Facebook

Facebook India's Public Policy Director, Shivanth Thukral, and Director (Legal) GV Anand Bhushan has been reported to appear before the Delhi Assembly's Committee on November 18. Reportedly, the meeting has been called off due to the Delhi riots that occurred in February 2020, following which the Peace and Harmony committee was made to probe the case. Facebook India was called upon to curb the spread of false and malicious messages on social… read-more

When Facebook Inc's new logo and name "Meta," was introduced on October 28, social media exploded with memes. Several firms around the world joked about altering their names, with some comparing the name to foods like pita and feta. Wendy's, American fast-food business, stole the show when they changed their Twitter handle to "Meat." While the joke was intended to be amusing, Facebook didn't mind and engaged in friendly conversation. 

According to a report published on October 19, Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new name next week. Mark Zuckerberg intends to discuss the rebranding on October 28 at the company's annual Connect conference, although it might be announced sooner. The rebranding will likely portray Facebook's social networking app as one of many products under a parent corporation that will also supervise groups like Instagram, WhatsApp, and others.

Facebook, the owner of WhatsApp and Instagram, again apologized for the disruption in its services for users around the world on October 8. However, the company blamed the ''configuration change'' for the problems. ''We fixed the issue - thanks again for your patience this week,'' said the company. Earlier, Facebook blamed the outage that had caused inconvenience to its users for nearly six hours on October 4.

Owing to the hours of disruption in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook on October 4, Mark Zuckerberg lost nearly $7 billion in a few hours. Following the massive loss, his position in the billionaires' list also drops down from 3rd to 5th, placing him below Bill Gates, said Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Besides, following the social media platforms that went down, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone said, ''We apologize for any inconvenience… read-more