Facebook Policy Update

WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy of 2021 has not been withdrawn, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi High Court on Monday, while stating that its probe concerning the policy should be allowed to proceed. The CCI on its own had decided to look into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy after the company began to show a popup to u...

Facebook is cracking down on user reviews to prevent people from leaving fake feedback on business pages. The company has updated its Community Feedback policy to address this widespread issue. Last year, Facebook removed 16,000 groups that were selling and buying fake reviews of various products and services.

Facebook parent Meta has started sending out notification to users to inform them about privacy policy update which will roll out from July 26. Meta has rewritten and re-designed its privacy Policy to make it easier to understand.

Social media platform Meta, formerly Facebook, has started sending out notification to users about privacy policy update which it will roll out from July 26, the company said on Thursday.

Meta has updated its user guidelines that won’t allow posts calling for the assassination of a head of a state. Meta was earlier allowing some posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging that information for European users, after Irish regulators slapped the instant messaging service with a record fine for breaching strict EU data privacy rules.

Krafton announced that after November 5, all Battlegrounds Mobile Inda Android users will not be able to login using the Facebook account on the browser. BGMI says all logins with Facebook accounts in the embedded browser of Android devices will be disabled. Users will need the Facebook app to play the game.

Facebook said on Friday that it will stop allowing the sale of land in Amazon rainforest conservation areas on the social network or its Instagram and WhatsApp services.

Battlegrounds Mobile India will shut down data transfers with Facebook accounts starting September 28. Developer Krafton states this is due to policy update with the Facebook SDK. From October 5, the Facebook app will become mandatory to play the game.

The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big US tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments.

WhatsApp on Monday faced a barrage of complaints by the European Consumer Organisation and others over a privacy policy update, which gives its parent company Facebook and its other services access to WhatsApp user data.

WhatsApp seems to have extended its privacy policy acceptance date till June 19, 2021 in Germany, Argentina, and other regions. The Facebook-owned messaging service had given May 15 as the ultimatum for accepting the updated privacy policy but did not take any action for people who did not accept the terms.

WhatsApp said on Friday that it was still discussing the rollout of its updated privacy policy in Turkey, despite a statement from Turkey's Competition Board saying the update would not be issued.

WhatsApp privacy policy that came into effect on May 15 is in violation of the Indian Information Technology (IT) law and rules, Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday. WhatsApp, opposing the contention, said it was conforming to Indian IT law and rules.

All WhatsApp users will start receiving the privacy update prompt, and either they have to accept it or risk losing its key features.

WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy of 2021 has not been withdrawn, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi High Court on Monday, while stating that its probe concerning the policy should be allowed to proceed. The CCI on its own had decided to look into WhatsApp's updated privacy policy after the company began to show a popup to u...

Facebook is cracking down on user reviews to prevent people from leaving fake feedback on business pages. The company has updated its Community Feedback policy to address this widespread issue. Last year, Facebook removed 16,000 groups that were selling and buying fake reviews of various products and services.

Facebook parent Meta has started sending out notification to users to inform them about privacy policy update which will roll out from July 26. Meta has rewritten and re-designed its privacy Policy to make it easier to understand.

Social media platform Meta, formerly Facebook, has started sending out notification to users about privacy policy update which it will roll out from July 26, the company said on Thursday.

Meta has updated its user guidelines that won’t allow posts calling for the assassination of a head of a state. Meta was earlier allowing some posts on Facebook and Instagram calling for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging that information for European users, after Irish regulators slapped the instant messaging service with a record fine for breaching strict EU data privacy rules.

Krafton announced that after November 5, all Battlegrounds Mobile Inda Android users will not be able to login using the Facebook account on the browser. BGMI says all logins with Facebook accounts in the embedded browser of Android devices will be disabled. Users will need the Facebook app to play the game.

Facebook said on Friday that it will stop allowing the sale of land in Amazon rainforest conservation areas on the social network or its Instagram and WhatsApp services.

Battlegrounds Mobile India will shut down data transfers with Facebook accounts starting September 28. Developer Krafton states this is due to policy update with the Facebook SDK. From October 5, the Facebook app will become mandatory to play the game.

The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan poses a new challenge for big US tech companies on handling content created by a group considered to be terrorists by some world governments.

WhatsApp on Monday faced a barrage of complaints by the European Consumer Organisation and others over a privacy policy update, which gives its parent company Facebook and its other services access to WhatsApp user data.

WhatsApp seems to have extended its privacy policy acceptance date till June 19, 2021 in Germany, Argentina, and other regions. The Facebook-owned messaging service had given May 15 as the ultimatum for accepting the updated privacy policy but did not take any action for people who did not accept the terms.

WhatsApp said on Friday that it was still discussing the rollout of its updated privacy policy in Turkey, despite a statement from Turkey's Competition Board saying the update would not be issued.

WhatsApp privacy policy that came into effect on May 15 is in violation of the Indian Information Technology (IT) law and rules, Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday. WhatsApp, opposing the contention, said it was conforming to Indian IT law and rules.

All WhatsApp users will start receiving the privacy update prompt, and either they have to accept it or risk losing its key features.