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Italy Begins Audit of Meta in Tax Case That Could Cost Facebook Parent $925 Million
Italy expects to take until the end of the year for an initial assessment of Facebook parent Meta in a tax case that could land the US company with a bill of around EUR 870 million ($925 million or roughly Rs. 7,611 crore) and prove a test case for the tech sector.
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WhatsApp Faces Penalty in Russia on Accusations of Failing to Delete Banned Content: Report
Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app ...
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ED Seizes Rs. 8.26 Crore in Case Against Pigeon Education Technology, Alleges Firm Is Chinese-Owned
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 8.26 crore in a case against Pigeon Education Technology India Private Limited under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, according to an official statement issued on Friday. In its statement, the ED said that an investigation found that the company was owned by Chinese nati...
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Meta, Google Defend Brazilian Law That Absolves Companies From Responsibility for Content Posted by Users
Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google appeared before Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to defend a law that says internet companies are not responsible for content that users post unless the companies are subject to a court order.
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Amazon Faces UK Lawsuit Over Allegations for Abusing Online Marketplace Position
Amazon is facing a lawsuit in Britain for damages of up to GBP 900 million pounds (nearly Rs. 8,400 crore) over allegations the online marketplace abused its dominant position by favouring its own products, lawyers said. Consumer rights advocate Julie Hunter plans to bring the collective action on behalf of British consumers who have made purchases...
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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Russia Draws Up 2 Cases Against Google for Not Removing Banned Content From YouTube
Russia's communications regulator on Tuesday said it had drawn up two administrative cases against Google for failing to remove banned information from its YouTube video-sharing platform.
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Google News Showcase, Use of Personal Data Being Investigated by Germany's Federal Cartel Office
Germany's Federal Cartel Office said it was examining Google's use of personal data and its Google News Showcase product under its new powers to regulate internet companies, and was also considering cases involving Amazon, Apple, and Meta.
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Facebook Pays RUB 17 Million in Fines to Russia Over Banned Content
Facebook has paid RUB 17 million (roughly Rs. 1.7 crore) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal.
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Facebook Can Pursue Malware Lawsuit Against Pegasus Maker NSO Group: US Appeals Court
A US appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents.
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Italy Begins Audit of Meta in Tax Case That Could Cost Facebook Parent $925 Million
Italy expects to take until the end of the year for an initial assessment of Facebook parent Meta in a tax case that could land the US company with a bill of around EUR 870 million ($925 million or roughly Rs. 7,611 crore) and prove a test case for the tech sector.
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WhatsApp Faces Penalty in Russia on Accusations of Failing to Delete Banned Content: Report
Messenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of RUB 4 million (nearly Rs. 41 lakh) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, state-owned news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing a Moscow court. Although WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app ...
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ED Seizes Rs. 8.26 Crore in Case Against Pigeon Education Technology, Alleges Firm Is Chinese-Owned
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized Rs 8.26 crore in a case against Pigeon Education Technology India Private Limited under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, according to an official statement issued on Friday. In its statement, the ED said that an investigation found that the company was owned by Chinese nati...
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Meta, Google Defend Brazilian Law That Absolves Companies From Responsibility for Content Posted by Users
Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google appeared before Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to defend a law that says internet companies are not responsible for content that users post unless the companies are subject to a court order.
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Amazon Faces UK Lawsuit Over Allegations for Abusing Online Marketplace Position
Amazon is facing a lawsuit in Britain for damages of up to GBP 900 million pounds (nearly Rs. 8,400 crore) over allegations the online marketplace abused its dominant position by favouring its own products, lawyers said. Consumer rights advocate Julie Hunter plans to bring the collective action on behalf of British consumers who have made purchases...
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How Online Privacy Has Changed Users’ Data Protection Since US Supreme Court Ruling Against Abortion
Facebook messages of a mother-daughter duo over abortion are being investigated in Nebraska after the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade. Since the ruling, there has been a concern on how collected location data, text messages, search histories, emails and seemingly innocuous period and ovulation-tracking apps could be used to prosecute people ...
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Russia Draws Up 2 Cases Against Google for Not Removing Banned Content From YouTube
Russia's communications regulator on Tuesday said it had drawn up two administrative cases against Google for failing to remove banned information from its YouTube video-sharing platform.
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Google News Showcase, Use of Personal Data Being Investigated by Germany's Federal Cartel Office
Germany's Federal Cartel Office said it was examining Google's use of personal data and its Google News Showcase product under its new powers to regulate internet companies, and was also considering cases involving Amazon, Apple, and Meta.
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Facebook Pays RUB 17 Million in Fines to Russia Over Banned Content
Facebook has paid RUB 17 million (roughly Rs. 1.7 crore) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal.
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Facebook Can Pursue Malware Lawsuit Against Pegasus Maker NSO Group: US Appeals Court
A US appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists, and dissidents.
