Barbara Ortutay

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  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., departs court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Investors suing Tesla and Musk argue that his August 2018 tweets about taking Tesla private with funding secured were indisputably false and cost them billions of dollars by spurring wild swings in Tesla’s stock price. Photographer: Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Twitter removes posts promoting a transgender rights rally because its name ‘does not imply peaceful protest’

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • A teenager taps the TikTok logo on a smartphone.Tech

    New Utah law shielding teens from TikTok and Instagram faces a big problem: How do you enforce it?

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Dec. 8, 2022. Twitter announced a new policy prohibiting “violent speech” on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, though overall it sounds very similar to the rules against violent threats it had on the books long before Elon Musk took over. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Tech

    Twitter’s new policy on violent speech looks a lot like its old policy on violent speech

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Members of a search and rescue team work on a collapsed structure after the earthquake in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Starting Monday, a crucial Twitter tool known as Application Developer Interface, used by software developers to comb the platform for calls for help from earthquake victims, may be accessible only by paying a $100 monthly fee. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)Tech

    Twitter is about to start charging $100 for a critical research tool earthquake rescuers depend on in Turkey and Syria

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg.Tech

    After a victorious battle with the FTC, Mark Zuckerberg finally gets to buy that VR startup

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Lazienki Palace in Warsaw, Poland on January 21, 2019 (Photo by Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Feds sue Google for trying to ‘neutralize or eliminate’ digital ad rivals as part of a growing crackdown on Big Tech

    By Eric Tucker, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Elon Musk.Tech

    Elon Musk takes the stand at his trial and says he thought he had Saudi backing when he sent his infamous Tesla tweet

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the all-electric battery-powered Tesla’s Cybertruck at Tesla Design Center in Hawthorne, California on November 21, 2019. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP)Tech

    Elon Musk’s Twitter failed to pay $136,000 in rent for one of its offices, landlord alleges in a lawsuit

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Mark Zuckerberg just took the witness stand in a trial over the future of virtual reality

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – SpaceX’s Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)Tech

    Here’s how Elon Musk is changing what appears on your Twitter feed

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • FILE – SpaceX’s Elon Musk waves while providing an update on Starship, on Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The council had been scheduled to meet with Twitter representatives Monday night, Dec. 12. But Twitter informed the group via email that it was disbanding it shortly before the meeting was to take place, according to multiple members. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)Tech

    Musk’s Twitter dissolves its Trust and Safety Council moments before it was to meet with the company

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • FILE – Facebook’s Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. on Oct. 28, 2021. Federal regulators open their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, with opening arguments beginning Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in San Jose, California. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)Tech

    Lina Khan’s aggressive campaign against Meta is heading to trial—and Zuckerberg is expected to testify

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk fires outsourced content moderators who track hate and harmful posts on Twitter

    By Barbara Ortutay, Matt O'Brien, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Looking for Twitter alternatives not owned by Elon Musk? Here are some options

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Tech

    Twitter blue checkmarks go offline after wave of imposter accounts flood social media as $8 fee opens floodgates

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press