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Friday, November 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

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

Faisal Mahmud -
The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

Not just Nehru, even Hindutva stems from Macaulay legacy

India has a geopolitical trilemma with Afghanistan. It’s not a good vs evil choice

Economy

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

Mrinalini Dhyani -
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Defence

IAF’s leased KC-135 lands in Agra, American firm’s pilots to man mid-air refuller

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India’s refueller fleet comprises six Russian Ilushin-78 tankers, first inducted in 2003, which are facing huge maintenance and serviceability issues.

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.

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