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The rivalry between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg has returned to the spotlight following reports about WhatsApp being under investigation in the US. Musk’s latest post, a meme targeting the Facebook founder, was shared across social media platforms. “Reminds me of this classic meme. Use X Chat instead of WhatsApp! There will never be ‘hooks…
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New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday stayed a five-year ban imposed by competition watchdog CCI on data-sharing practices between WhatsApp and its parent Meta for advertising purposes, offering a breather to the tech giant. Meta had challenged the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) directive issued in November 2024 that imposed…
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New Delhi: In a respite for Mark Zuckerberg-run Meta, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday stayed the five-year ban imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on WhatsApp for its data-sharing practices. The NCLAT bench, led by Justice Ashok Bhushan, said such a ban could disrupt WhatsApp’s business model in the…
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Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on independent third-party factcheckers, Meta will now emulate Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in using “community notes”. These crowdsourced contributions allow users to flag content they believe is questionable. Zuckerberg claimed…
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New Delhi: Social media platform WhatsApp followed by Telegram and Instagram remains one of the favourite hunting grounds for online scamsters, as per the latest report from the Union Home Ministry. In the first three months of year 2024, total 43,797 complaints regarding cyber frauds through WhatsApp were received followed by 22,680 complaints against Telegram…
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Tehran: Iranian authorities have officially lifted the ban on WhatsApp and the Google Play Store, signalling a significant shift in the country’s internet restrictions, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. The decision, which comes after a meeting with top government officials, marks a new phase in the easing of internet blockades that have restricted…
A suspect registry of identifiers of cyber criminals has been launched. (Representational image) New Delhi: The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), a wing of the Ministry of Home Affairs, has identified and blocked more than 1,700 Skype IDs and 59,000 WhatsApp accounts used for digital fraud, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister…
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The competition watchdog has directed Meta to cease and desist from anti-competitive practices. New Delhi: After the Competition Commission imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagrees with the watchdog’s decision and plans to appeal. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday asked WhatsApp…
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File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Competition Commission of India (CCI) directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant ₹213.14 crore on Monday (November 18, 2024) over antitrust violations related to the messaging application’s 2021…
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore on social media major Meta for unfair business ways with respect to WhatsApp privacy policy update done in 2021. Besides, the competition watchdog has directed Meta to “cease and desist” from anti-competitive practices. Meta and WhatsApp have also been asked to…
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