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Trump Campaign's Snapchat Absence Potentially Gives Harris Edge Among Young Voters
Thursday, October 17, 2024 - 3:09am | 830Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has decided not to advertise on Snap Inc.’s (NYSE:SNAP) Snapchat, a platform favored by young voters. What Happened: This decision has allowed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to dominate the platform, with her campaign...
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta To Face Lawsuits Over Teen Social Media Addiction: Judge Rejects Dismissal Motions From Reddit, YouTube, And Snapchat In Personal Injury Claims
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 - 11:14pm | 616Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been directed to face lawsuits filed by U.S. states. What Happened: On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in California rejected Meta’s attempt to dismiss the claims made in two separate...
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TikTok Gets Sued: 13 States And DC Accuse Chinese Platform Of 'Boosting Corporate Profits' Via Social Media Addiction
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - 11:28pm | 747ByteDance-owned TikTok is facing legal action from 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The states accuse TikTok of causing harm to its younger users. What Happened: On Tuesday, separate lawsuits were filed in New York, California, the District of Columbia, and...
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X Gains Ground As Facebook Slips: Musk Closes In On Zuckerberg In Social Media Face-Off
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - 1:17pm | 637In a plot twist worthy of a bingeworthy drama, the so-called demise of Twitter, now rebranded as X, has been significantly overstated. According to the latest data from SimilarWeb, Elon Musk‘s X isn’t just surviving—it’s thriving. The platform saw a dramatic turnaround in user...
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Announces Focus On Ad Business And AR Amid Still Competition From TikTok And Mark Zuckerberg's Meta
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 - 12:04am | 640Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) will focus on enhancing its advertising business and augmented reality offerings, CEO Evan Spiegel told employees on Tuesday. What Happened: The announcement comes as Snap faces stiff competition from major social media platforms like Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta Platforms...
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Snap Inc. To Pay $15M In Settlement Over Gender Discrimination And Harassment Allegations By California Civil Rights Department
Thursday, June 20, 2024 - 5:02am | 709Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the California Civil Rights Department. The lawsuit accused the company of gender discrimination, failure to prevent workplace sexual harassment, and retaliation against female employees who raised complaints. What...
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Accused Of Snooping On Snapchat, YouTube, And Amazon User Traffic Data To Gain Competitive Edge: Report
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - 11:20pm | 1032Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has been accused of initiating a covert project to intercept and decode the network traffic of Snap Inc.’s (NYSE:SNAP) Snapchat users. What Happened: The project, codenamed “Project Ghostbusters,” was launched...
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Instagram Is Working On A Snapchat-like 'Friends Map' Feature: Here's How It Works
Monday, February 26, 2024 - 4:58am | 655Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) Instagram is working on a new feature that mimics Snap Inc.'s (NYSE:SNAP) Snapchat "Snap Map" functionality. This will allow users to share location with their friends from within Instagram, instead of using Snapchat. What Happened: Mobile developer Alessandro...
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Wedbush's Dan Ives Expresses Investors' Growing Frustration With Snap: 'Every Quarter There Is Another Dog Ate The Homework Excuse'
Monday, February 19, 2024 - 3:32am | 738Despite Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) CEO Evan Spiegel‘s explanations, investors are growing increasingly disillusioned with the company’s financial performance. This is evidenced by the significant drop in Snap’s stock, which has plummeted by 40% this month. The company’s recent...
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New York City Sues TikTok, Facebook, YouTube In Their Home Turf Los Angeles Over Alleged Harm To Kids' Mental Health
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 12:15am | 860New York City has taken legal action against major social media platforms TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube for allegedly causing mental health issues among young users. What Happened: On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city has filed a lawsuit against...
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Snap, Alibaba, Ford, Disney, Tesla: Why These 5 Stocks Are On Investors' Radars Today
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 11:02pm | 666U.S. stocks showed positive momentum today, with the Dow Jones index climbing over 140 points. The market saw a broad uptick, with the Dow ending the day up by 0.37% to 38,521.36 while the NASDAQ increased by nearly 0.1% to 15,609. The S&P 500 gained 0.2% to reach 4,954.23. These are the top...
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'It's Terrible': Meta's Zuckerberg Apologizes To Families Of Online Child Abuse Victims At Senate Hearing
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 4:42pm | 659Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) apologized on Wednesday to the families of children who were victims of abuse on social media platforms after being told by a senator “you have blood on your hands.” The bosses of several social media groups, also...
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Snapchat's Evan Spiegel Takes Shots At Facebook, Instagram In A Leaked Memo: 'Social Media Is Dead'
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - 3:27am | 603In a recently leaked internal memo, Snap Inc.’s (NYSE:SNAP) CEO, Evan Spiegel, rallied employees towards new objectives to overcome stagnant growth. The memo, a call to arms, was a clear critique of rival social media platforms and set the stage for the company’s strategic blueprint for...
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Is Crypto Too Complicated For Grandma? Mark Cuban Thinks So
Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 11:30pm | 683Billionaire entrepreneur and renowned investor, Mark Cuban expressed his frustration over the lack of a “killer app” for cryptocurrencies. Known for his role as a “Shark Tank” investor and the owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, Cuban believes that crypto has the...
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Microsoft, Google-Parent Alphabet, Snap, Amazon, Tesla: Why These Five Stocks Are Trending Today?
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 9:30pm | 745U.S. stocks showcased a positive momentum on Tuesday. The Dow Jones index surged, marking an increase of over 200 points or 0.62% to 33,141.38. The NASDAQ and the S&P 500 indices also followed suit, with the former rising by 0.93% to 13,139.87 and the latter gaining 0.73% to settle at 4,247.68...