Shannon Bond
Shannon Bond is a business correspondent at NPR, covering technology and how Silicon Valley's biggest companies are transforming how we live, work and communicate.
Bond joined NPR in September 2019. She previously spent 11 years as a reporter and editor at the Financial Times in New York and San Francisco. At the FT, she covered subjects ranging from the media, beverage and tobacco industries to the Occupy Wall Street protests, student debt, New York City politics and emerging markets. She also co-hosted the FT's award-winning podcast, Alphachat, about business and economics.
Bond has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School and a bachelor's degree in psychology and religion from Columbia University. She grew up in Washington, D.C., but is enjoying life as a transplant to the West Coast.
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The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states are suing Google, accusing it of maintaining a monopoly in search and in search advertising in violation of antitrust laws.
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The antitrust lawsuit against Google is the most significant action the federal government has taken against a technology company in two decades. Google calls the lawsuit "deeply flawed." -
Twitter and Facebook limited the reach of an article with unconfirmed claims about Hunter Biden. Meanwhile, experts warn that social media platforms are full of misinformation and conspiracy theories.
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CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who previously considered such claims free speech, said his thinking has "evolved." Survivors had lobbied the social network to remove posts that deny the Holocaust.
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Oracle accuses Google of illegally copying its software. Google contends the kind of code it used cannot be owned by anyone.
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With so many people voting by mail, experts warn final results of the 2020 election may be delayed — opening the door for misinformation on social media. What are the platforms doing to prepare?
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National security officials say Russia is again trying to disrupt the election. But this time, it doesn't have to work so hard because Americans are spreading mistruths and doubts about the election.
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On social media, it's easy for rumors to go viral. One proposal to fix this is a "circuit breaker" for viral posts, modeled on how stock markets stop trading when shares are too volatile.
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College campuses are traditionally a big venue for voter registration, but during the pandemic, political mobilization efforts are going virtual.
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Uber's former security chief faces criminal charges for paying 'hush money' to hide from authorities a 2016 data breach that exposed the data of 57 million passengers and drivers.
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An appeals court has given the ride-hailing companies more time to fight a judge's order that they reclassify their drivers as employees to comply with state law.
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Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach and arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers.
