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Facebook owner Meta hires new VP for India, Know all about Sandhya Devanathan

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Facebook owner Meta hires new VP for India, Know all about Sandhya Devanathan

[ad_1] Facebook owner Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the new head and VP of India business. After a couple of high-profile exits over the last two weeks, Facebook owner Meta has now hired a new Head and Vice President for its Indian business. Sandhya Devanathan, who has been with Meta since 2016, will now be heading the Indian business. Devanathan will take the role of the Head and VP starting January 1, 2023, and will report to Dan Neary, who is currently heading the role of the Vice President for the APAC region. Devanathan has been with Facebook since 2016 and has helped build its Singapore and Vietnam business while also working for the initiatives in South East Asia. She will takeover from Ajit Mohan, who has been taking care of the same role, and will now move back to...

Meta Platforms India head Ajit Mohan quits

[ad_1] Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday its India head, Ajit Mohan, has stepped down. Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg led Meta Platforms Inc revealed on Thursday that its India head, Ajit Mohan, has quit. It added that the resignation was due to Mohan wanting to pursue another opportunity. In the meanwhile, ANI reported that Meta hailed India for holding companies accountable for Internet safety. Social media giant Meta India's Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan at a Delhi-based think tank event on Thursday lauded the Indian government and its policy, regarding the Internet and its security. "We welcome government regulation. In India, the government has been vocal about holding companies accountable for internet safety and we are fully aligned with this agenda," Aj...

Big setback for WhatsApp, Facebook in India

[ad_1] In a big setback for Meta Platforms, the Delhi High Court has directed the CCI to probe WhatsApp LLC and Facebook Inc. The Delhi High Court, on Thursday, has rejected WhatsApp and Facebook's appeals against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) probe into the instant messaging platform's updated privacy policy of 2021. WhatsApp has announced its updated privacy policy allowing the company to share data concerning user interaction with business accounts with Facebook. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad has withheld the single judge's order rejecting the Meta's plea to interdict the CCI's investigation. Last year in April, a single judge of the high court had refused to...