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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The competition watchdog fined the tech giant $25.4 million, prohibiting it from sharing user data for ads across its platforms earlier this week.
Facebook and WhatsApp parent Meta Platforms is looking to legally appeal against a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order which said that WhatsApp violated antitrust laws by sharing user data for advertising between Meta-owned apps, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
The regulatory body slapped the tech major with a $25.4 million fine on Monday, ordering WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Meta platforms for ads for five years.
The CCI, which had launched an initial probe in March 2021 into the messaging app's controversial privacy policy the same year, stated on Monday that "Sharing of user data collected on WhatsApp …
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
Countries across the world are coming to the consensus that children aged under 15 must not have access to social media. India, which has over 300 million children under 15 and among the cheapest data tariffs, needs to have this conversation sooner rather than later.
The Zoho co-founder’s attempt to build a WhatsApp competitor has captured the imagination of the nationalist Indian. Emotions aside, the most likely outcome is that Zoho’s other products will start selling more.
