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Twitter: Breaking the Bird Season 1 Episodes

2025-2025
1 Season
CNN
Documentary

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Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams - a trio of tech entrepreneur friends who shared a dream to connect the world - founded the earth-shattering social media app known as Twitter. CNN Original Series goes inside the creation of this once-radical, groundbreaking tech startup in the brand-new series Twitter: Breaking the Bird. Through firsthand accounts from some of its original founders and early employees, the four-part series dives into the inside story of Twitter's inception, explosive growth across the world and the dark underbelly of online hate and harassment that emerged.

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

4 Episodes 2025 - 2025

Episode 1

The Big Idea

Sun, Mar 9, 2025

In the heart of San Francisco, a group of young coders and designers come together to invent a new social media platform they name Twitter; built for simple status updates, Twitter quickly evolves beyond its original purpose.

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Episode 2

Unfollowing the Leader

Sun, Mar 16, 2025

As Twitter transforms communication across the world, its founders fight for control of the company; once reserved for techies and celebrities, it evolves into a key platform for news and politics.

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Episode 3

Making It Big

Sun, Mar 23, 2025

A new CEO takes over and brings back founder Jack Dorsey to help steer Twitter's growth; activism thrives as the platform becomes a revolutionary tool for change, but its darker side becomes more apparent as hate spreads.

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Episode 4

Disaster

Sun, Mar 30, 2025

Jack Dorsey returns as CEO of Twitter but soon faces serious challenges; as tensions rise over free speech on the platform, he turns to one man he believes can save it: Elon Musk.

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