Shannon Bond

Financial Times

Shannon Bond appears in the following:

Elon Musk said Twitter wouldn't become a 'hellscape.' It's already changing

Monday, October 31, 2022

Musk has deleted a tweet in which he shared misinformation about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, but not before it had been retweeted and liked tens of thousands of times.

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False information is everywhere. 'Pre-bunking' tries to head it off early

Friday, October 28, 2022

The idea is to show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild — so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it.

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Elon Musk has finally bought Twitter: A timeline of the twists and turns

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Elon Musk has added Twitter to the list of his companies, which includes Tesla and SpaceX. Here are the major twists and turns in his tumultuous courtship of the social network.

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Why false claims about Brazil's election are spreading in far-right U.S. circles

Saturday, October 22, 2022

American election deniers are recycling lies about voting machines to claim Brazil's presidential election is being rigged and to cast doubt on the U.S. midterms.

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How Elon Musk would reshape how Twitter works

Friday, October 07, 2022

Billionaire Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter would dramatically reshape how the social media site works. He says he would cut back on the company's attempts to fight disinformation.

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Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

Friday, October 07, 2022

Musk says he'd loosen rules against spreading misinformation, allow former President Donald Trump back on Twitter, shake up the company's business model and find new revenue sources.

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Elon Musk says he's willing to buy Twitter after all

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

The Tesla CEO tells Twitter that he'll go ahead with the original deal to buy the company for $44 billion, or $54.20 a share, possibly averting a trial set for later this month.

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Facebook takes down Russian network impersonating European news outlets

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Meta says it has disrupted a large Russian network of fake accounts pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a separate Chinese campaign targeting the U.S. midterm elections.

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Brazilians are about to vote. And they're dealing with familiar viral election lies

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

As Brazilians head to the polls to vote for president, they're being deluged by a wave of falsehoods that echo Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election.

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Many fear Brazil will see its own 'Big Lie' about election fraud soon

Monday, September 26, 2022

As Brazilians head to the polls to vote for president, they're being deluged by a wave of falsehoods that echo Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election.

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Twitter may have hired a Chinese spy and four other takeaways from the Senate hearing

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Twitter's former security chief Peiter "Mudge" Zatko accused the company of misleading the public, the government and its own board of directors over security flaws.

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Social media firms are prepping for the midterms. Experts say it may not be enough

Monday, September 12, 2022

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok are bringing back familiar strategies from 2020 to fight the spread of disinformation in the 2022 midterm elections.

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Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment

Friday, August 26, 2022

The harassment campaigns are organized online, raising questions about what role social media platforms should play in preventing abuse.

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How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Saturday, August 06, 2022

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

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As the economy stalls, big tech companies prepare for tougher times

Friday, July 29, 2022

The pandemic fueled a tech boom, but now tech companies are scaling back hiring and hunkering down for a tougher economy than expected.

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Facebook's parent company reports a drop in revenue for the first time ever

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will slow hiring and tighten its budget. Soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and other economic woes have affected the digital advertising the company depends on.

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Facebook is making radical changes to keep up with TikTok

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Facebook is overhauling its flagship app and Instagram to be more like the video platform that's so popular with Gen Z. Some people, like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, say it's trying too hard.

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Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk will go to trial in October

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

A Delaware judge ruled the trial will last for five days in October, giving Twitter an early victory in its legal battle against the Tesla CEO. The company had argued that any delay would hurt it.

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Twitter takes Elon Musk to court, accusing him of bad faith and hypocrisy

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

The social media company is asking a Delaware court to force the world's richest man to follow through on his agreement to buy it for $44 billion.

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Twitter has vowed to sue Elon Musk. Here's what could happen in court

Monday, July 11, 2022

Musk and Twitter accused each other of breaking the legal agreement in the $44 billion sale of the social network to the billionaire.

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