Imran Fazal – Page 19

Esports awards 2024: S8UL wins content group award, Mortal loses

Game of the Year was awarded to Valorant, published by Riot Games.

Surprisingly, Naman Mathur, also known as Mortal from India, lost to several international talents like Tarik and Nadeshot.

NP Singh’s emotional farewell at SPNI, a grateful goodbye to his team

During his farewell speech, emotionally charged Singh bowed down to thank his colleagues at SPNI and said, “My 25-year journey has been incredible."

Singh first joined Sony in 1999 as CFO and later became the COO before becoming MD and CEO in 2014. Gaurav Banerjee, the next leader of SPNI was not present during the farewell ceremony. He is set to join office on Monday.

Meta updates policy: RMG brands rejoice, alco brands ditched

Storyboard18 first broke the news about Meta’s plan to open three new verticals for companies to use the WhatsApp Business platform to send promotional messages.

‘We respect local laws, email communication lacked precision’, says Meta

Storyboard18 had first broken the story on Meta’s plan to change its policy around gambling and alcohol in India, LATAM and APAC.

Kerala police issues notice to Google, Meta over gambling advertisements

The investigation centers on a series of ad campaigns aimed at promoting Instagram, Meta's social media platform, to teenagers.

Storyboard18 broke the news on Tuesday about Meta’s policy to allow alcohol and gambling advertisements on their platform.

EXCLUSIVE: E-Gaming Federation meets MHA, submits details of 34 companies for banning

In December last year, The Centre has blocked a total of 581 apps so far and out of these, there were 174 betting and gambling apps and 87 loan lending apps.

In past six months, the gaming federation has reported over 250 illegal gambling and betting websites and apps to the government

Meta’s new policy sparks debate over alcohol and gambling ads

India is a critical market for Meta, home to over 350 million Facebook users and more than 500 million WhatsApp users.

Storyboard18 was the first to report Meta’s plan to introduce three new verticals for WhatsApp Business, including alcohol and real money gambling.

DNPA urges government to exempt GST for epapers, digital news subscriptions

With an aim to ensure ensure responsible digital advertising, MIB had launched the Digital Advertisement Policy in November, 2023.

Currently, printed newspapers and journals are exempted from GST while online news subscriptions are taxed at 18 percent under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Act.

EXCLUSIVE: Meta to allow Alcohol, Real Money Gambling ads on its platform in India

From August 27, 2024, businesses in India can onboard WhatsApp Business Platform for messaging in the verticals such as Alcohol and Real Money Gambling.