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The latest developments come after the FBI said this week

April 30, 2018 by Kimberly Parks

The latest developments come after the FBI said this week that it was investigating "many of the largest social media platforms" used by Facebook and Twitter. The FBI said it is "currently analyzing the data in order to identify evidence of illegal activity." That could include people using these social media services using false or misleading information to make their identities public.

At least one other tech company and an unnamed former CEO have been charged with crimes related to hacking, wire fraud and other illegal activities.

Twitter has said it has been cooperating with the federal authorities in its investigation into the use of its social media service, but the company's CEO has publicly said that it is "dumbfounded" by the latest developments.

The Justice Department has already taken action on the matter, including a federal grand jury indicted Twitter of criminal criminal conspiracy charges.

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Twitter said this week that the investigation "is ongoing and will conclude with the conclusion of the investigation."