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Facebook and Google are going to be monitored in Australia.

Australian regulator says probe of tech giants spurs five investigations

The ACCC’s report recommended a new regulatory body be set up to monitor Facebook and Google.

10 Dec 2018 11:30 AM

Drafting the report had also spurred five investigations into possible consumer or privacy law breaches in Australia. (Photo: AP)

Australian watchdog wants a regulator for Google, Facebook

The recommendation, in a preliminary report on the US firms’ market power, is being closely watched around the world.

10 Dec 2018 11:23 AM

Facebook purges platform of sexual content

Updated content policy explicitly forbids sexual slang, hints; netizens say easy targets will be people who discuss sex-related issues.

10 Dec 2018 12:26 AM

Parties are increasingly turning to social media to get their messages out to the country’s millions of voters.

Facebook to check Indian political ads in build-up to vote

Facebook Inc - under increasing scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal - said it would start verifying ads from Thursday.

07 Dec 2018 1:14 PM

For the Congress about 269 posts were not boosted of the 394 posts. The remaining posts are yet to be classified or are likely to be boosted.

Congress more active on Facebook

Grand Old Party got 4.96L hits while TRS page got only 3.66L.

07 Dec 2018 12:32 AM

Intended for people with less powerful Android devices and/or slower Internet connections, the app that offers the core features of Messenger, is still under 10MB making it fast to install and quick to start up.

Facebook announces new update for Messenger Lite Android

Lite is a slimmed down version of Messenger.

06 Dec 2018 12:24 PM

The UK committee released more than 200 pages of documents on the tech giant’s internal discussions about the value of users’ personal information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Documents show Facebook used user data as competitive weapon

Parliament’s media committee accused Facebook on Wednesday of cutting special deals with some app developers.

06 Dec 2018 11:16 AM

The documents show that Facebook tracked growth of competitors and denied them access to user data available to others.

Facebook gave data on user's friends to certain companies

223 pages of internal communication from 2012 to 2015 between high-level employees show evidence.

06 Dec 2018 9:57 AM

Sandberg was being truthful when she said she did not know that the social network hired a public-relations firm to explore Soros’s criticisms of the company, according to the letter.

Facebook board backs Sandberg's request to initiate research into Soros

The letter was sent by Colin Stretch to Patrick Gaspard, president of Soros’s Open Society Foundations.

06 Dec 2018 9:56 AM

The bill provides for fines of up to A$10 million ($7.3 million) for institutions and prison terms for individuals for failing to hand over data linked to suspected illegal activities.

Australian bid to force tech firms to hand over encrypted data passes first hurdle

Australia is seen as a test case as other nations explore similar rules.

06 Dec 2018 9:34 AM

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Drinking orange juice could slash risk of dementia by 50 per cent, says study

Lapses in memory, understanding and episodes of confusion can be early signs of brain decline which can ultimately lead to life-threatening dementia. (Photo: Pixabay)

Australia vs India: Rishabh Pant equals world record of most catches in a Test; watch

Rishabh Pant Monday equalled the world record of most catches in a Test by a wicketkeeper, snaring 11 in the first match against Australia while breaking the Indian mark. (Photo: AP)

Watch: How India ended 10-year win drought in Australia to win nail-biting 1st Test

India won their first Test on Australian soil in a decade Monday, bowling out the home side in a nail-biting finale to clinch the opening match of the series at Adelaide Oval. (Photo: AFP)

One week of bad air can raise risk of miscarriage by 16 per cent, says study

The study, conducted by the University of Utah, further added that even a brief period of pollution exposure can have dramatic effects on the body.

Mahindra Marazzo scores 4-star safety rating in Global NCAP crash test

Tt’s the fifth made-in-India car and first MPV to secure this safety rating.

Exposure to polluted air for a week can increase risk of miscarriage: study

Residents of cities across the globe are plagued by air pollution (Photo: AFP)

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