Facebook India has roped in former Uber executive Rajiv Aggarwal as Head of public policy. At Uber, he was the head of public policy for India and South Asia. Aggarwal, who will work on user safety, data protection and privacy, inclusion and internet governance, will report to Ajit Mohan, managing director, Facebook India, the company said in a statement. Aggarwal comes with 26 years…
Facebook India announced the appointment of Sunil Abraham as its new public policy director for data and emerging technology. He will report to Ankhi Das, Facebook’s Public Policy Director for South & Central Asia. In his new role, Abraham will direct the company’s stance on technology-related policy issues in India. Abraham will be responsible for…
Facebook announced that it has tied-up with early stage VC fund Matrix Partners to scale small businesses in India by providing them with digital skilling support. The tie-up with Matrix Partners is a part of Facebook’s VC Brand Incubator Program that collaborates with venture capital funds to help early-stage small and medium businesses (SMBs) to…
Facebook said it has named Arun Srinivas as the Director of Global Business Group. Srinivas will lead the strategy and delivery of the India Marketing Solutions charter. Srinivas has 24 years of leadership experience in sales and marketing with leading companies. Facebook said Srinivas’ appointment comes after a series of senior and leadership recruitments in…
Social media giant Facebook has agreed to a $52million court settlement to compensate its content reviewers, after a class-action lawsuit alleged that the employees suffered psychological damages while filtering harmful content uploaded on the site. According to an AFP report, the preliminary settlement was reached in a California court. As per the settlement, the U.S.…
Days after Reliance and Facebook signed the $5.7 billion deal, Mukesh Ambani’s ambitious project JioMart has gone live on WhatsApp. Currently in its pilot phase, the service is live only in some areas of Mumbai including Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan. The company plans to roll out the service in other parts of the country…
Former PayTM executive Sonia Dhawan has recently joined private equity SAIF Partners as Corporate Communication Advisor. She will be responsible for handling the media strategy of SAIF and companies under its portfolio. Companies under SAIF’s umbrella include PayTM, Meesho, ClearTax, Rivigo, Swiggy, and Chaayos. Earlier, Dhawan was the Vice President of Corporate Communications for First…