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Meta spreads cheer on Wall Street as Facebook adds more users
(Reuters) - Shares of Meta Platforms Inc rose 17% in a relief rally on Thursday after having lost nearly half their value this year, as the social media giant surprised Wall Street with a better-than-...
Apr 28, 2022
Brazil’s ex-president Lula’s rights violated in corruption probe – U.N. committee
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights committee said on Thursday that corruption proceedings against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that led to his imprisonment and prevented h...
Apr 28, 2022
Yandex sells news, content recommendation services to Russia’s VK
(Reuters) - Tech giant Yandex said on Thursday it was selling its news aggregator platform Yandex News and content recommendation service Yandex Zen to its Russian rival VK. Yandex, one of Europe's la...
Apr 28, 2022
Twitter adds more users than Wall Street expectations
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc, which has agreed to a $44 billion sale to Elon Musk, said on Thursday it added more users than Wall Street had expected for the first quarter even as revenue came in slightly b...
Apr 28, 2022
U.S. joins 55 nations to set new global rules for the internet
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the internet that are underpinned by democratic values, at a t...
Apr 28, 2022
Amazon Prime launches movie rental service in India
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Amazon's Prime Video launched a movie rental service in India on Thursday, promising to release more than forty original series and movies over the next two years in a key market. T...
Apr 28, 2022
Kremlin says it will wait and see what Musk does to Twitter
(Reuters) - Russia will wait and see how billionaire Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter will affect the platform, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, adding that he doubted Western soci...
Apr 28, 2022
India stands by social-media demands as Musk moves on Twitter
By Krishna N. Das and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has reiterated its position on social-media accountability in response to Elon Musk's pending takeover of Twitter, saying platforms m...
Apr 28, 2022
Weibo shows user locations to combat ‘bad behaviour’
BEIJING (Reuters) - Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, told users on Thursday it would start to publish their IP locations on their account pages and when they post comments, in a bid to combat "ba...
Apr 28, 2022
EU court rules against Meta over German consumer body challenge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that Germany's consumer protection association could bring a legal challenge against Facebook parent Meta over data privacy. The C...
Apr 28, 2022
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