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Twitter

Periscope is a live video streaming app for Android and iOS developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired by Twitter before launch in 2015.

Periscope

Vine was a short-form video hosting service where users could share six-second-long looping video clips. The service was founded in June 2012, and American microblogging website Twitter acquired it in October 2012, just before its official launch. Users' videos were published through Vine's social network and could be shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Vine's app could also be used to browse through videos posted by other users, along with groups of videos by theme, and trending, or popular, videos. Vine competed with other social media services such as Instagram and Mobli.

Vine

X, formerly Twitter, is a global social networking platform that allows its users to send and read 280-character messages. It enables registered users to read and post their tweets through the web, short message service (SMS), and mobile applications.  As a global real-time communications platform, X has more than 400 million monthly visitors and 255 million monthly active users around the world. X’s active group of registered members includes World leaders, major athletes, star performers, news organizations, and entertainment outlets. It is currently available in more than 35 languages.  X was launched in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass. X is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with local offices in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Sunnyvale, and Washington.  X's international offices are located in Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, London, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Toronto, and Vancouver.

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Twitter Inc on Thursday widely beat analyst expectations for quarterly revenue as ad sales rose with the return of sports and other events, but it added fewer users than Wall Street had expected.

Twitter beats revenue expectations but misses on user growth

Twitter's earnings report comes one day after CEO Jack Dorsey testified in front of the Senate Commerce Committee.

Twitter crushes third-quarter earnings estimates, but falls short on user growth

Alphabet

The Senate Commerce Committee's airing of grievances with Big Tech yielded grandstanding moments as well as points of clarity--most not a good look for either the senators or the tech CEOs.

The Best And Worst Moments In The Senate's Grilling Of Social-Media CEOs

Twitter, Facebook and Google have been warned their platforms face new restrictions after they were criticised by Republican senators for alleged anti-conservative bias.

Facebook, Twitter and Google face changes to online speech protection

In 1994, Congress dragged the CEOs of the nation's largest tobacco companies to Capitol Hill, where they testified — under oath — that cigarettes are not addictive, contrary to evidence otherwise. It was a watershed moment for the tobacco industry and marked the beginning of the end of Big Tobacco's dominance in America.

Analysis: Two words describe the Senate's latest Big Tech hearing: Worthless and petty

Apple

Amazon

Microsoft

Big Tech companies lost a collective $273 billion in value over the past two days, as the broader market sank due to a global surge in Covid-19 cases.

Tech giants lost more than $270 billion in market value in the last two days

Thursday is going to be a hot earnings day as 4 of the FAANG stocks plus Twitter are reporting.

The Hot Earnings Charts of FAANG and Twitter

Less than a week before the US presidential election, the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee to testify about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — the 1996 law that limits platforms' liability for content posted by users and gives them latitude to moderate content as they see fit. The question at hand was whether Section 230 should be reformed to hold these tech companies accountable for the content on their platforms and for their moderation practices.

Opinion: Forget bias, the real danger is Big Tech's overwhelming control over speech

Republicans and Democrats alike criticized the social media titans and drew attention to their large influence over American politics.

5 Big Takeaways From Dorsey And Zuckerberg's Contentious Trip To The Senate

Republicans and Democrats are considering reforms to weaken liability protections for social media companies.

Google, Facebook and Twitter face changes to Section 230 media law protections

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey was among the tech CEOs in Washington on Wednesday to testify in front of the Senate about how they monitor and police political content on their platforms. Washington Post Controversy: Twitter recently drew heat from conservative critics after the platform decided to limit the dissemination of a recent New York Post article alleging inappropriate meetings between Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son Hunter and Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings.

Dorsey Defends Twitter Censorship To Congress: 'Our Team Made A Fast Decision'

GOP Senator Presses Google, Facebook And Twitter On Political Ideology Of Employees To Prove Bias

US technology stocks cratered in Wednesday trades, leading the broader market lower amid congressional testimony on Section 230 from the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Alphabet. Section 230 is a 1996 law that protects internet platforms from being held liable for content posted by its users.

Tech stocks lead the market lower amid disappointing Microsoft outlook and congressional hearing with industry CEOs

The remarks came amid a standoff with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who was determined to bring up complaints about censorship on Twitter.

Jack Dorsey Insists That Twitter Doesn't Influence Elections In Senate Testimony

The latest news out of the latest congressional hearing on tech platform's content moderation practices was from Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, who said that he's open to a rethink of Section 230. That's the provision of a 1996 law that gives Facebook, Twitter, Google and other platforms immunity for the way that they...

Senate Republicans Target Twitter And Other Tech CEOs, While Democrats See A Partisan “Sham”

Facebook, Google and Twitter C.E.O.s return to Washington to defend their content moderation.

The scolding comes amid bipartisan criticism against Big Tech, a day before all four companies under regulatory scrutiny -- Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Facebook Inc., Apple Inc., and Amazon.com Inc. -- report earnings. So far, none have shown the financial effects of government scrutiny.

Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs take heat in Senate over content

The chief executives of Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a Senate panel on Wednesday as lawmakers seek ways to hold Big Tech accountable for how they moderate content on their platforms.

Explainer: What's in the U.S. law protecting internet companies - and can it be changed?

In their written testimonies, the CEOs warn of the potential negative impacts of repealing key portions of Section 230.

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs set to defend their legal shield to Congress

It used to be unusual to see a top tech executive face tough questioning before lawmakers on Capitol Hill. But that has changed in the past few years. Now, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter are old hands at Congressional hearings.

Big Tech's chief executives are becoming regulars on Capitol Hill.

Today's hearing by the Senate Commerce Committee will examine whether Section 230 has ‘outlived its usefulness in today's digital age.' It's another day and another hearing about Big Tech on Capitol Hill.

Senate Big Tech hearing: What to expect from Zuck, Dorsey, Pichai's Section 230 defense

On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will question the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter amid cries of conservative bias and threats to change a crucial law, known as Section 230, that protects the companies' ability to moderate content as they see fit.

CEOs of Facebook, Twitter and Google set to be grilled in Senate hearing

Facebook, Google and Twitter are going to be questioned by Republican senators on Wednesday over allegations the platforms are biased against conservatives.

Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs to be questioned over anti-conservative bias

The Twitter and Facebook CEOs must defend their companies' actions and argue against regulation even as Republicans have argued fiercely for more rules on social media.

Mark Zuckerberg And Jack Dorsey Are Gonna Have A Rotten Day As They Testify Before The Senate

Facebook, Google, and Twitter's CEOs released prepared remarks ahead of Wednesday's hearing with Senate lawmakers that warned about negative implications of repealing the legal liability statute that their business models rely on.

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