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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Would You Pay Facebook Not to Sell Your Data?
An Ivy League professor says the network should consider a $100-a-year charge to opt-out of data sharing
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica Leak: ‘We Made Mistakes’
“We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve you,” says chief exec
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Google Pledges $300 Million to Fight Fake News: ‘We Need to Do More’
Tech giant wants to make it easier to subscribe to “authoritative content”
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Facebook’s Pain Continues: Stock Drops, Zuckerberg Stays Silent, Regulators Want Answers
Company execs will head to Washington on Wednesday to address Cambridge Analytica fallout
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Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Alexander Nix After Brags That He Can Entrap Politicians
Executive’s comments “do not represent the values or operations of the firm,” company says in a statement
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UK Parliament Asks Mark Zuckerberg to Testify Over Facebook’s ‘Catastrophic Failure’
British lawmakers want answers on data leak of 50 million users
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Insider Says Facebook Ignored Companies’ Use of Private Data
Former Facebook operations manager Sandy Parakilas says social network’s handling of data is “utterly shocking and horrifying”
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‘Post-Cable’ Digital News Outlet Cheddar Raises $22 Million for International Expansion
Milennial-focused tech and news network will launch a Snapchat channel next month
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#DeleteFacebook Movement Gains Steam After 50 Million Users Have Data Leaked
Cambridge Analytica news has Facebook users ready to call it quits
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Facebook Conducts Forensic Audit of Trump-Linked Cambridge Analytica Data
“If this data still exists, it would be a grave violation of Facebook’s policies,” the social network says in a blog post
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Facebook Stock Sinks After Cambridge Analytica Report
Social network is on track for its worst trading day in more than a year
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Facebook ‘Very Sorry’ They Suggested Sexually Explicit Videos of Children
“As soon as we became aware of these offensive predictions we removed them,” social network says
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Vice Media Union Calls Company’s Response to Misconduct Claims ‘Deeply Flawed’
Sexual harassment survivors have felt “ignored” by company, according to union statement
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New York Town Becomes First US City to Ban Bitcoin Miners
“We needed a moratorium to give us time to really flesh out the public policy,” Plattsburgh mayor tells TheWrap after residents see huge jumps in their electric bills
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Amazon Has Half as Many Paid Streamers as Netflix – But 50 Percent More Than Hulu (Report)
A whopping 26 million Americans are streaming video on Amazon, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters
