributing Active Users Growth for Facebook: Meta
India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing. The company has reported a 4 percent increase in worldwide daily active users (DAUs) to 2 billion on average during December 2022 from 1.93 billion during December 2021.
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India Among Top 3 Countries For Active Users Growth On Facebook, Says Meta
India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing.
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Meta India's Staff On The Edge After Social Media Firm Fires 11,000 Globally
India employees of Meta, the firm that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, have been thrown off-guard after the US firm announced 11,000 layoffs globally or 13 per cent of its workforce.
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Facebook India Head Quits, He Is Joining This Company
Social media company Meta today announced that its India head, Ajit Mohan, has stepped down to pursue another opportunity. Mr Mohan is going to join rival social media platform Snap, the company announced today.
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Facebook's Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Into WhatsApp's Private Policy Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority and t...
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India Is Creating Ecosystem to Make Social Media Accountable: Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Social media is a "very powerful medium," said Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday, with an affirmation to make it accountable. Self-regulation is a first step in the direction of making social media accountable, followed by industry regulation, and then government regulations, said the Union Minister.
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Facebook India Officials Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Protection of Citizen's Rights, Women's Safety
Facebook India officials have been summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) led by Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor to hear the views on protecting citizens’ rights and women's safety in digital social/ online news media platforms.
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Facebook Says "Hate Hurts Us" At Hearing, Delhi Panel Says "Not Sure"
Facebook officials were grilled today by a Delhi panel over hate posts linked to the February 2020 riots in the capital and the action taken to remove such content.
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Facebook India Seeks 14-Day Time From Delhi Assembly To Appear Before It
Facebook India has sought 14 days time from Delhi Legislative Assembly's committee on ''Peace & Harmony'' to appear before them and furnish statement.
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Facebook Was Well Aware of Hate Speech in India, Failed to Contain on Platform: Reports
Facebook was well aware that hate speech was spreading on its site in India which could exacerbate ethnic violence, and did not deploy resources to curb the phenomenon, US media reported, citing internal documents.
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India's Cyber Agency Cautions Facebook Users, Advises Greater Privacy After Global Data Leak
India's cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global 'data scraping' incident in the social media platform affected about 61 lakh Indians.
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Facebook Signs First Deal to Buy Renewable Energy in India From Local Firm CleanMax
Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from local firm CleanMax’ wind power project, the social media giant's first such deal in the South Asian nation, the companies said.
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Facebook 2020 in Review Reveals India-Specific Moments That Resonated, From Irrfan Khan to Sushant Singh Rajput, to Diwali Celebrations
Facebook on Tuesday released its India-specific 2020 Year in Review and top pop-culture moments of the year. The social media giant said that it saw growing adoption of its fundraiser feature as well as live broadcasts from pages in the country.
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Facebook India Head Ajit Mohan Questioned by Parliamentary Panel Over Reluctance to Ban Bajrang Dal
Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel and was questioned about a recent report that the social media giant is reluctant to ban the Bajrang Dal due to concerns over the security of its staff.
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Facebook Will Be Shut Down, Karnataka High Court Warns Over Investigation: Report
The High Court of Karnataka has orally warned Facebook (Meta) that it may order its operations in India to be shut down if it does not cooperate with police investigation over a fake profile.
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India Among Top 3 Nations Contributing Active Users Growth for Facebook: Meta
India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing. The company has reported a 4 percent increase in worldwide daily active users (DAUs) to 2 billion on average during December 2022 from 1.93 billion during December 2021.
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India Among Top 3 Countries For Active Users Growth On Facebook, Says Meta
India is among the top three nations contributing active users growth for Facebook as of December 31, 2022, social media major Meta said in a regulatory filing.
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Meta India's Staff On The Edge After Social Media Firm Fires 11,000 Globally
India employees of Meta, the firm that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, have been thrown off-guard after the US firm announced 11,000 layoffs globally or 13 per cent of its workforce.
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Facebook India Head Quits, He Is Joining This Company
Social media company Meta today announced that its India head, Ajit Mohan, has stepped down to pursue another opportunity. Mr Mohan is going to join rival social media platform Snap, the company announced today.
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Facebook's Plea to Dismiss CCI Probe Into WhatsApp's Private Policy Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas by Meta Platforms, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and WhatsApp, challenging the probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority and t...
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India Is Creating Ecosystem to Make Social Media Accountable: Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Social media is a "very powerful medium," said Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday, with an affirmation to make it accountable. Self-regulation is a first step in the direction of making social media accountable, followed by industry regulation, and then government regulations, said the Union Minister.
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Facebook India Officials Summoned by Parliamentary Panel Over Protection of Citizen's Rights, Women's Safety
Facebook India officials have been summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) led by Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor to hear the views on protecting citizens’ rights and women's safety in digital social/ online news media platforms.
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Facebook Says "Hate Hurts Us" At Hearing, Delhi Panel Says "Not Sure"
Facebook officials were grilled today by a Delhi panel over hate posts linked to the February 2020 riots in the capital and the action taken to remove such content.
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Facebook India Seeks 14-Day Time From Delhi Assembly To Appear Before It
Facebook India has sought 14 days time from Delhi Legislative Assembly's committee on ''Peace & Harmony'' to appear before them and furnish statement.
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Facebook Was Well Aware of Hate Speech in India, Failed to Contain on Platform: Reports
Facebook was well aware that hate speech was spreading on its site in India which could exacerbate ethnic violence, and did not deploy resources to curb the phenomenon, US media reported, citing internal documents.
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India's Cyber Agency Cautions Facebook Users, Advises Greater Privacy After Global Data Leak
India's cyber security agency CERT-In has advised Facebook users to strengthen their account privacy settings after a recent global 'data scraping' incident in the social media platform affected about 61 lakh Indians.
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Facebook Signs First Deal to Buy Renewable Energy in India From Local Firm CleanMax
Facebook has signed a deal to buy renewable energy in India from local firm CleanMax’ wind power project, the social media giant's first such deal in the South Asian nation, the companies said.
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Facebook 2020 in Review Reveals India-Specific Moments That Resonated, From Irrfan Khan to Sushant Singh Rajput, to Diwali Celebrations
Facebook on Tuesday released its India-specific 2020 Year in Review and top pop-culture moments of the year. The social media giant said that it saw growing adoption of its fundraiser feature as well as live broadcasts from pages in the country.
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Facebook India Head Ajit Mohan Questioned by Parliamentary Panel Over Reluctance to Ban Bajrang Dal
Facebook's India head Ajit Mohan deposed before a parliamentary panel and was questioned about a recent report that the social media giant is reluctant to ban the Bajrang Dal due to concerns over the security of its staff.
