Platform Power
When Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, many observers struggled to understand the logic of paying such a staggering sum for a messaging service that generated little revenue.
When Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, many observers struggled to understand the logic of paying such a staggering sum for a messaging service that generated little revenue.
The parent company of Facebook, Meta Platforms Inc., is set to lay off nearly 8,000 employees and has begun alerting thousands of staff members about the job cuts.
“In accordance with the joint venture agreement, Reliance Intelligence will hold 70% and Facebook will hold the balance of 30% in REIL,” according to the filing.
The temporary suspension of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s official Facebook account has sparked outrage among party leaders who accused the BJP of attempting to “suppress the opposition’s voice.”
Social media giant Meta has apologised after its automatic translation tool erroneously declared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah dead while translating a condolence message posted by the Karnataka CMO in Kannada on Facebook.
Interestingly, the complainant Awesh Tiwari was also named in the FIR filed by Ankhi Das.
Congress data Analytics Department Chairman Praveen Chakravorty had flagged the issue with the officials of the company, "I met with Facebook's Global Head of Government relations and elections on 17th July 2018 in America and discussed the issue of bias and partisanship of their India team. I was told this would be looked into, but nothing happened," said Praveen Chakravorty.
'A non-existent letter of Congress leaders to divert attention from Facebook-BJP links', Congress spokesperson said.
The 49-year-old complainant lady said that the threats have been started coming since the article published by the Wall Street Journal claimed that Facebook overlooks hate speech by the BJP leaders.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the BJP and the RSS of spreading 'fake news' using Facebook and WhatsApp to influence the electorate.
