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    Hannah Murphy is a technology correspondent in San Francisco, covering social media companies including Facebook, Twitter and TikTok. She also helps cover crypto and digital assets, as well as emerging themes, such as the 'metaverse'.
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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Twitter Inc
      Musk pushes forward with Twitter payments vision

      Company has started applying for US state licences in bid for fresh revenues beyond advertising

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Donald Trump
      Meta to reinstate Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram

      Former US president had been suspended from platforms after January 6 Capitol riots

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      News in-depthTwitter Inc
      The rise of Esther Crawford in Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ Twitter

      Her critics and supporters describe a rare leader from social media company’s old guard to win new owner’s favour

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
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      Musk says he believed he had funding to take Tesla private

      Carmaker’s CEO defends his 2018 tweet as he testifies at trial in investor lawsuit

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Twitter Inc
      Twitter hit with legal challenge from former UK staff

      The move marks the latest labour-related action faced by Elon Musk following mass job cuts

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Meta Platforms
      Meta fined almost €400mn over EU privacy rule violations

      Decision could also force changes to how Facebook and Instagram owner leverages user data for adverts

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      News in-depthMeta Platforms
      Meta set to make divisive decision on Trump’s return to Facebook

      Tech giant’s policy chief Nick Clegg due to rule this month whether to revoke ban on former US president

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      TikTok Inc
      TikTok admits tracking FT journalist in leaks investigation

      Chinese parent ByteDance says its employees accessed user data to find sources of information to reporters

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      YouTube Inc
      YouTube secures $14bn NFL streaming deal as Big Tech chases sports rights

      Push into US league’s Sunday Ticket service signals threat to traditional broadcasters

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Elon Musk
      Musk blames cost cuts at Twitter on ‘$3bn negative cash flow’

      Social network’s owner offers snapshot of dire finances to explain huge lay-offs since $44bn takeover

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Twitter users vote to remove Musk as chief executive

      Owner of social media platform had said he would abide by result of poll

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Musk polls Twitter users on whether he should step down as CEO

      Billionaire says he will abide by result after backlash over quickly abandoned ban on promotion of rival platforms

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      TikTok Inc
      TikTok faces growing Republican backlash over security concerns

      ByteDance-owned social platform hit with lawsuit and state bans on government devices

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Meta told to overhaul moderation system for users like Trump

      Facebook parent company’s ‘oversight board’ accuses group of leaving dangerous content online to serve business interests

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Social Media
      Kanye West won’t buy Parler after all following ‘mutual’ agreement

      Announcement comes as rapper has stirred more outrage and lost brand deals over anti-Semitic comments

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Twitter dangles incentives to try to lure advertisers

      Social media platform has faced a wave of big brand defections since Elon Musk took over

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Elon Musk appears to reconcile with Apple after Twitter tirade

      Billionaire says he has resolved ‘misunderstanding’ that social media platform could be dropped from App Store

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      EU and US turn up the heat on Musk over Twitter

      EU commissioner warns billionaire he must adhere to the rules as Janet Yellen indicates Washington could review purchase

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Yellen says she ‘misspoke’ in playing down chance of Twitter deal probe

      Treasury secretary hints US is investigating national security risks of Elon Musk’s takeover of social media group

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Elon Musk lashes out at Apple over Twitter

      Social media platform’s owner claims iPhone maker has pulled back on advertising in tweetstorm broadside

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Twitter’s $5bn-a-year business hit as Elon Musk clashes with advertisers

      Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Musk reinstates Trump’s Twitter account

      Social media platform’s new owner says ‘people have spoken’ after holding poll on ex-president’s ban

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Social Media
      More Twitter employees exit after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ deadline

      Latest departures raise fresh questions about the platform’s future after billionaire’s takeover

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
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      Elon Musk’s chaotic reign boosts Twitter — and its smaller rivals

      Usage has risen despite some high-profile departures and the growth of Mastodon and Tumblr

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Lunch with the FT
      Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong: ‘I’m just as bullish on crypto as ever’

      The founder-CEO on his enduring belief in blockchain, his ‘no politics in the workplace’ policy, and why the solution to crypto chaos is . . . more crypto

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