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Sunday, November 2, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan is the modern guru for an anxious generation

His transformation into this role didn’t happen overnight. Somewhere between superstardom and self-reflection, Khan has become a very shareable guru.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.