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The Facebook exec who helped hunt down Russia’s political ads is leaving the company

Alex Stamos is out.

By Kurt Wagner March 19

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Facebook data from some 50 million users ended up with Cambridge Analytica, the data company that helped get Donald Trump elected

By Kurt Wagner March 19

Facebook will audit Cambridge Analytica to see what Facebook user data the firm still has

Facebook has hired Stroz Friedberg, a digital forensics firm focused on cybersecurity, to run the audit.

By Kurt Wagner March 19

Twitter is joining Facebook and Google in banning cryptocurrency advertisements

The ban isn’t yet official, but should be soon.

By Kurt Wagner March 19

Facebook wants more video creators to compete with YouTube, so it’s rolling out a subscription feature

Facebook will soon let you subscribe to your favorite creator for $5 a month.

By Kurt Wagner March 19

Google and Facebook have banned cryptocurrency ads — but these networks still haven’t

Microsoft, Snap and Twitter are exceptions — for now.

By Rani Molla March 19

Here’s how Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to get data for 50 million users

Facebook says it isn’t at fault.

By Kurt Wagner March 17

Here are the New York Times and Observer stories that pushed Facebook to suspend Trump’s data analytics company

Cambridge Analytica had profile information for some 50 million Facebook users, according to reports.

By Kurt Wagner March 17

Roughly one in four Americans is online ‘constantly’

We’re still obsessed with the internet.

By Kurt Wagner March 17

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that helped Donald Trump get elected

Cambridge Analytica used Facebook data it promised Facebook it had deleted, the company claims.

By Kurt Wagner March 17

Tinder’s parent company, Match Group, is suing dating app Bumble for patent infringement

Match Group wants to buy Bumble. Now it’s also suing Bumble.

By Kurt Wagner March 16

How is the internet changing March Madness?

SB Nation Editor in Chief Elena Bergeron talks about brackets, streaming apps and paying players on the latest Too Embarrassed to Ask.

By Eric Johnson March 16

Celebrities keep hurting Snap’s stock price — this time over an inappropriate ad

Rihanna isn’t happy with Snap, and the stock is down. But the company is also dealing with an advertising problem.

By Kurt Wagner March 15

Twitter stock is up on a bunch of news we already knew about

Twitter stock finished the day up more than 7 percent.

By Kurt Wagner March 14

Facebook finally suspended the anti-Muslim political group that President Trump retweeted last year

Britain First shared posts "designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups," Facebook says. So they’re out.

By Kurt Wagner March 14

Senator Chuck Schumer says the world would be a ‘worse place’ without Amazon

On Recode Decode, Schumer says he’s "sympathetic" to tech giants like Facebook and Amazon.

By Eric Johnson March 12

Watch Kara Swisher’s full SXSW interview with former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett

Swisher interviewed Jarrett about diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and much more.

By Meghann Farnsworth March 11

Watch Kara Swisher’s full interview with chef José Andrés at SXSW

The Michelin-starred chef discussed the roles that social media and food can play in post-disaster community building.

By Meghann Farnsworth March 11

Watch Recode’s full interview with Milk Bar founder and CEO Christina Tosi from SXSW

What does it take to build a business that not only delights customers but keeps them coming back again and again?

By Meghann Farnsworth March 11

Full transcript: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg onstage at Lesbians Who Tech

For this episode of Recode Decode, we go live to the Castro Theater.

By Recode Staff March 9

Facebook is getting exclusive rights to 25 Major League Baseball games

It’s the first time Facebook has had exclusive distribution rights to games from a major sports league.

By Kurt Wagner March 9

Twitter wants everyone to get a blue verification badge

Well, eventually.

By Kurt Wagner March 8

Snap is laying off dozens of engineers, but investors aren’t panicking

Snap’s engineering team is expected to be hit hard, but other teams are also bracing for cuts.

By Kurt Wagner March 8

Facebook ad costs spiked higher after a big change to its News Feed algorithm

Mark Zuckerberg said people would spend less time on Facebook after the change. It looks like that might be happening.

By Kurt Wagner and Rani Molla March 7

BlackBerry is suing Facebook for patent infringement, and Facebook ‘intends to fight’

BlackBerry claims that Facebook is using its technology inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.

By Kurt Wagner March 6

HQ Trivia raised new funding at a $100 million valuation and its co-founder apologized for his previous bad behavior

HQ raised $15 million in a round Recode first reported was in the works last month.

By Kurt Wagner March 6

Reddit says Russian propaganda was shared by ‘thousands’ ahead of the 2016 election

Reddit didn’t find any Russian ads about the 2016 election, but there was plenty of non-ad content being shared.

By Kurt Wagner March 5

This is who the internet thinks should win the Oscars

Move over, Academy.

By Rani Molla March 4

Oscars 2018: How to watch the Academy Awards livestream

The ceremony starts at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT.

By Kat Borgerding March 4

Katie Couric and Kara Swisher interview each other on Recode Decode

Kara: "I think being irritating is the most important muscle skill that any [journalist or entrepreneur] has to have."

By Recode Staff March 3

Snapchat’s redesign is baffling publishers

Some publishers are seeing spikes. Others are seeing declines. Everyone is still trying to figure out Snapchat’s new algorithm.

By Kurt Wagner March 2

Twitter claims it was more diverse in 2017, but that’s not what the data shows

The percentage of non-white and non-Asian employees at Twitter appears to be shrinking, not growing.

By Kurt Wagner and Rani Molla March 2

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