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Australia warns Facebook, Google, Twitter to remove extremist material from their platforms
•Leading tech firms asked on how they plan to keep their platforms from being "weaponised" by terrorists.
Facebook pledges to power its operations with 100% renewable energy by end of 2020
Ians •Facebook had set a goal of supporting 50 percent of its facilities with renewable energy by the end of 2018.
Cambridge Analytica scandal: 355 Facebook users in India compromised the privacy of 5 lakh others
Tech2 News Staff •Facebook India has informed the Indian government of this data breach but they have not disclosed the identity of the 355 individuals.
Facebook silently pulls the plug on teen-centric social networking app Lifestage, that it launched last year
Tech2 News Staff123 •Lifestage was launched to get teens to use Facebook services, over competing applications that were attractive to the demographic, such as Snapchat.
Mark Zuckerberg becomes fifth richest person in the world over strong earnings by Facebook in Q2 2017
Ians •According to a report in Fortune on 27 July, Zuckerberg's net worth hit $72.7 billion.
Facebook challenges US court order barring it from notifying users about investigations into their data
Ians •Facebook has received support from Microsoft, Google, Apple, Snap, Dropbox and Twitter.
Twitter records over one million conversations related to GST between 30 June and 2 July
•The platform witnessed a myriad of perspectives from Indian audience, in support as well as raising their concerns about GST.
Kashmir unrest: Mobile internet resumes seven days after death of Hizbul chief Sabzar Bhat
Ians •Mobile Internet services in Kashmir were restored on Friday evening , a week after the death of Hizbul chief Sabzar Ahmed Bhat
'Mobile internet witnesses faster users growth in rural India'
Ians •The report noted that total monthly average mobile bill has decreased over time, reflecting the greater affordability of mobile services in India.
Kashmir unrest: 300 Whatsapp groups were used to mobilise stone-pelters, say police
•Nearly 300 Whatsapp groups were being used to mobilise stone-pelters in Kashmir to disrupt security forces' operations at encounter sites, of which 90 percent have been shut down, a police official said on Sunday.