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Technology · 12:06 PM UTCFrom Facebook to Twitter, Big Tech sees social commerce driving sales growth

Led by Facebook, social media platforms from Alphabet's YouTube to Snap Inc (SNAP.N) and Twitter (TWTR.N) are investing heavily in shopping features to drive revenue growth, a major theme that emerged during second-quarter results over the past week.

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