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Social Media Companies Are Looking for a New Name

Meta and YouTube try to redefine themselves in light of increasing criticism
Social media app icons for Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and Reddit are displayed on a smartphone.Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
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Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Alexandra S. Levine reports on the way social media companies are trying to redefine themselves in light of growing public criticism.

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