Social media

Privacy breach plea: SC seeks responses from WhatsApp, FB

17 Jan 2017

Facebook forced by penal threat to test fake news filtering system in Germany

16 Jan 2017

Facebook testing mid-roll video ads

14 Jan 2017

BJP media cell pressured Snapdeal to sack Aamir Khan: book

28 Dec 2016

Indian demands for FB data rise to 6,324 in first half of year

26 Dec 2016

Messaging app Snapchat acquires Israeli augmented reality start-up Cimagine

26 Dec 2016

Taking a break from Facebook makes people happy: Danish study

24 Dec 2016

Facebook received more than 6,000 requests for data from government in first half of 2016

24 Dec 2016

Feeling blue? Taking a break from Facebook might help

24 Dec 2016

A new study shows that regular use of social networking such as Facebook can negatively affect your emotional well-being and satisfaction with life

Facebook to battle fake news with stronger tools

16 Dec 2016

Facebook in talks for creation of its own original video content

15 Dec 2016

Legion cracks Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Mallya, others

13 Dec 2016

A new group calling itself Legion says that apart from prominent personalities that include Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya, and some news anchors, it also has access to sansad.nic.in, the email server used by government employees

Facebook admits to misreported marketing stats

10 Dec 2016

European regulator grants conditional approval to Microsoft’s $26.2-bn LinkedIn deal

07 Dec 2016

With this approval, the transaction, which has already received antitrust approvals from regulators in the US, Canada, Brazil and South Africa, will close in the next few days

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft launch initiative to remove extremist content

06 Dec 2016

Twitter accidentally suspends CEO Jack Dorsey's account

23 Nov 2016

Facebook develops censorship tool to make a comeback in China

23 Nov 2016

Russia moves to block LinkedIn over violation of law on personal data storage

19 Nov 2016

Facebook plans $6-bn share buyback in Q1 next year

19 Nov 2016

Facebook, which has historically grown at a very fast clip, is now expanding at a slow pace and it needs something more than growth to create value for investors

Microsoft offers concessions to EU over its $26 bn acquisition of LinkedIn

17 Nov 2016

Facebook buying stolen passwords – for users’ own good

12 Nov 2016

Facebook to ban ethnic affinity advertising to target employment, housing and credit-related services

12 Nov 2016

Facebook muscles in on LinkedIn territory with jobs feature

08 Nov 2016

Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates, a move that could pressure LinkedIn Corp's recruiting business

LinkedIn launches new tool, LinkedIn Salary, to help users know their worth

04 Nov 2016

Italian probe on WhatsApp for compelling users to share personal data with Facebook

02 Nov 2016