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Facebook didn’t act on fake accounts ‘tied’ to BJP MP, alleges ex-employee, presents ‘proof’

After 6-month wait to testify before House panel, FB 'whistleblower' Sophie Zhang has released ‘evidence’ that company acted fast on fake accounts linked to politicians — except for BJP MP.

Stepping down after 14 yrs, Meta’s Sheryl Sandberg leaves behind an underrated ‘Lean In’ legacy

Nearly a decade ago, Sandberg, who served as COO of Facebook’s parent company, wrote a book on women’s career choices that changed the way we talk about workplace & leadership issues.

COO of Meta Platforms Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Facebook at a perilous moment

Sandberg is resigning after 14 years of running the company alongside Mark Zuckerberg. It was 'time to write the next chapter of my life', she said in a 1,542-word post on Facebook.

Rise of social media leading to privacy & IP disputes. Indian laws need teeth to tackle them

GDPR directives make platforms such as Facebook and YouTube responsible for ensuring that copyright-infringing content is not hosted on their sites.

Metaverse will change the way we function — but here’s what it means for businesses

BMW, Disney, Gucci and Warner Bros are some of the companies already operating in the metaverse. Take a look at a summary of upcoming trends.

Shopping, studying and working: How we will spend an hour a day in the metaverse in 2026

About 30% of the world’s organisations will have metaverse products and services by 2026, too, says technology research specialist Gartner.

Snapsave provides an amazing guide to download Facebook videos in 5 easy steps

The Facebook video downloader is a Snapsave app extension that lets you save videos from Facebook to your computer.

Sonia Gandhi tears into Modi govt & BJP for ‘colluding with FB, Twitter to hack democracy’

During Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Congress interim chief asked govt to put an end to ‘systematic interference’ of FB & other social media giants in India’s electoral politics.

Social media platforms show filtered reality. We should learn to take breaks

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Al Jazeera claims FB ran ‘surrogate ads’ to help BJP in 2019. Jio-funded news site denies link

Facebook has refuted the allegations, stating that there are teams focused on taking down such ads, and that its policies are applied uniformly, irrespective of political positions.

On Camera

Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.