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Facebook's Controversial Content Standards Are Better Than the Alternative
The social media platform has received a lot of criticism recently for how it handles fake news, particularly when it comes to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. But censoring content would be a much worse strategy, said Axios reporter Sara...
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Facebook Shares Plunge as User Growth Misses Estimates
The stock was down more than 10 percent after hours after the company reported monthly active users of 2.23 billion in the second quarter, below Wall Street estimates for 2.25 billion. Revenues also fell short of expectations in the...
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Facebook Loses a Quarter of Its Value After Earnings
The stock was down more than 20 percent after hours after the company reported monthly active users of 2.23 billion in the second quarter, below Wall Street estimates for 2.25 billion. Revenues also fell short of expectations in the...
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Facebook Loses a Quarter of Its Value After Dismal Earnings
The stock was down more than 20 percent after hours after the company reported monthly active users of 2.23 billion in the second quarter, below Wall Street estimates for 2.25 billion. Revenues also fell short of expectations in the...
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Facebook Not Irreparably Damaged by Stock Dive, Says Analyst
Shares of Facebook plunged Thursday after its latest earnings report. But Jefferies analyst Brent Thill tells Cheddar the company won't suffer in the long term, particularly because Europe's new data rules are "great hygiene" to work out...
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Facebook profit margins will plummet for several years
The recent EU fines, a new EU privacy law and a succession of privacy scandals have hit into Facebook's business. The company's shares lost as much as 20% of their value as NASDAQ opened. The plummeting stock price wiped out as much as...
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Facebook sets record for single-day money loss
The company lost more than $100 billion US, more than the GDP of some small countries.
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Twitter Shares Tank Amid User Drop
Twitter shares tanked in premarket trading after the company reported disappointing Q2 earnings. Twitter said its monthly active users dropped by one million in the quarter and the company expects the decline to continue for the...
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Is Twitter's Jack Dorsey in the Penalty Box?
Twitter shares are plunging after the company reported its second quarter earnings. Louis Basenese, Founder of Disruptive Tech Research and Brian Wieser, Senior Analyst at Pivotal Research, explain the results.
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Twitter Shares Tank Amid 1 Million Drop in Active Users
Twitter shares tanked in premarket trading after the company reported disappointing Q2 earnings. Twitter said its monthly active users dropped by one million in the quarter and the company expects the decline to continue for the...
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Twitter Shares Get a Reality Check, Says Pivotal Research's Brian Wiesel
Twitter shares are plunging after the company reported its second quarter earnings. Louis Basenese, Founder of Disruptive Tech Research and Brian Wieser, Senior Analyst at Pivotal Research, explain the results.
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Twitter Shares Get a Reality Check, Says Pivotal Research's Brian Wieser
Twitter shares are plunging after the company reported its second quarter earnings. Louis Basenese, Founder of Disruptive Tech Research and Brian Wieser, Senior Analyst at Pivotal Research, explain the results.
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Twitter Shares Tank as User Count Drops
Twitter shares tanked in premarket trading after the company reported disappointing Q2 earnings. Twitter said its monthly active users dropped by one million in the quarter, and the company expects the decline to continue for the...
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Can Congress Really Get Big Tech to Change?
Axios Reporter David McCabe obtained policy papers from Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) in which he proposes 20 ways tech companies can combat disinformation, user privacy violations, and harsh competition in the industry. But McCabe believes...
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Facebook Hopes 'Stories' Can Save Its Stock
After losing $136 billion in market cap in less than a week, Facebook could look to its Instagram Stories platform to boost its slowing ad sales growth and improve the social media company's outlook, says Madison Malone Kircher, an...
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Mark Warner's Uphill Battle Against Big Tech
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia is leading the charge against big tech, but he may not accomplish much unless Democrats make major gains in midterm elections, according to Axios reporter David McCabe.
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IAC CEO Joey Levin: We Bought Hinge To Disrupt Ourselves
IAC, which owns Match, Tinder, and OkCupid, recently added Hinge to its portfolio because "we like competing with ourselves," says CEO Joey Levin. "Tinder was created inside of Match to disrupt Match," he tells Cheddar's Alex Heath at...
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More User-Data Violations at Facebook
Facebook has suspended analytics firm Crimson Hexagon for allegedly mishandling user data. The Boston-based company has also been banned from the site for possible ties to a Kremlin-based nonprofit and the U.S. government. Deputy Tech...
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The Expanding Federal Investigation Into Facebook
The SEC, FBI, and FTC are reportedly joining the Justice Department in investigating whether the social network withheld information about the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Shares of Facebook were down in early trade on Tuesday.
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Reddit Considers Selling Ads
The news aggregating site has reportedly been trying to lure advertising agencies, a move that deviates from its traditional business model. Reddit, one of the most popular websites in the world, is predicted to bring in $100 million in...
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Cristiano Ronaldo: A Reality Star In the Making?
Facebook is in talks to launch a 13-episode series about the Portuguese soccer star for its Facebook Watch platform. It's reported Ronaldo could make $10 million from the series but it's unclear if Facebook's investment in original...
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Twitter Cracks Down On Fake Accounts
Twitter suspended 70 million fake accounts in May and June and some wonder if this will result in Q2 decline in monthly users. However, this could work in Twitter's favor because many of these accounts aren’t actual users and just end up...
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Twitter's Troll Hunt Producing Results
Twitter suspended 70 million fake accounts in May and June, and some wonder if this will result in a decline in users in Q2. However, this could work in Twitter's favor because many of these accounts aren’t actual users and just end up...