Tech firms like Facebook should be made liable for “harmful and misleading” material on their websites and pay a levy...
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The draft for personal data protection law recommended by the Justice Srikrishna Committee proposes exemption of those personal in...
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Twitter is getting tough on those who send abusive comments on its live streaming platform Periscope as the microblogging site sai...
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HIGHLIGHTS Facebook on Friday suspended Crimson Hexagon Facebook is under investigation over its work with Cambridge Analytica The...
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HIGHLIGHTS Microsoft Corp shares rose about 5 percent to an all-time high on Friday At least six brokerages raised their price tar...
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As part of its plan to connect billions of people who are still offline, Facebook is working on launching Athena, its own Internet...
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The number of women employees at Facebook has increased five percent over the past five years and there has been a modest growth i...
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Micro-blogging site Twitter is testing a new advertising strategy to boost revenue from its trending topics, as confirmed by the c...
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HIGHLIGHTS US House Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on Tuesday The committee held a hearing in April on the same topic...
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Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech. Parts...
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