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$Law and IT Minster Ravi Shankar Prasad had previously warned social media giant Facebook of \stringent\ action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft.$ Business

No fly-by-night operator will be allowed to play with data, says...

The IT ministry will wait for Cambridge Analytica to respond to the second notice, Prasad said.

27 May 2018 5:49 PM IST

The social media giants shares, which have tumbled more than 22 per cent this year, rose nearly 1 per cent in extended trading.

Technology

Facebook to buy back additional $9 billion of shares

Facebook is being investigated by lawmakers in Britain after consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

8 Dec 2018 10:04 AM IST

Racial discrimination at Facebook is real.

Technology

Fix Facebook, whether it wants to or not: whistleblower

Eight months after revealing the links between Facebook and CA, whistleblower is pushing for the internet giant to be...

2 Dec 2018 12:25 PM IST

On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took questions for nearly five hours in a US Senate hearing. (Photo: AFP)

Business

Big proxy adviser ISS does not support Zuckerberg in proxy vote

The advisory firm suggested Facebook create a formal committee to nominate board candidates.

17 May 2018 9:03 AM IST

Cambridge Analytica, whose clients included Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign, sought information on Facebook users to build psychological profiles on a large portion of the US electorate. (Photo: AFP)

Technology

Cambridge Analytica under investigation by the FBI: Report

Prosecutors have sought to question former Cambridge Analytica employees and banks that handled its business.

16 May 2018 8:06 AM IST

Uber France is facing criminal proceedings in a court in the northern French city of Lille for its UberPop service.

Technology

From Yahoo to Uber, major hacks of data

European Union's new data protection rules follow scandals involving lax personal data protection procedures.

15 May 2018 11:46 AM IST

The European Union data protection laws will cover large tech companies like Google, Twitter and Facebook that use personal data as an advertising goldmine, as well as firms like banks and also public bodies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Technology

EU data laws set to bite after Facebook scandal

New EU data protection laws take effect on May 25 to protect users' online data.

14 May 2018 3:20 PM IST

Technology

Facebook shares in fresh slide as US consumer agency probe

A US consumer protection agency said it has opened an investigation into Facebook's privacy practices.

26 March 2018 9:45 PM IST

Schrems first raised concerns in 2011 about how easy it would be for third-party apps to harvest data from the unwitting friends of Facebook users.

Technology

Facebook allegedly records data from calls, texts on Android phones:...

Facebook deined the allegations stating that they never sell this data, and does not collect the content of your text...

26 March 2018 4:05 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Congress President Rahul Gandhi (L). (Photo: PTI)

India

Cong says NaMo app shares data to US; BJP claims Rahul sends details...

With criticism soaring, the BJP admitted that it was sharing information but that this was par for the course.

26 March 2018 12:55 PM IST

APEC PERU 2016/AFP | Facebook CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg speaking during a session of the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima.

World

Taking out full page ad, Zuckerberg apologises to Britons over breach...

Facebook, the world's largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United...

26 March 2018 9:49 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

India

Rahul Gandhi and BJP spar over PM app data leak'

Analytics on the user data is done for offering users the most contextual content.

26 March 2018 4:09 AM IST