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Facebook reportedly experienced a bug on Wednesday that flooded several users’ News Feed with posts from celebrity pages. These were seemingly posts sent to celebrity pages on Facebook like Robert Downey Jr, Lady Gaga, Nirvana, Ajay Devgn, and more. Reports suggest that the cause of this bug could have been an attack by bots spamming

Twitter and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to appear before the Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Friday. The microblogging site and railway ticketing app have been summoned to discuss concerns over “citizens’ data security and privacy”. The parliamentary meeting comes days after the centre

Twitter executives held a meeting with the staff after a series of claims made by a whistleblower who mentioned that the social media platform misled federal regulators regarding defenses against hackers and spam accounts. The former security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko has revealed some shocking allegation against the company. Amid Twitter’s legal battle with Elon

WhatsApp and Facebook pleas against a single bench order regarding the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) investigation into WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy have been dismissed by the Delhi High Court, according to a report. Meta, formerly known as Facebook, had asked the High Court to interfere in the CCI investigation earlier. As per the report,

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal reportedly told the company’s employees at an internal meeting that the accusations by a former employee and whistleblower were inaccurate. The company was rocked by allegations of poor security against spam accounts and hackers on Tuesday, levelled by its former chief of security. Twitter is also preparing to engage in a legal

Match, the owner of popular dating app Tinder, has reportedly filed an antitrust case against Apple in India. In the latest challenge to the iPhone maker’s commision charged on in-app purchases, Match has accused Apple of monopolistic conduct due to its 30 percent commission, according to a report. It has also reportedly argued that Apple’s

Twitter is reportedly working on bringing together the teams that engages in reducing toxic content and spam bots on the social media platform. The latest development comes amidst a former Twitter security chief Peter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleged that the company misled regulators regarding the poor cybersecurity defenses of the micro-blogging site. The security expert has

Meta has reportedly reached a $37.5 million (roughly Rs. 300 crore) settlement in a lawsuit that alleged that the company had violated the privacy of its users by collecting its location without their permission. The firm was accused of collecting location data of its users without asking for their consent, even after the location services

A former Twitter security chief has alleged in a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DoJ), that the Indian government compelled the microblogging service to place a government agent on its staff, according to a report. The security expert has also alleged that Twitter

Apple, Google, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon India’s top executives will meet the government’s parliamentary panel today at 2.30pm IST to discuss the anti-competitive practices in the digital space in the country. According to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance’s chairman Jayant Sinha, the panel has summoned the representatives from Indian arms of these tech giants

From a “nuclear explosion” in the country to North Korea sending troops to Ayodhya, the 102 YouTube channels banned by the government were known to routinely spread disinformation about India to its lakhs of subscribers, and were “monetising fake news”, officials have said. The government started the crackdown against such YouTube channels for the first

WhatsApp has reportedly released the ability to view status updates within the chat list to some beta testers. The new feature is said have been rolled out with the WhatsApp beta for Android version 2.22.18.17, according to the report. The feature was reportedly under development earlier. The new feature is said to allow users to

Meta CEO has shared on Facebook that the company will soon release “major updates” to Horizon Worlds. The executive also said that the avatar graphics will also be updated soon. The CEO said that he will be sharing more details at company’s Connect event later. In the post, the executive acknowledged that the image of

Mumbai Police is investigating a WhatsApp message warning of a “26/11-like” terror attack in the city received on the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai Police Traffic Control from a Pakistan-based number police sources said on Saturday. The message said that six people will execute the attack in India. The Mumbai Police has initiated a probe

The government on Thursday ordered blocking of eight YouTube channels, including one operating from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading disinformation related to India’s national security, foreign relations and public order. The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views; and 85.73 lakh subscribers and the content was being monetised, an official statement said. The channels that

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter, is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter, according to filings in a Delaware court on Thursday. Twitter has sued the Tesla chief executive,

Facebook-owner Meta said Thursday it had kicked one of the most influential US anti-vaccination groups off the social media network for spreading Covid-19 misinformation. The Children’s Health Defense (CHD), which has been a critic of Covid vaccines, immediately accused Meta of stifling its free speech rights. “Facebook is acting here as a surrogate for the

Snapchat parent Snap will stop future development of its Pixy flying selfie drone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Pixy, which costs $230 (roughly Rs. 18.300), will continue to be sold in its current iteration, according to the report. The news comes nearly four months after the Santa

Vietnam’s government has ordered technology firms to store their users’ data locally and set up local offices, its latest move to tighten cybersecurity rules. The new rules, issued in a decree on Wednesday, will apply to social media companies like Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook, and telecommunications operators, and will take effect on October 1.

Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform. The e-commerce giant has been testing a feed on its app that enables shoppers to scroll through TikTok-like photos and videos of products posted by other users. Using the feature, called