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New Zealand to make Google & Meta pay for news content

New Zealand's Minister of Broadcasting hoped that the new legislation — similar to Australian & Canadian laws — would help digital platforms reach deals with local news outlets.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as its India head

The platform appointed Devanathan, who has been with Meta since 2016 and will move into her new role in January, after Ajit Mohan quit to join rival Snap Inc.

Meta India public policy chief Rajiv Aggarwal, WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose resign

The company has appointed Shivnath Thukral as its new director for public policy in India, a Meta spokesperson said.

EU antitrust regulators to charge Meta over use of customer data & ads business

The European Commission began an investigation into the social network company in June last year. Britain's competition agency also began an enquiry on the same day.

Meta to lay off more than 11,000 employees globally as Facebook owner battles soaring costs

The company said it would pay 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service as a part of the severance package and all remaining paid time off.

Meta to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees

Meta's stock market value has reduced by $67 billion. This comes amid slowing global economic growth, competition, privacy changes from Apple & concerns about the metaverse.

Meta India chief Ajit Mohan steps down after 4 years to join rival Snap, says report

Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Meta India, will take over on an interim capacity.

Instagram gets new tools to help content creators make money, allow users to buy their NFTs

Meta has been rolling out more features for users to make money on its social media apps as it competes for talent with TikTok & other platforms.

Delhi Police searches The Wire office, homes of editor Varadarajan, 3 journalists in Meta controversy

The searches came days after an FIR was lodged by BJP's Amit Malviya against the portal & its journalists in connection with reports on how Malviya had special privileges at Meta.

After Amit Malviya’s FIR, The Wire files police complaint against own former employee for ‘forgery, fabrication’

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya had Saturday lodged an FIR against The Wire's founder and editors for forgery, cheating and defamation, in connection with the now retracted stories

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.