Barbara Ortutay

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  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk fires Twitter’s board and names himself sole director as he looks to revamp verification and layoffs loom

    By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Twitter headquarters is shown in San FranciscoTech

    Musk takes over Twitter, fires content moderation chief and now policing hate speech is his job

    By Barbara Ortutay, Tom Krisher, and others
  • Elon Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Oct. 26, 2022 in San Francisco.Leadership

    ‘The bird has been freed’: Musk ushers in the new Twitter era after taking control and firing 3 top execs

    By Barbara Ortutay, Tom Krisher, and others
  • Photo illustration a TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphoneTech

    TikTok let through 90% of ads spreading baseless claims around U.S. midterms, new report finds

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • YeTech

    Ye comes to parley with Parler a week after Twitter booted him for explicit antisemitism

    By Michelle Chapman, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk wants to offer Americans an ‘everything app’ like China’s WeChat. One hurdle? Habits

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., demonstrates the Meta Quest ProTech

    Meta positions new $1,500 VR headset as a laptop alternative — but expert says operating in the metaverse for businesses is still ‘quite a stretch’

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Amnesty report on Meta finds Facebook algorithm ‘proactively amplified and promoted’ anti-Rohingya hate speech in Myanmar

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • Students participate in a demonstration in defense of democracy and justice and against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao PauloTech

    Facebook failed to catch blatant misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil’s 2022 election — for the fourth time

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. After the U.S. Supreme Court revoked the federal right to an abortion that’s been in place for half a century, companies like Amazon, Disney, Apple and JP Morgan pledged to cover travel costs for employees who live in states where the procedure is now illegal so they can terminate pregnancies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Politics

    Companies from Amazon to JPMorgan pledged to cover abortion travel costs. But it’s not clear how and if they’ll be able to do so

    By Barbara Ortutay, Dee-Ann Durbin, and others
  • FILE – Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit accusing Musk of engaged in “unlawful conduct” aimed at sowing doubt about his bid to buy the social media company. The lawsuit filed late Wednesday, May 25, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims the billionaire Tesla CEO has sought to drive down Twitter’s stock price because he wants to walk away from the deal or negotiate a substantially lower purchase price. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)Tech

    Twitter shareholders accuse Musk of market manipulation in lawsuit

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 26: People walk by the Twitter office on April 26, 2022 in New York City. Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, reached an agreement to purchase social media platform Twitter for $44 billion. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEW press)Tech

    As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

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

    Facebook parent’s stock soars 18% despite growth slowdown

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 05: Hundreds of people gather in Manhattan’s Times Square in support of Ukraine and to demand an end to the Russian invasion of the country on March 05, 2022 in New York City. As the war moves into its third week, hundreds of civilians have been killed as Russians continue their bombardment of key cities and towns. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)International

    War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls

    By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, and others
  • UKRAINE &#8211; 2021/10/28: In this photo illustration, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on a video displayed on a smartphone screen as he announces the new name for Facebook: Meta.<br /> Facebook changes name to Meta in its major rebrand, reportedly by media.Tech

    Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits

    By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press