Barbara Ortutay

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  • FILE – Workers install lighting on an “X” sign atop the company headquarters, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)Tech

    X’s crowd-sourced ‘Community Notes’ fact checks fail to address flood of U.S. election misinformation, report says

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • The TikTok logo is seen on their building in Culver City, Calif.Tech

    Watchdog says TikTok approved ads with election misinformation, violating its own political ad ban

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • The Snapchat app can be seen on the display of a smartphone.Tech

    Unredacted messages show Snapchat’s inaction on abuse, lawsuit claims

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears OrionTech

    Mark Zuckerberg shows off holographic AR glasses prototype as Meta unveils cheaper VR headset

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Instagram logo on smartphone screen against black backgroundFamily

    Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez speaks in front of a podium with a blue sign reading "Protect Kids Online." In the background is the blurred capitol building.Politics

    Snap Inc. sued for hosting ‘dark web’ of child trafficking

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Pavel DurovTech

    Questions abound after CEO of mass-messaging app is arrested

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Meta platforms are being displayed on a smartphone screenTech

    Meta axes misinformation monitor CrowdTangle despite watchdog warnings ahead of U.S. election

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. The British government on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, has called on Musk to act responsibly after one of the world’s richest men used his social media platform to unleash a barrage of posts that risked inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Politics

    How Elon Musk uses X to spread his views around the world

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Donald Trump and Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk said his chat with Trump on X was delayed due to a massive hack

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Man holding a chipTech

    Intel slashes 15,000 jobs and suspends dividend to better compete with chip rivals Nvidia and AMD

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s AI tool is on pace to be the ‘most used’ in the world

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk is backing Trump, but Democrats won’t quit X

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Larissa May, of HalfTheStory, is photographed in New York’s Madison Square Park, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. The site works with young people to build better relationships with technology, on their own terms, starting in middle school even before some kids have a device. To May, abstinence is not the answer to teens’ problems with social media. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Tech

    How should kids use TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat? Between an outright ban or allowing free rein, parents are choosing slow, deliberate onboarding

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A child holds an iPhone at an Apple store on Sept. 25, 2015 in Chicago. Parents — and even some teens themselves — are growing increasingly concerned about the effects of social media use on young people. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)Tech

    Congress has held a slew of hearings on child online safety but passed no regulation. What are parents—and teens—supposed to do in the meantime?

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press