Facebook, Google and YouTube told the Bombay HC that they are putting in place strict "pre-verification processes" for online-political-advertisements on their platforms in India ahead of the LS-elections. The Internet giants said while they already had a system to check paid content, they have now voluntarily decided to augment these checks to weed out online fake-news and malafide political advertisements in the poll season.

Google has been showing Pakistani flag when searched for the "best toilet paper in the world", the "best China-made toilet paper" or just "toilet paper". The glitch on Google Search results was noticed a couple of days after the February 14 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district that left 49 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel dead.

Online platforms including Facebook and Google will be required to compensate publishers and creators for their content under the new European Union (EU) rules. The technology firms will be required to remove or block uploads if artistes and music producers refuse to grant licences. Google had said it may pull Google News service from Europe in response to the law.