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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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    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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      Republican governor of Florida set to declare his 2024 campaign in conversation with platform’s billionaire owner

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      Chinese-owned social media app says newly signed law is an unconstitutional infringement on its rights

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
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      Ireland’s Data Protection Commission says US company breached rules that safeguard user information

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
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      Social media giant seeks technologies to help create an avatar-filled ‘metaverse’

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      WPP-owned GroupM removed designation of platform after appointment of Linda Yaccarino

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    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
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      A patchwork of restrictions that aim to give parents more control pose logistical and technological hurdles

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
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    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
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      Former NBCUniversal advertising executive will take the helm as billionaire attempts to turn platform into ‘everything app’

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    • Saturday, 6 May, 2023
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      The tech entrepreneur has turned his attention to rival social media platforms Bluesky and Nostr

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
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      Facebook parent pushes back against regulator’s proposal, calling it a ‘political stunt’

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    • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
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      Critics decry measures as draconian and open to abuse by special interests

    • Saturday, 29 April, 2023
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    • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
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    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
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    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
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      Big tech groups are racing to incorporate the groundbreaking new technology into their products

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
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      Evan Spiegel’s social networking company bets on new features in bid to recover from a bruising stock sell-off

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