MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — While Twitter finds itself in a with the Indian government over the company’s refusal to take down certain accounts, a senior executive of a very similar Indian social network says the sudden attention on his app has been “overwhelming.”“It feels like … you’ve just been put in the finals of the World Cup suddenly and everyone’s watching you and the team,” Mayank Bidawatka, co-founder of Koo, told CNN Business.Koo, touted by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and used enthusiastically by several...…MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — While Twitter finds itself in a with the Indian government over the company’s refusal to take down certain accounts, a senior executive of a very similar Indian social network says the sudden attention on his app has been “overwhelming.”“It feels like … you’ve just been put in the finals of the World Cup suddenly and everyone’s watching you and the team,” Mayank Bidawatka, co-founder of Koo, told CNN Business.Koo, touted by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and used enthusiastically by several...WW…

(CNN Business)Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could on US tech companies that violate its laws. The United States was on the verge of banning TikTok and WeChat, though the new Biden administration is that move. India, which as well of dozens of others, is now at . And this month, over a proposed law that would require it to pay publishers. The company briefly decided to prevent users from sharing news links in the country in response to the law, with the potential to drastically change how its platform functions...…(CNN Business)Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could on US tech companies that violate its laws. The United States was on the verge of banning TikTok and WeChat, though the new Biden administration is that move. India, which as well of dozens of others, is now at . And this month, over a proposed law that would require it to pay publishers. The company briefly decided to prevent users from sharing news links in the country in response to the law, with the potential to drastically change how its platform functions...WW…

(CNN Business)Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could on US tech companies that violate its laws. The United States was on the verge of banning TikTok and WeChat, though the new Biden administration is that move. India, which as well of dozens of others, is now at . And this month, over a proposed law that would require it to pay publishers. The company briefly decided to prevent users from sharing news links in the country in response to the law, with the potential to drastically change how its platform functions...…(CNN Business)Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could on US tech companies that violate its laws. The United States was on the verge of banning TikTok and WeChat, though the new Biden administration is that move. India, which as well of dozens of others, is now at . And this month, over a proposed law that would require it to pay publishers. The company briefly decided to prevent users from sharing news links in the country in response to the law, with the potential to drastically change how its platform functions...WW…

(CNN Business)Instagram on Wednesday took down the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr."We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines," a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement.Kennedy, the son of late former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has . He has lobbied Congress to give parents exemptions from state requirements that mandate they vaccinate their children. The lifelong Democrat downplays his anti-vaccine views, though, by saying that he is actually in favor of...…(CNN Business)Instagram on Wednesday took down the account of Robert F. Kennedy Jr."We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines," a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement.Kennedy, the son of late former US Attorney General, US Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, has . He has lobbied Congress to give parents exemptions from state requirements that mandate they vaccinate their children. The lifelong Democrat downplays his anti-vaccine views, though, by saying that he is actually in favor of...WW…

MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — India’s efforts to crack down on dissent have left Twitter with an impossible balancing act: protecting free speech, or risking its employees and business in one of the company’s most vital markets.The company said in a Wednesday that it was “served with several separate blocking orders” by the Indian government against hundreds of Twitter accounts in the past 10 days.Early last week, it briefly suspended many of those accounts at the government’s behest but reinstated them a few hours later...…MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — India’s efforts to crack down on dissent have left Twitter with an impossible balancing act: protecting free speech, or risking its employees and business in one of the company’s most vital markets.The company said in a Wednesday that it was “served with several separate blocking orders” by the Indian government against hundreds of Twitter accounts in the past 10 days.Early last week, it briefly suspended many of those accounts at the government’s behest but reinstated them a few hours later...WW…

MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — India’s efforts to crack down on dissent have left Twitter with an impossible balancing act: protecting free speech, or risking its employees and business in one of the company’s most vital markets.The company said in a Wednesday that it was “served with several separate blocking orders” by the Indian government against hundreds of Twitter accounts in the past 10 days.Early last week, it briefly suspended many of those accounts at the government’s behest but reinstated them a few hours later...…MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — India’s efforts to crack down on dissent have left Twitter with an impossible balancing act: protecting free speech, or risking its employees and business in one of the company’s most vital markets.The company said in a Wednesday that it was “served with several separate blocking orders” by the Indian government against hundreds of Twitter accounts in the past 10 days.Early last week, it briefly suspended many of those accounts at the government’s behest but reinstated them a few hours later...WW…

(CNN Business)Myanmar further expanded its , ordering a block of Twitter and Instagram days after the country's military seized power in a coup.The move comes barely a day after a similar block of Facebook. On Friday, the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered mobile networks and internet service providers in the country to block Twitter and Instagram, to Norwegian company Telenor, which offers mobile services in the country."While the directive has legal basis in Myanmar's telecommunications law, Telenor Myanmar has challenged the necessity and proportionality of the...…(CNN Business)Myanmar further expanded its , ordering a block of Twitter and Instagram days after the country's military seized power in a coup.The move comes barely a day after a similar block of Facebook. On Friday, the Myanmar Ministry of Transport and Communications ordered mobile networks and internet service providers in the country to block Twitter and Instagram, to Norwegian company Telenor, which offers mobile services in the country."While the directive has legal basis in Myanmar's telecommunications law, Telenor Myanmar has challenged the necessity and proportionality of the...WW…

(CNN Business)The US government was rattled this week by a that compromised a third-party software vendor's systems and led to data breaches at , including the Department of Commerce, the and the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm. But the attack on SolarWinds, a firm that was far from a household name before, has also put many of the biggest companies in the country on alert. SolarWinds said in an investor filing this week that as many as 18,000 of its customers — out of a total of 300,000 — may have been running software containing the vulnerability that allowed the hackers to...…(CNN Business)The US government was rattled this week by a that compromised a third-party software vendor's systems and led to data breaches at , including the Department of Commerce, the and the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm. But the attack on SolarWinds, a firm that was far from a household name before, has also put many of the biggest companies in the country on alert. SolarWinds said in an investor filing this week that as many as 18,000 of its customers — out of a total of 300,000 — may have been running software containing the vulnerability that allowed the hackers to...WW…

MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Amazon secured a major legal victory in its fight with rival eBay over seller poaching, with an arbitration panel ruling in its favor earlier this month, according to court filings by the company on Tuesday.eBayhad filed two lawsuits — against Amazonin and against a group of Amazonmanagers in the — accusing the Seattle-based company of illegally poaching eBaysellers by infiltrating its internal messaging system. eBayalleged that Amazonsales representatives were told to create and use eBayaccounts...…MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Amazon secured a major legal victory in its fight with rival eBay over seller poaching, with an arbitration panel ruling in its favor earlier this month, according to court filings by the company on Tuesday.eBayhad filed two lawsuits — against Amazonin and against a group of Amazonmanagers in the — accusing the Seattle-based company of illegally poaching eBaysellers by infiltrating its internal messaging system. eBayalleged that Amazonsales representatives were told to create and use eBayaccounts...WW…

(CNN Business)One day after the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google were about whether their companies are too powerful, the businesses posted earnings results that showed they are only getting more dominant amid the pandemic. that it had more than 3 billion monthly active users in the June quarter across its apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp. The company said that number reflected "increased engagement as people around the world sheltered in place." of $88.9 billion, a 40% increase from the prior year and a staggering $8 billion more than analysts had expected as the online...…(CNN Business)One day after the CEOs of Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google were about whether their companies are too powerful, the businesses posted earnings results that showed they are only getting more dominant amid the pandemic. that it had more than 3 billion monthly active users in the June quarter across its apps, including Instagram and WhatsApp. The company said that number reflected "increased engagement as people around the world sheltered in place." of $88.9 billion, a 40% increase from the prior year and a staggering $8 billion more than analysts had expected as the online...WW…