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.
Experience:
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Facebook Sued by DC Attorney General for Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations
Social network “deceived” its users and “failed to protect” their privacy, AG Karl Racine says
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MSNBC Analyst Compares Facebook to ‘Soylent Green’: ‘You Are the Consumable’
“You think you have a measure of privacy. You don’t,” Malcolm Nance says
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Facebook Admits It Gave Netflix, Spotify Special Access to User Messages
Social network says it only gave access to messages after users had consented by logging in with a partner’s app
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Facebook Gave Netflix, Amazon, Spotify Secret Access to User Data (Report)
New York Times story contradicts recent statements by Mark Zuckerberg
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NYT Writer Critical of White Men Blasts Twitter as ‘Misery Machine’
Sarah Jeong says Twitter has routinely failed to take action against racist trolls
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Twitter Shoots Down Trump’s Unfounded Claim That It’s ‘Much More Difficult’ to Follow POTUS’ Account
“Many prominent accounts have seen follower counts drop,” the social media giant notes
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Charter Will Pay Record $174.2 Million to Settle Fraud Lawsuit Over Netflix, Internet Throttling
Communications company “ripped off” customers by knowingly providing slower-than-expected internet service, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood says
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Russian Trolls Targeted Black Voters With Conspiracy Theories on Instagram, Facebook
New Senate report shows Kremlin-linked accounts pushed to keep black Americans from voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016
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‘Queer Eye’ Star Antoni Porowski Has ‘Porn’ Picture Purged From Instagram
Racy post of the chef is removed from picture app for violating its rules against nudity and pornography
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Recode Co-Founder Walt Mossberg Dumps Facebook: ‘No Longer Comfortable There’
Pioneering tech journo says he’s leaving the social network after its tumultuous 2018
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Netflix Addicts Love Cineplexes: Frequent Moviegoers Also Watch 50 Percent More Streaming Content, Study Finds
Teenagers are not only streaming the most content — they’re going to the movies more than anyone as well
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Time’s Up Entertainment Unveils New Initiative to Promote Minorities in Hollywood
The Who’s in the Room project will place participants in entry-level positions looking to break into production and executive roles
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CBS Names 18-Plus Groups to Split $20 Million Donation to Fight Workplace Harassment
Company announced grant in September amid turmoil over ousted chairman Les Moonves
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Facebook Bug Exposed Private Pictures of up to 6.8 Million Users
Pictures users “uploaded to Facebook but chose not to post,” as well as Facebook Stories, were left vulnerable
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Watch Detroit’s Fox 2 Pay Tribute to Meteorologist Jessica Starr: ‘Bright Spot in All Our Lives’ (Video)
Starr took her own life by hanging, the medical examiner’s office says
