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Technology
Parag Agrawal, a software engineer known to few outside Twitter, has replaced Jack Dorsey as CEO.

Meet Parag Agrawal, Twitter's new CEO

Nov 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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Technology
Jack Dorsey is stepping down as the CEO of Twitter, which he co-founded. Here he's shown at a bitcoin convention in June.

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

Nov 29, 2021
Dorsey will continue to head Square, the financial payments service. He has been criticized for leading both companies at once.
NPR
Untangling Disinformation
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing.

5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

Mar 25, 2021
The leaders of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it's clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.
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Untangling Disinformation
Google's Sundar Pichai, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey face Congressional scrutiny over the spread of misinformation on their platforms.

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify Before Congress: 4 Things To Know

Mar 25, 2021
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Jack Dorsey of Twitter will testify about the steps they have taken to deal with misinformation about the election, COVID-19 and vaccines.
NPR
Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about how social media companies handled election misinformation.

Facebook And Twitter Defend Election Policies To Skeptical Senators

Nov 17, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey over how they handle false and misleading claims about the election, including from President Donald Trump.
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Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies over video during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday about reforming Section 230, a key legal shield for tech companies.

Days Before Election, Tech CEOs Defend Themselves From GOP Claims Of Censorship

Oct 28, 2020
The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google face skepticism from a Senate committee over their decisions about what content to allow and what to take down from their platforms.
NPR
Technology
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee about a legal shield known as Section 230.

Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs Testify To Senate: What To Watch For

Oct 28, 2020
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.
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Technology
Jack Dorsey's dual roles as CEO of Twitter and Square is drawing pressure from an activist investor, which is pushing for changes at the social media company.

Jack Dorsey, Twitter's Eccentric CEO, Could Be Looking For A Job Soon

Mar 01, 2020
Twitter's CEO Jack Dorsey is at risk of losing his job after a powerful investor is pushing for change. It thinks Dorsey, who is also CEO of another company, is not focused enough on Twitter.
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Politics
Twitter will stop running political ads, CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday. Online political ads pose "significant risks to politics," he tweeted.

Twitter To Halt Political Ads, In Contrast To Facebook

Oct 30, 2019
CEO Jack Dorsey announced that Twitter will stop running political ads, citing online ads' "significant risks to politics." Facebook has been criticized for allowing deceptive political ads.
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All Tech Considered
An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true.

Can You Believe It? On Twitter, False Stories Are Shared More Widely Than True Ones

Mar 12, 2018
An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Twitter is asking outside experts to help it deal with the problem.
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The Two-Way
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey demonstrated the platform's new 280-character tweets. But many users worry that longer posts will rob the service of its distinctive pithiness.

Twitter To Try Giving Users 280 Characters — Whether They Want Them Or Not

Sep 27, 2017
The company says it wants to give users more room to express themselves. But many users worry it will rob Twitter of its microblogging soul.
NPR
The Two-Way
The Twitter symbol appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

End Of The Vine: Twitter Says It's Closing Video App Amid Wider Layoffs

Oct 27, 2016
The social media company posted stronger-than-expected revenue of $616 million in the third quarter — even as revenue growth continued to slow. To be more efficient, it'll cut around 350 jobs.
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The Two-Way
Actress Leslie Jones attends the Los Angeles premiere of <em>Ghostbusters</em> earlier this month.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer For Targeted Abuse

Jul 20, 2016
The suspension of Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos comes amid a recent campaign in which users tweeted hundreds of racist and abusive messages at Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones.
NPR
The Two-Way

Twitter Tries A New Kind Of Timeline By Predicting What May Interest You

Feb 10, 2016
Twitter has struggled to attract new users. Its latest effort at rejuvenation is a new kind of timeline that predicts which older posts you might not want to miss and displays them on top.
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The Two-Way
Twitter's board named co-founder Jack Dorsey the company's permanent CEO last week.

Twitter, Its Share Price Dropping, Plans To Cut Up To 8 Percent Of Workforce

Oct 13, 2015
How do you say, "Wall Street is getting frustrated," in 140 characters?
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