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  • UKRAINE – 2021/06/04: In this photo illustration, Twitter logo is seen on a smartphone in a hand in front of a Twitter webpage about launch new subscription service Twitter Blue. Twitter launches its first subscription service Twitter Blue, reportedly by media. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Twitter will automatically block harassers in effort to curb abuse

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • SPAIN – 2021/04/13: In this photo illustration a Twitter app seen displayed on a smartphone screen with a Twitter logo displayed on a laptop in the background. (Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Twitter users will soon be able to report misinformation for the first time

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • POLAND – 2021/08/02: In this photo illustration a TikTok logo seen displayed on a tablet.Tech

    TikTok tests disappearing stories clone of Snapchat and Instagram

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • The Square Inc. logo on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Square shed as much as 3.1% on Monday ahead of reporting results on Tuesday postmarket, when investors will be watching for progress on the firms Bitcoin and retail trading initiatives. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    An Australian buy-now, pay-later company will be Square’s largest-ever acquisition

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • The Twitter Fleets feature, top, on a smartphone arranged in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Twitter Inc. is slowing the rollout of Fleets, its Snapchat-like tool for posting disappearing stories, because of “performance and stability problem” that were hurting functionality.Tech

    Twitter ending Fleets, its Stories clone, due to lack of interest

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing on a laptop computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The chief executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter are testifying as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle prepare to press the companies over the spread of false information that contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attacks.Tech

    Facebook unveils newsletter service called Bulletin

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • SPAIN – 2021/04/13: In this photo illustration a Twitter app seen displayed on a smartphone with the Twitter logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Twitter acquires ad-free news reader Scroll in shift towards subscription products

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Clubhouse Drop-in audio chat app logo on the App Store is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 6, 2021.Tech

    Twitter held discussions for $4 billion acquisition of Clubhouse

    By Katie Roof, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • Signage is displayed outside Facebook Inc. headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. Facebook Inc., which had warned of rising costs and slowing growth, reported quarterly revenue roughly in line with expectations and profit that beat analysts’ forecasts. And despite scandals around fake news and election interference, it added more users, too. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Facebook data on 533 million users reemerges online for free

    By Alistair Barr, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • Facebook Inc. headquarters stands in this aerial photograph taken above Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Facebook is scheduled to release earnings figures on October 30.Tech

    Facebook to start reopening Silicon Valley offices in May

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • This illustration photo shows a Facebook App logo displayed on a smartphone in Los Angeles, March 1, 2021. (Photo by Chris DELMAS / AFP)Tech

    Facebook to lift political ad ban that has been in place for months

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • The Twitter bird logo is seen on a mobile device in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on February 20, 2021.Tech

    Twitter may let users charge for ‘super follows’

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Square Illustrations As Earnings Figures ReleasedTech

    Square CFO explains its $170 million Bitcoin buy

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Facebook no longer allows users or publishers to share news stories in Australia.Tech

    Facebook blocks news in Australia rather than pay publishers

    By Gerry Smith, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. Twitter Inc. permanently banned Trump’s personal account for breaking its rules against glorifying violence, marking the most high-profile punishment the company has ever imposed and the end of Trump’s relationship with his favorite social media megaphone. Photographer: Nina Riggio/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Twitter’s user growth remained robust even after it banned Trump, CEO says

    By Bloomberg and Kurt Wagner