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Hannah Murphy is a technology correspondent in San Francisco, covering social media companies including Facebook, Twitter and TikTok. She also helps cover crypto and digital assets, as well as emerging themes, such as the 'metaverse'.
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  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Meta Platforms
    Facebook to block news for some users in Canada

    Social media platform’s parent company Meta seeks to deter law forcing online groups to pay publishers and broadcasters for content

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    US presidential election 2024
    Ron DeSantis to announce US presidential run on Elon Musk’s Twitter

    Republican governor of Florida set to declare his 2024 campaign in conversation with platform’s billionaire owner

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok sues Montana over first US state ban

    Chinese-owned social media app says newly signed law is an unconstitutional infringement on its rights

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Meta Platforms
    Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers

    Ireland’s Data Protection Commission says US company breached rules that safeguard user information

  • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
    Virtual and Augmented Reality
    Facebook parent in talks with Magic Leap over augmented reality deal

    Social media giant seeks technologies to help create an avatar-filled ‘metaverse’

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter no longer ‘high risk’ after new chief hired, says top ad group

    WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok faces first US state ban in Montana

    Popular video app says move infringes First Amendment rights as it prepares for potential legal fight

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    OpenAI chief says new rules needed to guard against AI risks

    Sam Altman, co-founder of start-up behind ChatGPT, issues warning in first appearance before US Congress

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
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    Turkey’s tight election

    Turkish voters await outcome of critical presidential election

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Special ReportRisk Management: Financial Institutions
    Cyber risk: Can banks win the arms race?

    Constantly under threat from cyber criminals, the sector needs to be alert and react to new challenges

  • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
    Social Media
    US states’ social media laws to protect kids create challenges for platforms

    A patchwork of restrictions that aim to give parents more control pose logistical and technological hurdles

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    News in-depthTwitter Inc
    Linda Yaccarino: an advertising veteran enters the wild world of Musk’s Twitter

    NBCUniversal executive could mend relations with advertisers who have paused spending on the social media site

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Twitter Inc
    Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino as new Twitter chief

    Former NBCUniversal advertising executive will take the helm as billionaire attempts to turn platform into ‘everything app’

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
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    Jack Dorsey’s Bluesky takes on Twitter

    Ireland to propose creation of sovereign wealth fund

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Tucker Carlson
    Tucker Carlson plans to relaunch show on Twitter after Fox dismissal

    Announcement of new programme ‘starting soon’ made in video on social media platform

  • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
    Person in the News
    Jack Dorsey: Twitter’s co-founder makes his move against Musk

    The tech entrepreneur has turned his attention to rival social media platforms Bluesky and Nostr

  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    Meta Platforms
    FTC seeks to ban Meta from monetising children’s data

    Facebook parent pushes back against regulator’s proposal, calling it a ‘political stunt’

  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
    Social Media
    Dorsey’s Bluesky emerges as latest challenger to Musk’s Twitter

    New social media platform gains momentum as once-friendly tech billionaires go toe-to-toe

  • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s lawmakers to vote on ‘fake news’ bill opposed by tech groups

    Critics decry measures as draconian and open to abuse by special interests

  • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
    News in-depthTwitter Inc
    Elon Musk rolls out paywall for Twitter’s data

    Company will now charge developers and companies to access its API in latest bid for fresh revenues beyond advertising

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Meta Platforms
    Meta’s revenue growth boosts shares as it touts AI progress

    Facebook parent has focused on ‘efficiency’ in its core businesses while pouring investment into new ventures

  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    Work & Careers
    ‘The flattening’: tech sector calls time on middle managers

    Moves to carve out a layer of staff aim to speed up decisions but could leave a talent gap

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Instagram
    Instagram to move majority of staff from London to New York

    Decision comes less than eight months after social media platform’s head Adam Mosseri relocated to UK

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Google LLC
    Google to deploy generative AI to create sophisticated ad campaigns

    Big tech groups are racing to incorporate the groundbreaking new technology into their products

  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    Snap Inc
    Snap rolls out AI chatbot and augmented reality services

    Evan Spiegel’s social networking company bets on new features in bid to recover from a bruising stock sell-off

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