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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Jack Dorsey Tells Congress Twitter Doesn’t Use ‘Political Ideology’ to Make Decisions
Twitter has been under fire from the left and the right lately
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Alex Jones Sees Traffic Plummet After Facebook, YouTube Ban
InfoWars has seen its daily visitors cut in half since Jones was kicked off several tech platforms
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Amazon Joins Apple as Second $1 Trillion Company
Shares of e-commerce giant have rocketed by 70 percent in 2018
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Monica Lewinsky Cheered for Walkout After ‘Dishonest and Unethical’ Bill Clinton Question
Lewinsky handled situation with “class,” according to one observer
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Twitter Denies Jack Dorsey Personally Stopped Alex Jones Ban
Social media giant says Wall Street Journal report saying Dorsey blocked action on Jones is “completely and totally false”
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Snapchat’s NYC Map Renamed ‘Jewtropolis’ in What Mapbox Calls ‘Hate-Speech Attack’
Anti-Semitic remark removed after being live for a few hours
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Bird or Lime? Winners and Losers of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Scooter Wars
E-scooter companies Bird, Lime, Lyft and Uber-owned JUMP Bikes will all be allowed to operate in Santa Monica
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Twitter Begins Labeling Political Ads Ahead of 2018 Election
U.S. advertisers will also need to verify their location to run political ads
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Facebook Pulled Ads That Targeted LGBTQ Users With Gay Conversion Therapy
Users that showed an interest in “gender issues” were served with ads for a book and video on conversion therapy
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Twitter Tests Recommending Accounts to Unfollow
Company says it was pointing out accounts “don’t engage with regularly”
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Amazon Fires Back at Bernie Sanders’ ‘Inaccurate’ Criticism of Workers’ Wages
Senator has blasted the tech giant for its “grossly underpaid” warehouse workers
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Elon Musk’s ‘Pedo’ Tweet Inquiry Answered: Thai Rescue Diver’s Lawyer Preps Lawsuit
Tesla chief “should check his mail before tweeting,” says attorney
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Trump Still Among Top Google Ads Spenders Despite Bashing Search Giant
POTUS drops to No. 2 spender on Google political ads
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Conservative Facebook Employees Rail Against ‘Intolerant’ Political Culture
“You can either keep quiet or sacrifice your reputation and career,” says one engineer, according to The New York Times
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Facebook Watch Gets Worldwide Rollout
Social network also announces expanded opportunity for creators to monetize content
