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Apple will spend $400 million on affordable housing in California

Apple has allocated more than $400 million on affordable housing programs and…

India could establish new data regulatory body to curb US dominance in country’s digital space: Report

India has been tinkering with its data policies from some while now,…

India’s Supreme Court allows delivery of official court summons via WhatsApp and E-mail

Accepting a long pending demand from the country’s legal fraternity, India’s Supreme…

Amazon bans and then un-bans TikTok from employees’ mobile phones

In what was the most bizzare day for the TikTok-Amazon relationship (if…

TikTok parent Bytedance plans new corporate structure & overseas headquarters, publishes transparency report

In a bid to firefight everything that is currently going wrong with…

Facebook pushes “Oversight Board” launch to late fall, amid disappointing meeting with Facebook ad ban leaders

In a rather unsurprising turn of events, Facebook’s “efforts” to stop the…

United States “looking at” banning TikTok and the likes, says secy of state Mike Pompeo

Donald Trump’s equally vocal counterpart, the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,…

Facebook, Google, Twitter among others will temporarily not comply with Hong Kong data requests

In a rare show of solidarity, some of the biggest social media…

Facebook gets into education, launches a new certified curriculum in Indian schools through CBSE

Facebook has launched “Facebook for Education” initiative in India, the world’s second…

PlayStation joins the #StopHateForProfit campaign against Facebook, suspends all paid/non-paid activity on the platform

Joining an ever growing list of large tech companies pulling out of…

Google postpones opening of U.S. office as COVID-19 infections continue to rise

Google has announced that it will be postponing reopening of its U.S.…

Facebook agrees to review its hate speech controls after a prolific advertising boycott

Facebook has managed to piss off just about every single one of…

Donald Trump gets temporarily banned on Twitch just as Reddit bans the r/The_Donald subreddit

It is pretty much a fact now, that Donald Trump and social…

Tiktok, Cam Scanner among 59 China-based apps banned in India due to data security issues

Amid rising anti China sentiment in the country, Indian government has decided…

Donald Trump signs executive order temporarily restricting work visas for H1-B holders

On 23rd June 2020, US President Donald Trump signed a “Proclamation Suspending…

Trump’s tweet on fake news gets flagged for “Manipulated Media”, hours after Facebook removed his campaign ads

Twitter and Donald Trump seem like an abusive couple, for neither can…
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Facebook removes Donald Trump’s controversial campaign ads for going against its policies on ‘organised hate’

Facebook, on Thursday, removed a set of ads run by Trump’s re-election…

Facebook to add option for turning political ads off in light of U.S. Elections

After Cambridge Analytica, everyone was shocked when Facebook said that not only…
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US Justice Department to roll back protections enjoyed by social media companies on user content: WSJ

Following Donald Trump’s dramatic signing of an executive order to curtail protections…

Apple’s Inclusion and Diversity head Christie Smith departs amid civil unrest in the US over racial killings

Apple’s head of diversity and inclusion, Christie Smith is reportedly leaving Apple…

PaisaBazaar lays off over half of its employees

PaisaBazaar, the digital lending unit of PolicyBazaar recently said that it has…