Facebook took action against 30M items in the first monthly compliance report under India IT rules

Instagram took action against about two million pieces across nine categories during the same period, the social media giant said in its maiden monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules.

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Battle-ready: PUBG comes calling, in a new avatar

Last fortnight, the game's publisher Krafton was forced to allay fresh concerns over the transfer of gamers data to third-party servers in China and said it has since updated the early version of the game - first made available to Indian users in June - in order to fix the issue.

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No change in e-commerce FDI policy: Piyush Goyal

He also said the government will come out with the long pending ecommerce policy and clarification to the existing FDI policy for ecommerce sector after the draft consumer protection rules for e-commerce are finalized.

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Ransomware breach at Florida IT firm hits 200 businesses

Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang - the same group of actors blamed by the FBI for paralyzing meat packer JBS last month - is believed to be behind the latest ransomware outbreak.

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Amazon to grant incoming CEO Andy Jassy over $200 million in stock

Amazon plans to stop its prior biannual stock grants to Jassy, aiming for the latest award to account for most of his compensation in the coming years.

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Tech rules not just for a few giants, EU's Vestager says

Draft rules aimed at reining in the power of companies such as Facebook and Alphabet unit Google should cover more than just the top five tech giants, said EU's antitrust chief Vestager.

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How big is too big?

We take a closer look into how the United States and India view and treat Big Tech companies.

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