Shannon Bond

Financial Times

Shannon Bond appears in the following:

Twitter says it will take Elon Musk to court over cancelled purchase of the company

Saturday, July 09, 2022

Elon Musk's battle with Twitter escalates after the billionaire Tesla CEO said he was calling off his $44 billion purchase agreement.

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Elon Musk says he won't buy Twitter

Friday, July 08, 2022

The billionaire Tesla CEO has changed his mind about buying Twitter, but it's not so easy to walk away from the legal agreement he signed with the social network.

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'The Pallbearer's Club:' a memoir on friendship — and a vampire thriller

Sunday, July 03, 2022

Is it a memoir of a man's relationship with a friend or with a New England vampire? NPR's Shannon Bond talks to Paul Tremblay about his deliciously confusing thriller, "The Pallbearer's Club."

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How much more will your July 4 barbecue cost this year?

Sunday, July 03, 2022

NPR's Shannon Bond talks with David Branch, co-author of a new report about why that July 4 barbecue is going to cost a lot more this year.

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Minnesota legalized THC edibles and infused drinks ... by accident?

Sunday, July 03, 2022

NPR's Shannon Bond speaks to reporter Ryan Faircloth of The Star Tribune about the legalization of edibles and drinks infused with the cannabis ingredient THC in Minnesota.

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Supreme Court says police can't be sued for not reading out Miranda rights

Sunday, July 03, 2022

NPR's Shannon Bonds speak to public defender Ilona Coleman about the Supreme Court decision protecting police from being sued for not providing a suspect with a Miranda warning.

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One Black abortion clinic fears being further targeted by the justice system

Sunday, July 03, 2022

NPR's Shannon Bond speaks to Dr. Sanithia Williams about the concerns of Black abortion providers now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade.

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As tech evolves, deepfakes will become even harder to spot

Sunday, July 03, 2022

NPR's Shannon Bond speaks with UC Berkeley professor Hany Farid about the prevalence of fake images and information generated by artificial intelligence and other technologies.

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Vieux Farka Touré helped introduce Malian music to the U.S. He's back with album 6

Sunday, July 03, 2022

NPR's Shannon Bond talks with Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure, known as "the Hendrix of the Sahara," about his new album.

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'Fire of Love' is the romantic and working relationship of the Kraftt volcanologists

Sunday, July 03, 2022

"Fire of Love" is a documentary about volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. NPR's Shannon Bond asks director Sara Dosa about it and about the lives of the Kraffts.

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Elon Musk addresses Twitter staff about free speech, remote work, layoffs and aliens

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Elon Musk addressed Twitter employees for the first time since striking a deal to buy the social network for $44 billion. He did not say whether he was having second thoughts.

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Sheryl Sandberg's legacy at Facebook

Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Sheryl Sandberg's departure from Facebook is the end of an era for one of the tech world's most prominent women — and for the company, which is attempting a transformation to the so-called metaverse.

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She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

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After a discrediting campaign, DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation

Friday, May 20, 2022

A disinformation expert looks back on how disinformation put on hold a new government board she was hired to lead to help coordinate the Biden administration's efforts to address false information.

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Here's why tech giants want the Supreme Court to freeze Texas' social media law

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints

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Musk says he's having second thoughts about buying Twitter

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Elon Musk has put the brakes on his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, saying the site has too many fake accounts. But is the world's richest man just hoping to negotiate a better deal?

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Elon Musk says he's put the blockbuster Twitter deal on pause over fake accounts

Friday, May 13, 2022

The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

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Elon Musk says he'll reverse Donald Trump Twitter ban

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

The billionaire said it was a "mistake" for the social network to ban the former president after the Jan. 6th Capitol insurrection.

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Facebook shrugs off fears it's losing users

Thursday, April 28, 2022

More people used Facebook in the first quarter than analysts expected, easing concerns about competition from TikTok.

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Twitter reaches deal to sell to Elon Musk for about $44 billion

Monday, April 25, 2022

The sale caps a dizzying saga for Twitter and Elon Musk, the world's richest man and a prolific user of the social media platform.

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