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  • BRAZIL – 2022/03/21: In this photo illustration, a woman’s silhouette is holding a smartphone with an Instagram logo in the background. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Tech

    Instagram is getting ready to debut a Twitter competitor and it could go live as soon as June

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • Adam Mosseri, the head of InstagramTech

    Instagram chief Adam Mosseri moving back to the U.S. just months after relocating to England as Meta shutters London office

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • Signage outside the Meta store in Burlingame, California, US, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Meta Platforms Inc.’s shares soared 19% in early trading after Chief Executive Officer Zuckerberg announced plans to make the social media giant leaner, more efficient and more decisive. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Meta is planning 1,000s more layoffs—as soon as this week

    By Sarah Frier, Edward Ludlow, and others
  • Mark ZuckerbergTech

    Meta is ‘flattening’ its workforce and telling high-level managers to transition to a new role or get out as Mark Zuckerberg leans in to his ‘Year of Efficiency’

    By Sarah Frier, Kurt Wagner, and others
  • Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on October 23, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)Tech

    Mark Zuckerberg refuses to give up on the metaverse—even after Meta investors have, sending the company’s shares tumbling 20%

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • New Twitter CEO Parag AgrawalLeadership

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

    By Kurt Wagner, Sarah Frier, and others
  • CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing “Cyber Rodeo” grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. – Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas on April 7 for a huge party inaugurating a “gigafactory” the size of 100 professional soccer fields. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk says he wants Twitter to be a free-speech bastion but his companies have a long history of silencing critics

    By Dana Hull, Sarah Frier, and others
  • Elon Musk's Twitter accountFinance

    Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ defense to ward off hostile bid from Elon Musk, others

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • TOPSHOT – CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing “Cyber Rodeo” grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. – Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas on April 7 for a huge party inaugurating a “gigafactory” the size of 100 professional soccer fields. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    ‘Super stressed’ Twitter staff have monthly ‘day of rest’ ruined by Musk drama

    By Maxwell Adler, Sarah Frier, 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 ImagesThe Coins

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

    By Kurt Wagner, Sarah Frier, and others
  • Facebook logo displayed on a phone screen and a keyboard are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo taken in Poland on February 8, 2021. Facebook reacted negatively to Apple’s privacy policy changes.Tech

    Facebook to ban users of Groups and Instagram from sharing false vaccine info

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • A photo of the Snapchat application on a smartphone taken on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Snap Inc. released earnings figures on February 4.Tech

    Snap shares slip as Apple preps privacy rules and lockdowns ease

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • POLAND – 2020/10/20: In this photo illustration a Pinterest logo seen displayed on a smartphone.Tech

    Pinterest pays $20 million to settle sex discrimination lawsuit

    By Sarah Frier and Bloomberg
  • POLAND – 2020/10/21: In this photo illustration a Facebook logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a laptop keyboard on the background.Retail

    Facebook’s AI is mistakenly banning some small business’ ads

    By Bloomberg and Sarah Frier
  • 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