Google, Meta, and Snap would be the biggest winners if TikTok is banned, with shares set to rise on billions in new ad revenue, CFRA says

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US lawmakers may ban TikTok. Senator Mark Warner speaks during the news conference to introduce the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information Communications Technology Act, or RESTRICT Act, in the Capitol on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. . Warner is flanked from left by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., Sen. John Thune, R-S. Dak., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah.

A laid-off Twitter manager, who was one of Elon Musk's most loyal employees, tweeted 'cruelty is the worst' in an apparent dig at the tech mogul

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Esther Crawford tweeted "cruelty is the worst," shortly after Elon Musk accused a former Twitter director of using his disability as an "excuse."

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A senior Twitter employee says he spent 9 days trying to figure out whether or not he'd been laid off

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Elon Musk (left) engaged in a Twitter spat with former employee Haraldur Thorleifsson.

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Twitter's latest outage was reportedly caused by a single engineer's mistake. One employee says the platform is so brittle, 'everything breaks' if engineers change something.

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Twitter owner Elon Musk.

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A Twitter engineer says at least 2 bodyguards accompany Elon Musk around Twitter HQ — even to the restroom

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Elon Musk, right, is accompanied around Twitter HQ by at least two bodyguards, an employee told the BBC.

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Elon Musk reportedly tried to sell Twitter's office plants to employees as part of his push for cash

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Twitter's HQ in San Francisco, California

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A Twitter engineer says the company is 'like a building where all the pieces are on fire'

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Elon Musk.

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Bill Gates' Gen Z daughter Phoebe says the worst part about TikTok fame is 'misconceptions and conspiracy theories' about her family

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Phoebe Gates at an event with her father Bill in June 2022.

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Science has found a simple way to free us from our addiction to social media

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Most of us are helplessly addicted to our phones. I tried a new app that can help you reclaim your time.

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A simple trick can cure your addiction to social media

Facebook and Google are handing over user data to help police prosecute abortion seekers

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view over the shoulder of a police officer shining a flashlight onto a woman with hands covering herself, in front of google search history and facebook messenger chat screenshots mentioning abortion

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