Washington [US], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday filed a petition for a permanent injunction from the US District Court for the District of Columbia to remedy alleged anti-competitive and monopolistic practices by the social media platform Facebook.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 19 (ANI): A man who was lodged in a Saudi Arabia prison on charges of blasphemy and for posting derogatory messages about Mecca and the king of Saudi Arabia on Facebook returned to India after 20 months.
California [US] August 18 (ANI): Video-sharing app TikTok has informed that it will not lift the ban on content promoting the Taliban after it took control of Afghanistan.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 18 (ANI): Elephant owners in Hathi Gaon of Jaipur say that they have been facing severe financial issues due to the Covid-19 pandemic and even mortgaged jewellery to feed tuskers.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): Afghanistan faces a "cultural disaster", following the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces, a UN Special Rapporteur on Tuesday urged countries to provide urgent assistance to human rights defenders.
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The evacuation of 120 Indian nationals from Afghanistan to Jamnagar on Tuesday came about with India parking its C-17 aircraft at Ayni Air Base in Tajikistan as there was a huge rush at Kabul airport.
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Facebook issued a notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, in a complaint regarding a video posted on Instagram where the identity of the parents of a minor victim had been disclosed.
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], August 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Afghanistan crisis, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said that India is self-sufficient to face the threat of cross border terrorism.
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Facebook has initiated action against posts and accounts affiliated to Taliban, as the social media giant identifies the outfit as a terrorist organisation under United States law.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 17 (ANI): Afghanistan citizens are blaming Pakistan for the country's current situation as it gave shelter to the Taliban when its citizens were fighting the terrorist group, said Fabien Baussart, the President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 17 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday called upon scientists to come up with out-of-the-box solutions to address challenges faced by mankind from climate change to agriculture to health and medicine.
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): American tech giant Google is developing a new accessibility feature for Android that will let users control a phone using facial expressions like a smile or raised eyebrows.