Reuters US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine. The newspaper said it had obtained a computer abandoned by Hunter Biden that implicated his father in his Ukraine business affairs. […]

Alphabet’s YouTube said on Wednesday it would remove videos from YouTube containing misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines, expanding its current rules against falsehoods and conspiracy theories about the pandemic. The video platform said it would now ban any content with claims about Covid-19 vaccines that contradict consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. […]

ETtech When the hallways are empty, meeting room walls are bare and crowds are no longer milling about in cafeterias at the humongous offices of e-commerce firms Flipkart and Amazon during their biggest annual sale events, surely there is something amiss. Yet, peer into their data pipes and armies of more than 10,000 employees each […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi The Tata Group is in talks to tie up with e-grocer BigBasket, Financial Times has reported. A decision would taken on the deal by the end of October, the report quoted a person close to discussions. The coffee-to-cars conglomerate could be eyeing a 20% stake and two board seats in the potential […]

Facebook says it will ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations – with an exception carved out for advocacy ads about government vaccine policies. The company already bans ads about vaccine “hoaxes,” such as the false idea that vaccinations cause autism. The latest policy expands the ban to ads that discourage vaccines for any […]

About four days ago, Rahul Katakey, superintendent of police in Pali, Rajasthan alerted his Facebook contacts through the following message: “Somebody has made a fake id in my name. Please ignore. This is my only Facebook id. I will also be taking action against the person who created this id.” Around a week ago, Sushil […]

Netflix, the world’s largest streaming service, said on Tuesday it has stopped offering free trials in the United States. “We’re looking at different marketing promotions in the U.S. to attract new members and give them a great Netflix experience”, a Netflix spokesperson said, confirming media reports. The company has pulled down the free-trial option from […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi With people largely staying at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, e-commerce firms are ramping up their selection and revamping policies to cater to online gifting, a segment that is expected to spike during the festive season. In fact, online has become the platform of choice for customers amid the virus outbreak […]

Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Brands that sell directly to consumers are seeing higher growth in sales via their own websites and apps, compared to when they sell through leading e-commerce marketplaces such as Flipkart and Amazon, according to third party data shared with ET.’ The shift in consumer buying patterns, across large trusted brands, comes at […]

Walt Disney said on Monday it had restructured its media and entertainment businesses to accelerate growth of Disney+ and other streaming services as consumers increasingly gravitate to digital viewing. Under the reorganization, Disney will separate the development and production of programming from distribution to be more responsive to consumer demands. The move came days after […]