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New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal

Twitter to freeze hiring, rescind offers ahead of Musk $44 billion takeover deal

By Kurt Wagner, Sarah Frier, and others

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook parent Meta slows hiring in cost-cutting push

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/GC Images)

Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ Twitter may not be free for businesses or governments

By Sebastian Tong, Kurt Wagner, and others

Lisbon , Portugal – 2 November 2021; Nick Clegg, VP of Global Affairs & Communications, Facebook, on Centre Stage during day one of Web Summit 2021 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo By Harry Murphy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)

Facebook parent Meta now says you actually can’t post ‘Death to Putin’

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel to leave Meta board to pursue Trump political agenda

By Lizette Chapman, Kurt Wagner, and others

Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc., speaks during the virtual Google Pixel Fall Launch event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. The new Pixel mobile devices feature an all-new design, with an in-display fingerprint sensor, Google’s new Tensor SoC, and the Titan M2 security chip.

Shares in Snapchat’s parent soar 54% after company posts first profit ever

By Naomi Nix, Kurt Wagner, and others

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. The biggest Bitcoin event in the world brings a sold-out crowd of 12,000 attendees and thousands more to Miami for a two-day conference. Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Jack Dorsey’s Block wants to make Bitcoin mining ‘more distributed and efficient in every way’

By Kurt Wagner, Sarah Frier, and others

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – OCTOBER 27: Twitter headquarters is seen in San Francisco, California, United States on October 27, 2021. Twitter has been testing several new features for its mobile app recently. The company is now working on an option to customize the navigation bar of the Twitter app on iOS and possibly Android as well.

Twitter’s new CEO makes his mark with executive reshuffle

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

MIAMI, FLORIDA – JUNE 04: Jack Dorsey creator, co-founder, and Chairman of Twitter and co-founder & CEO of Square speaks on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a crypto-currency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood on June 04, 2021 in Miami, Florida. The crypto conference is expected to draw 50,000 people and runs from Friday, June 4 through June 6th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Jack Dorsey’s Square to change its name to Block as it seeks to expand to new businesses like the blockchain

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

A customer removes a credit card into Square Inc. device while making a payment in San Francisco, California.

Jack Dorsey’s Square reports disappointing third-quarter sales due to a drop in Bitcoin-related revenue

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

An installation depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg during a protest outside Parliament in London, U.K., on Oct. 25, 2021. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager, is due to give evidence to U.K. lawmakers at a draft online safety bill committee hearing. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Facebook kept investors in the dark as it fretted about an exodus of teens to Snapchat and TikTok

By Kurt Wagner, David McLaughlin, and others

Snap shortfall shows supply-chain woes hurting social media, too

By Mark Bergen, Kurt Wagner, and others

Allen And Company Annual Meeting Brings Business Executives, Media Moguls, And Politicians To Sun Valley, Idaho

Mark Zuckerberg will reportedly rebrand Facebook with a new name next week

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

Mike Schroepfer, chief technology officer of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. The event brings together investors, founders, and executives to foster innovation and drive growth within the tech industry.

Facebook chief technology officer Schroepfer to step down

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg

Facebook says it has spent $13 billion on safety and security efforts since 2016

By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg