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Facebook’s new ‘privacy cop’ is set up for failure

Facebook has created a playing field that is tilted in favor of an all-encompassing single parent company and no assessor can remedy the inherent unfairness of that.

Facebook is starting to feel the pinch of privacy where it hurts

Europe’s strict data privacy rules have dented Facebook's revenue growth, slowing it more than it is in USA and Canada.

Privacy is dead. So, it’s time to turn data into a bargaining chip

Tech firms offer services in exchange, but the government will argue it needs your data for national security. Why not trade it then.

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’s biggest challenge with Libra might be its own reputation

Given Facebook's failures around privacy, a near-unanimous notion among US lawmakers is that the tech giant shouldn’t be trusted to create a new global currency.

Facebook close to launching WhatsApp payment service in India

The WhatsApp payments offering has been in beta mode in India since early 2018. It’s gearing to meet RBI’s data localisation rule to launch nationally.

Facebook has no plans for Calibra or cryptocurrency in India

Facebook says there are restrictions in India that prevent launch of Calibra and it will work with regulators to see if rules can be updated.

Modi govt sceptical about Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency

Modi govt & RBI have virtually outlawed cryptocurrencies. RBI has placed restrictions & govt is drafting a law with stringent penalties on their use.

How Facebook fought fake news about Facebook

Facebook used a software program called Stormchaser among others to manage its reputation which had been hit with several privacy scandals.

Both Modi govt & RBI are uncomfortable with Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra

While the Reserve Bank of India has placed restrictions, the government is drafting a law with stringent penalties on their use.

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India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

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

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.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.