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  • 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
  • Facebook logo is seen displayed on a phone screen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on November 29, 2020.Tech

    Facebook attacks Apple’s changes to iOS 14

    By Kurt Wagner, Mark Gurman, and others
  • POLAND – 2020/11/08: In this photo illustration a Facebook logo is seen displayed on a smartphone.Tech

    Facebook is building a tool to let fans pay celebrities for face time

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., speaks remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Zuckerberg and Dorsey will be forced to defend themselves from accusations by Republican senators that their labeling of President Donald Trump’s social-media posts claiming voter fraud as false or misleading amounts to censorship of conservative content.Tech

    Twitter’s new disappearing posts lets users ‘fleet’ instead of tweet

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing ‘Does Section 230’s Sweeping Immunity Enable Big Tech Bad Behavior?’, on Capitol Hill, October 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey; CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google LLC, Sundar Pichai; and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg all testified virtually at the hearing. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act guarantees that tech companies can not be sued for content on their platforms, but the Justice Department has suggested limiting this legislation.Tech

    Big Tech draws record revenue, harsh criticism with election ads

    By Kurt Wagner, Mark Bergen, and others
  • PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 22: Jack Dorsey attends the cocktail party hosted by Chrome Hearts X Jordan Barrett at La Maison Du Caviar on June 22, 2019 in Paris, France. Victor Boyko—Getty Images for Chrome HeartsTech

    Zuckerberg, Dorsey to defend Section 230 protections in Congress

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • POLAND – 2020/10/06: In this photo illustration a Twitter logo displayed on a smartphone.Tech

    Twitter pulls back on key policy after N.Y. Post firestorm

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Twitter will no longer allow Holocaust denial on its service.Tech

    Twitter, like Facebook, to remove posts denying the Holocaust

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • QAnonTech

    Facebook bans all Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts with QAnon connections

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • TikTok’s sale is nearing a Trump-imposed deadline.Tech

    TikTok pushing forward with deal to meet looming deadline

    By Kurt Wagner, Shelly Banjo, and others
  • Facebook and Twitter flagged some of Trump’s latest posts.Tech

    Facebook, Twitter flag Trump for misleading posts on voting

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Facebook removed accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency.Tech

    Acting on FBI tip, Facebook deletes small network of Russian accounts

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Facebook lets researchers study its impact on 2020 election.Tech

    Facebook enlists researchers to study its impact on 2020 election

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Facebook weighs in after Epic sues Apple.Tech

    Facebook joins other companies in criticizing Apple’s in-app fees

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg
  • Facebook plans a voting hub for the upcoming election.Tech

    Facebook adds voting hub to combat election disinformation

    By Kurt Wagner and Bloomberg