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Kurt Wagner

Kurt Wagner

Senior Editor, Social Media at Recode

    Latest articles by Kurt Wagner

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    Congress just published all the Russian Facebook ads used to try and influence the 2016 electionCongress just published all the Russian Facebook ads used to try and influence the 2016 election
    Technology

    These are the ads at the center of Russia’s election interference campaign.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Match Group says Facebook’s new dating feature will have ‘no negative impact on Tinder’Match Group says Facebook’s new dating feature will have ‘no negative impact on Tinder’
    Technology

    “[People don’t] want to mix Facebook with their dating lives,” says Match CEO Mandy Ginsberg.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Facebook added Jeff Zients, the former director of the National Economic Council, to its board of directorsFacebook added Jeff Zients, the former director of the National Economic Council, to its board of directors
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    Zients, who is the CEO of Cranemere Group Limited, will officially join the board at the end of the month.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Facebook is making its biggest executive shuffle in company historyFacebook is making its biggest executive shuffle in company history
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    WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook’s core app are getting new leaders as part of a massive executive reorg.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    WhatsApp has a new boss: Chris Daniels, the guy who’s been running Facebook’s Internet.orgWhatsApp has a new boss: Chris Daniels, the guy who’s been running Facebook’s Internet.org
    Technology

    Jan Koum left WhatsApp last week. Now we know who’s taking over.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Chris Cox is becoming Facebook’s most important executive not named Mark ZuckerbergChris Cox is becoming Facebook’s most important executive not named Mark Zuckerberg
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    Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are now all rolling up to Cox.

    By Kurt Wagner
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    Facebook is launching a new team dedicated to the blockchain. Messenger’s David Marcus is going to run it.Facebook is launching a new team dedicated to the blockchain. Messenger’s David Marcus is going to run it.
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    What is the blockchain? Facebook wants to find out, too.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Facebook has to take privacy more seriously, so it created a new team focused on building privacy productsFacebook has to take privacy more seriously, so it created a new team focused on building privacy products
    Technology

    The group’s first product: “Clear History,” a newly announced feature so people can opt out of Facebook using their browsing history.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    Snap CFO Drew Vollero is leaving and will be replaced by an Amazon executiveSnap CFO Drew Vollero is leaving and will be replaced by an Amazon executive
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    Amazon’s Tim Stone is in. Vollero is out.

    By Kurt Wagner
    Technology
    The ‘IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME fund’ wants $36 million to invest in black female foundersThe ‘IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME fund’ wants $36 million to invest in black female founders
    Technology

    Arlan Hamilton and her firm, Backstage Capital, are raising a new seed fund for underrepresented founders.

    By Kurt Wagner