Shannon Bond

Financial Times

Shannon Bond appears in the following:

Facebook just had its worst day ever on Wall Street

Thursday, February 03, 2022

Investors wiped more than $250 billion off the market value of Facebook owner Meta after the company warned competition from TikTok is weighing on growth.

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What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystem

Friday, January 21, 2022

More than a thousand health professionals are calling on Spotify to crack down on COVID-19 falsehoods aired on the podcast of the company's most popular host.

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Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout

Thursday, January 06, 2022

In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.

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2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why

Monday, January 03, 2022

Social media companies will feel pressure from Washington, European regulators and even their own users over kids' safety and privacy, competition and election-related misinformation.

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What's on the social media horizon in the year ahead

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Congress held lots of hearings in 2021 about how it's time to finally regulate powerful tech companies. There has also been rare bipartisan unity on the concern over child safety on the web.

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Facebook bans 7 'surveillance-for-hire' companies that spied on 50,000 users

Thursday, December 16, 2021

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram says the firms used its platforms to spy on human rights activists, government critics, celebrities and journalists in more than 100 countries.

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Instagram CEO tells Senate panel it takes the mental health of children seriously

Thursday, December 09, 2021

Adam Mosseri pushed back on research showing social media is harmful for mental health during testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security.

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Instagram CEO testified before Congress about the app's impact on young users

Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Instagram head Adam Mosseri appeared before a Senate panel examining the app's impact on young users. Internal company research shows the app can make mental health issues worse for some teens.

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Far right is using Twitter's new policy against extremism researchers and activists

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting.

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Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of Senate hearing

Tuesday, December 07, 2021

The social media platform announced ways to help its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, is to testify about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.

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Facebook takes down China-based network spreading false COVID-19 claims

Wednesday, December 01, 2021

The Chinese operation is one of six networks blocked from Facebook and Instagram after spreading false information and harassing opponents.

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Meet Parag Agrawal, Twitter's new CEO

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

A software engineer known to few outside Twitter has replaced the company's eccentric co-founder Jack Dorsey, famous for his long beard, love of meditation and bitcoin.

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Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal succeeds Jack Dorsey as the company's CEO

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Twitter's eccentric co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO abruptly Monday. The new CEO is a company veteran who rose to chief technology officer.

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Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO; Parag Agrawal succeeds him

Monday, November 29, 2021

Dorsey will continue to head Square, the financial payments service. He has been criticized for leading both companies at once.

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Facebook will examine whether it treats Black users differently

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Black users, and even some of the company's own employees, have accused the social media giant of racial bias for years.

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States are investigating how Instagram recruits and affects children

Thursday, November 18, 2021

A bipartisan group of state attorneys general accuses the company of prioritizing its own growth while failing to protect kids and teens, and even manipulating them to keep them on the app longer.

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These researchers are trying to stop misinformation from derailing climate progress

Friday, November 12, 2021

A global team of activists and researchers has been tracking false and misleading claims about climate change as world leaders meet at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow.

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Facebook scraps ad targeting based on politics, race and other 'sensitive' topics

Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Facebook will no longer let advertisers target people with ads based on how interested the social network thinks they are in topics like politics, religion, or race. The new rules begin in January.

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Facebook is now revealing how often users see bullying or harassing posts

Tuesday, November 09, 2021

The social network is under pressure over how its platform may be harmful to users and society at large.

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Facebook changes company name to Meta as it shifts focus to building its 'metaverse'

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the company is shifting its focus toward the metaverse, part of a bid for younger users who now prefer TikTok to Facebook or Instagram.

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