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With major technology companies collecting our data, are we sacrificing our privacy at the altar of convenience?

We are hopeful that you will consider this very important aspect by inserting specific provisions in the upcoming Finance Bill (Budget 2021) to impose tax on data transactions of tech giants in India, with retrospective effect

The latest Signal Beta update, released this week, includes the feature to change the chat wallpaper copied straightaway from WhatsApp, reports WABetaInfo, a website that closely tracks the Beta changes on Facebook-owned platform.

Only hours after gaining full control of Congress, Representatives Anna Eshoo (California) and Tom Malinowski (New Jersey), along with several other members, sent out letters to the CEOs of the three tech giants.

The agency registered the case on January 19 against Cambridge Analytica represented by Alexander Nix and Global Science Research Limited represented by Aleksandr Kogen under the Information Technology Act

A decision by the board on this case will be binding on Facebook, and determine whether Trump's suspension from access to Facebook and Instagram for an indefinite amount of time is overturned.

Facebook on January 7 imposed a ban on Trump from its platforms "indefinitely" following a pro-Trump attack on the US Capitol, saying the ban would not be lifted before Inauguration Day on January 20.

The 'Anti-Facebook' and privacy-first MeWe is touted to be the ad-free future of social networking.

Way back in 2016, Facebook introduced a new technology called automatic alternative text (AAT) that utilises object recognition to generate descriptions of photos on demand so that blind or visually impaired individuals can more fully enjoy their News Feed.

"Parliamentary standing committee on IT has summoned Facebook and Twitter officials on January 21, change in WhatsApp privacy policy also to be discussed," sources said.

If companies fail to meet the new rules, they could face an administrative fine of up to 20 million won ($18,000).

"We already prohibit ads for weapons, ammunition and weapon enhancements like silencers. But we will now also prohibit ads for accessories such as gun safes, vests and gun holsters in the US," the company said in a statement last on Saturday.

CAIT has also prayed that the Union of India must frame guidelines to govern big technology companies like WhatsApp and frame policies which would protect the privacy of citizens and businesses.

"As we did in the lead up to and following the US presidential election, we are continuing to block event creation in the US by non-US based accounts and Pages," the company announced late on Friday.

"They misled users into installing the extensions with a privacy policy that claimed they did not collect any personal information," said Jessica Romer

In a candid interview with IANS, Executive Chairman of Signal Foundation Brian Acton who left WhatsApp in 2017 over a dispute with Facebook regarding monetisation of WhatsApp which has taken centerstage

Facebook-owned WhatsApp emphasised that it does not share users' contact lists or data of groups with Facebook for advertisement purposes.

"We are now removing content containing the phrase 'stop the steal' under our Coordinating Harm policy from Facebook and Instagram," said Guy Rosen, VP Integrity.

Microsoft said the company is halting its political spending until after it assesses the implications of last week's events.

Safeguarding personal information has become a challenging task