Twitter still has work to do addressing bad online behavior, CFO says
26 October 2018 |
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Ned Segal, Twitter Inc. chief financial officer, discusses the company's third-quarter performance and efforts to remove suspicious accounts with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
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