Shannon Bond

Financial Times

Shannon Bond appears in the following:

'Love Me Tender' and poison pills: Unpacking the Elon Musk-Twitter saga

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter in a $43 billion takeover, which the company's board is attempting to resist. What's at stake, and where is all this going?

Comment

Elon Musk wants to change Twitter

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Elon Musk says Twitter should be an arena for free speech. What changes does he want to bring to the social network, and how are Twitter board members trying stop his takeover bid?

Comment

Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion in cash

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Musk's offer comes after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became Twitter's largest shareholder. Musk says he will unlock Twitter's potential.

Comment

Is adding an edit button on Twitter a good thing?

Monday, April 11, 2022

Twitter users have long asked for an edit button and now the company says it's finally coming. But skeptics warn it could change Twitter — and not for the better.

Comment

Elon Musk says he will not join the Twitter board, after all

Monday, April 11, 2022

The social media company said the billionaire Tesla CEO changed his mind about accepting a board seat after becoming Twitter's biggest shareholder.

Comment

Elon Musk takes a 9% stake in Twitter to become its largest shareholder

Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of Twitter's most outspoken voices. Now he's also the social media company's largest shareholder.

Comment

That smiling LinkedIn profile face might be a computer-generated fake

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Stanford researchers uncovered more than 1,000 of these LinkedIn profiles. A technology that has been used to promote misinformation online has now entered the corporate world.

Comment

Facebook will block kids from downloading age-inappropriate virtual reality apps

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Sister app Instagram is also launching new parental controls, as the social media company faces pressure to address safety risks to kids in virtual reality.

Comment

Russia plans to limit Instagram and could label Meta an extremist group

Friday, March 11, 2022

Russia's top prosecutor called for Facebook and Instagram's parent company to be labeled an extremist group after Meta said it would permit some calls for violence against "Russian invaders."

Comment

Russia is restricting social media. Here's what we know

Monday, March 07, 2022

Russians face a confusing patchwork of online restrictions as the Kremlin cracks down on the free flow of information on social media.

Comment

Tech's crackdown on Russian propaganda is a geopolitical high-wire act

Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft are taking steps to curb Russian propaganda, but they don't want to be kicked out of the country and limit Russians' access to their platforms.

Comment

Facebook and TikTok block Russian state media in Europe

Monday, February 28, 2022

Kremlin-backed news outlets RT and Sputnik have become flashpoints for social media companies that are under pressure to curb the spread of Russian propaganda and disinformation.

Comment

Facebook and Twitter remove disinformation and hacking campaigns targeting Ukraine

Monday, February 28, 2022

Facebook parent company Meta says it has uncovered Russian efforts to undermine trust in the Ukrainian government and to hack Ukrainian military officials and journalists using social media.

Comment

Facebook, Google and Twitter limit ads over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Saturday, February 26, 2022

The moves come as U.S. tech platforms are under pressure to take a stronger stance against Russia and limit disinformation.

Comment

Meta is spending billions on the metaverse. Here's what it's like on the inside

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Facebook is banking everything on the metaverse. Our intrepid reporter dons a virtual reality headset to find out what Facebook's virtual world is all about, and how much more is left to do.

Comment

'Freedom convoys' tap into cross-regional populism

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The so-called "freedom convoys" are exploiting populist grievances and are amplified by social media and grifters seeking to make a buck.

Comment

Senators aim to rewrite child safety rules on social media

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act comes amid mounting frustration in Washington that apps like Instagram and YouTube aren't doing enough to protect their youngest users.

Comment

Meta's Market value plummets by $200 billion as Facebook user base declines

Thursday, February 03, 2022

Investors wiped more than $200 billion of the market value of Facebook owner Meta after the company warned of weaker advertising growth and reported its first-ever decline in daily users.

Comment

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.

Comment

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.

Comment