Moscow: – Russia has adopted an aggressive stance. It has been said that much misinformation is being spread during the Russia-Ukraine war in Western and social media. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law with a provision of 15 years of imprisonment for those spreading misinformation against the government. Many US and European […]
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Washington/London – Facebook announced that the stories linked to the accusation that the Coronavirus originated in a laboratory at Wuhan, in China, can be posted on Facebook. Leaders from the United States and the United Kingdom have criticized that this turnabout in the Facebook stand only shows its arrogant nature. Leading British newspaper Daily Mail […]
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Canberra: – The Australian Parliament passed the law to keep a tab on the monopoly of Google and Facebook. Australia becomes the first country to pass legislation of this nature against the leading countries in the information technology sector. As per this law named ‘New Media Bargaining code’, Google and Facebook will have to pay […]
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Washington: A severe reaction emerged from across the globe against Facebook’s unilateral decision to impose a ban on news in Australia. The US, the UK and other European countries have stepped up efforts for action against Facebook and other big tech companies, and a bill is likely to be introduced soon in the US Congress. […]
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California: Four months ago, Facebook’s digital currency that was launched with great fanfare has suffered major blows back-to-back. Five companies participating in the Libra venture have decided to back out in the last 24 hours. These companies include the world leaders in payments processing such as Mastercard, Visa and Stripe. Given this development indicates that […]
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Brussels: The troubles for Libra cryptocurrency, being launched by the social media company Facebook, seem to be increasing. Following the action initiated by the countries like the United States and Australia, now the European Union has instituted an inquiry against ‘Facebook Libra’. The spokesman of the Union informed that independent notices had been sent to […]
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California: Facebook has acquired the start-up which has developed ‘Mind Reading Wrist Band’, that reads the instructions sent by the brain to the arm. The name of the Start-up being Control Labs, this deal is claimed to be nearly USD 1 billion, as per the US media. With this acquisition, Facebook would make a mark […]
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Canberra: Following the United States, European Union and France, even Australia has indicated to rein in the bigwigs such as Facebook, Google and alike from the technology sector. The Australian government, in its reports released on Friday, has recommended more regulations on these technology bigwigs like Google and Facebook. ‘Companies like Google and Facebook need […]
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Washington: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to institute investigations against the Big Tech resorting to monopolistic practices, using the financial might. Companies like Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook would be facing the probe, named as the ‘Antitrust Review’. Only last week, a hearing was held of the companies, before the US Congressional […]
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Washington: The US Congress and administration hints that big Information Technology (IT) companies would be undergoing scrutiny. The list of companies includes Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook. The US Congress has said that these companies are allegedly using their financial muscle to create a monopolistic situation in the marketplace, which is detrimental to the democratic […]
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