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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
TopicFacebook privacy

Topic: Facebook privacy

EU fines Facebook with $1.3 bn for mishandling user info, gives 5 months to stop US data flow

Padraic Halpin -
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead privacy regulator in the European Union for its handling of user information and given

WhatsApp suffering ‘Facebook moment’. After capture by uncle-aunties, time for trendier apps

Rachel John -
From loud and proud ‘Good Morning’ messages that clogged the web to endless memes, WhatApp’s ‘free’ service was a game-changer for Indians.

Facebook’s Portal is an impressive video conferencing tool, but with big privacy gaps

Mark Gurman -
Portal's many new hardware security features doesn't change the fact that it belongs to Facebook, and will collect user data based on their calls.

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe user audio files

Sarah Frier -
The transcription work has rattled contract employees as they listen to conversations of Facebook users, sometimes with vulgar content.

Roll back internet surveillance. Start with Facebook

Shira Ovide -
People should be given the power to make Facebook collect less data on them. But this action should only be a beginning to deal with internet economy.

Facebook doesn’t know if you’re psychotic

Faye Flam -
The news that researchers can use our feeds to predict if we suffer from a medical condition is impressive but the less you share, the less they figure out.

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Opinion

Srinagar airbase is vulnerable to Pakistan attack. These are ways to secure it

Ajay Ahlawat -
The Pakistan Air Force has consistently targeted the Srinagar airfield to neutralise Indian military assets—be it in 1947, 1965, 1971, or 2025.

Charminar to Golconda, Hyderabad is full of history. Yet not a single World Heritage Site

Trump’s new Middle East plan is isolating Israel. What lessons India can draw from this

Economy

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

ThePrint Team -
Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Defence

Op Sindoor: Inside story of what led Pakistan DGMO to make frantic calls for ‘ceasefire’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India used multiple types of aircraft, air to surface missiles & air defence systems to inflict damage to PAF. Almost all strikes were covered by high-res recon UAVs & satellites.

National Interest

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Shekhar Gupta -
Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.

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