Sean is a business reporter who covers tech and media for TheWrap based in New York City. His beat includes companies like Meta and TikTok, as well as notable industry figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Sean covers the news landscape and closely watches digital media.
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New Zealand PM Says Tech Giants Bear ‘Responsibility’ for Mosque Shooting Attack Video
“They are the publisher. Not just the postman … There cannot be a case of all profit, no responsibility,” Jacinda Ardern says
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Fox News, Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire Dominate Facebook’s Most Popular Stories of 2019
Fox News has twice as many stories in top 10,000 as the New York Times
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YouTube Blocked 1 Video Upload Per Second of New Zealand Mosque Shooting
Google-owned video giant took “unprecedented” step of temporarily blocking searches for the attack in the hours after the shooting
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Kellyanne Conway’s Husband Steps Up Trump Attacks, Quotes From Manual of Mental Disorders
“Don’t assume that the things he says and does are part of a rational plan or strategy, because they seldom are,” George Conway tweets
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Inside Facebook, YouTube and Twitter’s Struggle to Purge Video of the New Zealand Mosque Attacks
Facebook’s AI technology can spot blood and gore from the livestream, enabling Facebook to immediately remove uploads showing the most gruesome footage, a rep tells TheWrap
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Apple Fires Back at Spotify: Music Streamer Wants to ‘Squeeze’ Its Competitors and Artists
Tech giant says it is “wrong” that the music streamer wants to benefit from the App Store without paying its fair share
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Facebook Loses Two Top Executives, Including Chief Product Officer Chris Cox
WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels also to depart social network, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says
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Lori Loughlin’s YouTuber Daughter Olivia Jade Is Dropped by Sephora as College Admissions Bribe Case Unfolds
Makeup brand cancels partnership with Jade after her mom is charged with bribing her way into USC
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Says Apple’s Stiff Rules Place a ‘Gag Order’ on Its Competitors
Music exec continues to bash Apple’s 30 percent cut of App Store purchases while in Berlin
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Twitter’s Camera-Driven Redesign Mirrors Popular Snapchat and Instagram Features
App is also experimenting with dropping the number of likes and retweets each tweet receives, per NBC
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Facebook and Instagram Are Down for Some Users
“Facebook???? Instagram???? Atleast the Soulja App isn’t down,” rapper Soulja Boy says of outage
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Spotify Files Antitrust Complaint Against Apple and Its ‘Unfair Advantage’
CEO Daniel Ek says paying the 30 percent “Apple tax” in the App Store forces Spotify to “artificially inflate” its prices compared to Apple Music
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Rupert Murdoch and News Corp Push for Google’s Breakup
Media company urges Australian regulators to act against Google’s “overwhelming” search and advertising power
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Elizabeth Warren Rips Facebook After It Reinstates Her Anti-Facebook Ads
Presidential candidate says that social media platform “has too much power”
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Google Paid Former VP up to $45 Million to Leave Company After Being Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Amit Singhal left Google with a huge payout after an employee said he groped her at an off-site event, according to court documents
