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Facebook, Twitter get transparent about ads
MUMBAI: Microblogging platform Twitter has made it easier for users to identify political campaign ads and know who paid for them.
According to Reuters, Twitter has launched a transparency centre to allow users to view ads that have been put on Twitter, with greater transparency about US federal election campaign ads.
The tool follows Twitter’s recently launched political campaign ads policy and a similar move by Facebook which started a searchable archive of US political ads last month.
Additionally, Mark Zuckerberg-led Facebook has also announced that it would go even further by enabling users to see listings of all active ad campaigns, whether the advertiser is political in nature or not. Users can also view a log of name changes to a Facebook page.
Facebook also mentioned that the features should help people spot misuse of the platform.
Twitter’s ads centre gives users access to details such as demographic targeting data for the ads from US political advertisers, along with billing information, ad spending, and impression data per tweet.
The transparency centre will include all advertisers on Twitter globally, but at this stage only US federal election campaign ads that fall under its new policy will be shown.
Following suit, Google has also pledged to launch a similar transparency centre for political ads on its services this summer.
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LTTS CDO Narayanan Ramanathan steps down
Resignation effective 19 February, company cites personal reasons
CHENNAI: L&T Technology Services Limited announced the resignation of its chief delivery officer and senior management personnel Narayanan Ramanathan, marking a key leadership exit at the engineering services firm.
Ramanathan stepped down from his role, effective at the close of business on 19 February 2026, citing personal reasons. The company accepted the resignation the same day and duly filed all regulatory disclosures related to his cessation.
Based in Chennai, Ramanathan led LTTS’s Digital Products and Manufacturing Services (DPMS) business as a P&L head, overseeing multi-million-dollar operations and large-scale digital transformation programmes. His mandate covered Industry X.0, the Internet of Things, operational technology cybersecurity, robotics, cobots, digital twins, analytics and artificial intelligence.
He joined LTTS in 2018 and spent nearly eight years at the firm, holding several leadership roles before becoming chief delivery officer in November 2024. During his tenure, he worked closely with global capability centres to execute engineering-led digital strategies for international clients.
A technology industry veteran with over 27 years of experience, Ramanathan previously held senior leadership roles at Tech Mahindra, where he served as vice president and global head for connected engineering and analytics, and earlier led integrated engineering solutions across APAC and MEAI markets.
Ramanathan is also the first recipient of the International Galileo Master Award from the European Space Agency. LTTS said there is no additional information to disclose regarding board relationships following his resignation.
