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Trump's another surgical strike on H-1B visas; how Indians bear the brunt [details]

The lawsuit says that Facebook refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available U.S workers for over 2,600 positions that it, instead, reserved for temporary visa holders.

Dec 5, 2020

WhatsApp Pay rolled out in India | All you need to know

Facebook Inc's WhatsApp will start its payments service in India on Friday, the messaging app said in a blog post, after it received approval from the country's leading payments processor to roll out the much-delayed system.

Nov 6, 2020

Twitter, Facebook flag Trump post questioning top court voting decision in Pennsylvania

Twitter and Facebook late on Monday both flagged a post by President Donald Trump that called a US Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania "very dangerous."

Nov 3, 2020

Ankhi Das quits Facebook amid content moderation row; what's next?

The ruling BJP has been the largest advertiser on Facebook in India on political and social issues, as per data by Facebook's spending tracker.

Oct 28, 2020

Ban Islamophobia, like Holocaust from Facebook: PAK PM Imran Khan writes to Zuckerberg

Pakistan's prime minister has appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to ban Islamophobic content on the site, warning of an increase in radicalisation amongst Muslims, the government said on Sunday.

Oct 26, 2020

How Facebook's role in 2020 US elections brings back sour memories

The growth of right-wing content on the platform has enraged liberals, who accuse the social media giant of kowtowing to the right out of fear of being painted as biased toward the left.

Oct 18, 2020

Facebook brings Netflix, Zoom on video calling device Portal

Portal TV already offers a range of video streaming services, including Amazon Prime Video, SHOWTIME and SLING TV.

Oct 6, 2020

Facebook bans US ads that call voting fraud widespread or election invalid

Facebook has now banned ads on its website and associated platforms in United States of America which claim that voting fraud could be rampant or that the elections could be rigged.

Oct 1, 2020

Beware of Facebook scam; hackers go phishing with legit $100mn SMB grant

The trick the cybercriminals used was simple. Scammers presented the news as if Facebook was handing out money to all of the social network's users who had been affected by Covid-19.

Oct 1, 2020

Delhi riots: Facebook India VC Ajit Mohan gets breather as SC orders against coercive action

A Delhi Assembly panel on Wednesday assured the Supreme Court that no coercive step is intended against Facebook India Vice President Ajit Mohan, who has moved the apex court, questioning its powers to summon him.

Sep 23, 2020

Dance India Dance clip shared with false claim

Fact-Check: Prank video shared as BJP leader threatening Dance India Dance judges

A video of a prank pulled on a dance reality show is being shared with a misleading claim that a BJP leader threatened the judges after they rejected his son.

Sep 14, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg criticises App Store rules; says Apple deserves scrutiny

In an interview with Axios on Tuesday, Zuckerberg said that people should be looking into the "unilateral control" that Apple has over "what gets on phones, in terms of apps."

Sep 9, 2020

Mock drill by Karnataka Police falsely shared as terrorist held in Hubli

Fact-Check: Karnataka Police mock drill video shared as actual terrorist capture; beware

International Business Times, India, found out that a video of a mock drill carried out by the Karnataka Police is being shared with the false claim that a real terrorist was held at Hubli bus station.

Sep 4, 2020

End of the road for BJP MLA Raja Singh on Facebook after hate speech row

Facebook has now banned BJP MLA Raja Singh from the platform. Following the accusations over bias in moderating hate speech, the platform has removed the politician.

Sep 3, 2020

What is Pacific Light Cable Network and why did Google, Facebook drop plans for it

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned that linking Los Angeles to Hong Kong via undersea cable network will pose national security challenges from Chinese tech intruders.

Sep 2, 2020

Why one-rupee is most talked about currency denomination in India today

On Monday morning, the Supreme Court imposed a nominal fine of Re 1 on the defendant Prashant Bhushan, convicted of tweets against the judiciary in a contempt case.

Aug 31, 2020

Facebook fight: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey mocks Shashi Tharoor's English, wants him out of Parliamentary panel

Also, the BJP MP on Thursday, August 20, sought the removal of Shashi Tharoor as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology.

Aug 20, 2020

Hate-speech row: FIR against Ankhi Das for outraging religious feelings, inciting violence

The Chhattisgarh police has registered the case late Monday night against Facebook's policy chief in India, Ankhi Das and two others based on a complaint by a journalist.

Aug 18, 2020

Who is Ankhi Das of Facebook; why everyone is Googling her

WSJ in its report had said that Facebook India's public policy director Ankhi Das didn't allow company's hate speech policy action against BJP ministers for their inflammatory messages despite finding them dangerous and capable of inciting violence.

Aug 17, 2020

Reining in the 'inflammatory posts': Karnataka govt to meet cybercrime experts

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that he would be holding a meeting with cybercrime experts to explore how to manage 'inflammatory posts' on social media to prevent hate crimes and violence. Will regulation of social media help, or will it become a concern of free speech?