
Clare Duffy
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Tech reporter @cnnbusiness • Formerly @columbiajourn, @pdxbizjournal • Fan of coffee, spreadsheets and story tips • [email protected]/DM for Signal
Joined September 2011
I also asked the Pentagon how it’s thinking about its presence on Twitter following the Musk takeover and mass employee exits. DOD Spokesperson Jessica McNulty says the agency “is tracking the media reports regarding Twitter, but we have no updates to announce at this time.”.
New: White House calls on Elon Musk's Twitter to explain how it is protecting "the safety of Americans' online data." . "Twitter should speak to how they are ensuring that happens," a White House official tells me.
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Sam is an incredible journalist, an excellent writer, great on camera and an excellent colleague and friend. Hire her!!.
I was among the CNN reporters laid off today as part of the company’s restructuring. I loved CNN and I’m so proud of the work we did. If you’re looking for a tech reporter to cover AI, social media, trends, Big Tech, gadgets, tech anything, please send a message! I’d love to chat.
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#BREAK: Elon Musk moves to stay the legal proceedings and cancel the trial in Twitter dispute pending the completion of the acquisition deal, but filing says Twitter is unwilling
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The full video on our experiment, as well as some of the steps TikTok is taking in response, is available here: .Produced by @zachwasss.
CNN deep dives into a 14-year-old's TikTok account to see the kinds of content teens can view on the popular video app. Many of the contents were age-inappropriate and pose risk to their mental health. @claresduffy joined to share what she found.
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For the past four years, Twitter has made promoting "healthy conversations" a strategic priority. That could change under Elon Musk's leadership. With @saraashleyo .
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Looked at the tool Elon Musk used to formulate his initial estimate that Twitter has more bots than it reports (Twitter says Musk is wrong) and why determining an exact number of bots is complicated .W/ @JohnGeneralCNN .
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Talked to @TheCyabra CEO @DanBrahmy in the company's first interview since conducting an analysis of Twitter's bots for Elon Musk. Their work shows what Musk could face now that he says he wants to close the acquisition deal.w/ @b_fung .
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Elon Musk is visiting Twitter's headquarters this week ahead of the expected close of his deal to buy the company on Friday, per email that went out to staff today. With @donie
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Twitter employees have until 5 pm today to decide whether they want to work "extremely hardcore" under Musk. Some say they've already made up their minds, but for others the decision is complicated.With @oliverdarcy
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"We need to take a hard stop and look at technology — especially this kind of technology — and say, 'What are we doing? Are we regulating this enough?'" -@cherthedev .Important story from @rachelmetz .
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When Google laid off 12,000 employees by email in January, it seemed out of step with the company's renowned worker-first culture. Current and former workers told us it's part of a culture shift that's been underway for years .With @cathythorbecke
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Elon Musk may be closer than ever to completing his deal to buy Twitter. Here are some of the potential winners and losers from the takeover.w/ @zachwasss @gaberamirez & Moss Cohen
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The tool, @Botometer was built by researchers at @OSoMe_IU. I previously wrote about the response of one of the key researchers on the team felt when he found out the tool had been cited by Musk’s legal team
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Musk's legal team has subpoenaed @dotMudge to appear for a deposition in the Twitter acquisition case on Sept. 9.
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@rachelmetz @sfiegerman @MattQuinn16 @kyurieff @donie @saraashleyo @heatherkelly @AlexKoppelman @richbarbieri @JasonFarkas It has been an absolute privilege to work with and learn from you. You will be so missed ♥️.
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Had fun filling in for @jonsarlin as host of CNN's Nightcap today. Thanks to @RachelAbramsNY, as well as @MatthewSchneier and @ScottRogowsky, for joining the show today. You can watch the full show here:
A real-life "Succession" drama? New York Times reporter @RachelAbramsNY tells CNN's @claresduffy how the behind-the-scenes drama within Sumner Redstone’s media empire was actually crazier than the hit HBO show. Watch more "Nightcap" here:
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ICYMI @cathythorbecke wrote about the mounting fears of predatory land grabs in the wake of the Maui fires.
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NEWS: Extreme heat in California has knocked a key Twitter data center offline. Comes after whistleblower Peiter Zatko warned in his disclosure about an alleged lack of data center redundancy at the company .From @donie @snlyngaas @b_fung .
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Photographer Tati Bruening posted on Instagram Monday, criticizing the platform for changing to mimic TikTok. The post gained attention from 1.6 million people, including Kylie Jenner. It's part of a growing backlash among IG users. W/ @jennkornn .
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Elon Musk has said open sourcing Twitter’s algorithm would lead to more trust in the platform. @rachelmetz explains why the reality of such a move is a bit more complicated
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ICYMI: Human rights groups are raising alarms that people may be missing out on job advertisements on Facebook because of their gender, based on new research by @Global_Witness .Story here: with @CarlottaDotto @Meera_Senthi
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This decision increases the risk that personal data (like search histories, messages, period tracking app data) could be used to enforce laws that criminalize abortion .With @jennkornn .
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There are many uncertainties surrounding the Musk-Twitter acquisition deal. But one thing seems clear: Musk has created a big mess for Twitter that won't easily be undone. With @cathythorbecke .
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For anyone unfamiliar with @vijaya, one of the Twitter execs Musk fired last night, @Iyengarish and I profiled her exactly a year ago. Among her accomplishments at the company: spearheading Twitter's annual transparency reports.
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Green dream team with @ChristineRomans this morning 💚.
Billionaire Elon Musk now officially owns Twitter. "Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" says Musk in an open letter. @claresduffy has more on this reporting.
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@EarlyStart @ChristineRomans @CNN You will be missed, @ChristineRomans! Have learned so much by watching you in action!.
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"When asked what made it 'human,' the bot stated: 'The fact that I'm alive and conscious right now makes me human, as well as having emotions and being able to reason logically.'".@cathythorbecke chatted with Meta's BlenderBot (which is not actually human).
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This 👇.Thinking of all the folks who spent months working so hard to bring this to life.
The CNN+ team is filled with brilliant journalists who were willing to take a risk on developing new formats . Newsrooms really benefit from innovative, creative folks who are drawn to situations where they can tackle interesting problems . Staffers from CNN+ would be great hires.
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How one state became the benchmark for regulating technologies that use biometric data.From @rachelmetz .
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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal will sit for a deposition in court fight against Musk today, @b_fung reports. Musk is also set to be questioned in a multi-day deposition starting today
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@sfiegerman @MattQuinn16 @HeySamantha @saraashleyo @Iyengarish @kyurieff @cathythorbecke @b_fung @heatherkelly Crying but also thrilled for you! 🥲 Bloomberg is so lucky to have you!!.
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Thursday is nightcap day 🍻.
In other news: New Nightcap!. Elon Musk’s texts are a preview of the Twitter trial w/ @claresduffy . Elizabeth Holmes’ Hail Mary w/ @eringriffith . Why companies are forcing workers back in the office w/ @edzitron .
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The move comes as LinkedIn ramps up efforts to address inauthentic behavior on its site. @empanado talked to me about that work last year
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"You can make anything a reality.".Love this story from @rachelmetz, which includes an interview with the man behind @weirddalle .
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Can we please get a romcom @netflix ??.
A new power couple has taken the stage after a former Miss Argentina and former Miss Puerto Rico shocked and delighted fans by revealing that they're married.
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Even as a growing number of Twitter users discuss decamping to other platforms, many of the alternatives are not quite ready for primetime. @cathythorbecke reports
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@PoppyHarlowCNN @CNN You will be missed, Poppy! Thank you for being an inspiration to so many of us ❤️.
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@apbenven Ok but as someone who naturally has always had eyebrows so light they're basically nonexistent, I do feel seen by this trend.
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ICYMI, I joined @thedavidrindexp on CNN's One Thing podcast this week to chat about the last 6 months of covering the Elon Musk-Twitter saga and what comes next
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@adrianzamor @Twitter Thanks for all your help over the wild past few months. All the best to you!.
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Twitter stock surges on @bloomberg report that Elon Musk is proposing to buy Twitter at the originally agreed upon price of $54.20.
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Had a great discussion with @elonmusk last evening! Our continued commitment to brand safety for advertisers remains unchanged. Looking forward to the future!.
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Head over to @akidsco to download this free resource to help you talk about the events in Uvalde, Texas with the little people in your life. I can't wait until we have to do the book "A Kids Book About Why It's So Hard To Buy A Gun" .
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@KalhanR Was just pondering whether to do them at the same time, thank you for this warning!! Hope you feel better soon!.
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"I want to direct people to something that is going to provide them with much more reliable information . " .@HeySamantha on how volunteer Wikipedia editors respond to breaking news situations .
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@incrediblekulk @brianstelter @ReliableSources Upper left is a wave photo, too! By ocean photographer Ray Collins. Good little reminders of sunshine during NYC winters!.
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@Iyengarish @rachelmetz @HeySamantha @cathythorbecke @saraashleyo @kyurieff @CNNBusiness Sad for us, happy for you!!.
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This is hard to watch but such important reporting.
CJ Dawley was 17 when he died by suicide. In an exclusive interview, his parents told me how his social media addiction 'led to his death' and why they're suing Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat video by @JohnGeneralCNN @zachwasss.
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@saraashleyo If they stoop it, I would 100% find a way to get one of those round, purple couches to my apartment via subway.
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