Active Stocks

Mon Apr 13 2026 15:46:25

Kotak Mahindra Bank share price
372.15 -0.69%

HDFC Bank share price
794.05 -2.02%

Eternal share price
236.20 -1.69%

NTPC share price
386.15 1.54%

Power Grid Corporation of India share price
300.30 -0.76%

Business News > Mint Authors > David Ingram

David Ingram

ARTICLES BY DAVID INGRAM

Facebook strong earnings report comes as it grapples with a data privacy scandal that strikes at how the huge social network makes money from what it knows about people. Photo: Reuters

Facebook’s increase in profit shows resilience

2 min read . 26 Apr 2018

Facebook members outside the United States and Canada, whether they know it or not, are currently governed by terms of service agreed with the company’s international headquarters in Ireland. Photo: Reuters

Facebook’s 1.5 billion users to be out of reach of new EU privacy law

3 min read . 19 Apr 2018

Facebook will use what are known as ‘permission screens’—pages filled with text that require pressing a button to advance—to notify and obtain approval. Photo: Reuters

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

1 min read . 18 Apr 2018

Critics say that Mark Zuckerberg has not said enough about the extent and use of the data. Photo: Reuters

Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users

3 min read . 15 Apr 2018

Investors were impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before the US senate on Tuesday, a performance that reflected in Facebook share prices that day. Photo: AFP

2nd day of US Senate testimony awaits Mark Zuckerberg

1 min read . 11 Apr 2018

Facebook said it was taking steps to restrict the personal data available to third-party app developers. Photo: Bloomberg

Facebook says Cambridge Analytica accessed data of 87 million users

1 min read . 05 Apr 2018

MArk Zuckerberg said many of the tools that are part of the EU law, such as the ability of users to delete all their data, are already available for people on Facebook. Photo: AP

Mark Zuckerberg stops short of extending European privacy on Facebook globally

3 min read . 04 Apr 2018

A file photo of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Bloomberg

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg disavows memo saying all user growth is good

1 min read . 30 Mar 2018

Facebook is coming under growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States, and is trying to repair its reputation among users, advertisers, lawmakers and investors. Photo: Reuters

Polls show Facebook losing trust as firm uses ads to apologise

2 min read . 26 Mar 2018

People walk past the building housing the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Who is Cambridge Analytica and what did it do?

3 min read . 20 Mar 2018

Facebook, in a series of written statements beginning late on Friday, said its policies had been broken by Cambridge Analytica and researchers and that it was exploring legal action. File photo: Reuters

Facebook critics want regulation, investigation after data misuse

3 min read . 18 Mar 2018

Snapchat’s daily active users rose 18% from a year earlier, reversing a trend of slowing growth. Photo: Reuters

Snapchat overhaul convinces investors it can fight Instagram

3 min read . 07 Feb 2018

Contrite Facebook executives were already fanning out across Europe this week to address the company’s slow response to abuses on its platform, such as hate speech and foreign influence campaigns. Photo: AP

Facebook says it can’t guarantee social media is good for democracy

2 min read . 22 Jan 2018

Bahtiyar Duysak, who shut Donald Trump’s Twitter account for 11 minutes, was a temporary contract worker in San Francisco for Twitter, the website said.

Former Twitter employee claims responsibility for Trump’s account shutdown

2 min read . 30 Nov 2017

Critics of Facebook on social media and in media interviews have expressed skepticism, noting that the company closely tracks user activity such as likes and clicks for advertising purposes. Photo: Reuters

Facebook pressured to notify people who saw Russian posts

2 min read . 03 Nov 2017

Facebook said about 2.07 billion people were using its service monthly as of 30 September, up 16% from a year earlier. Photo: Reuters

Facebook profit soars, no sign of impact from Russia issue

2 min read . 02 Nov 2017

The report from the World Economic Forum’s human rights council warns that tech companies risk government regulation. Photo: Bloomberg

Tech firms must do more on extremism: World Economic Forum

1 min read . 30 Oct 2017

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last month that the company would begin treating political ads differently from other ads, including by making it possible for anyone to see political ads, no matter whom they target. Photo: Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Facebook pushes ad overhaul before 2018 US presidential elections

1 min read . 13 Oct 2017

Facebook has invested heavily in virtual reality hardware in hopes the technology will move from a niche interest to a widely used platform for gaming, communication and business applications. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

Facebook to sell portable headset for virtual reality

2 min read . 12 Oct 2017

Facebook has become a primary platform for internet political ads because it has a wide reach and gives advertisers powerful targeting capabilities. Photo: Reuters

Facebook to give Russia-linked ads to US Congress today

1 min read . 02 Oct 2017