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Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Messages in Binance’s public chatrooms show some employees and support volunteers helping customers bypass China’s crypto ban, including evading its KYC checks  —  – Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has touted the exchange’s know-your-customer systems, known as KYC, as a billion-dollar effort. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Warsaw-based Vue Storefront, which lets front-end developers build composable e-commerce sites, raised a $20M Series A extension led by Felix Capital  —  The current slowdown in e-commerce growth, and in some pockets straight declines in spend, might not seem like the most opportune time to build … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023  —  The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Feiner / CNBC: TikTok CEO Shou Chew tells Congress that “after Project Texas is done” China-based ByteDance employees will no longer be able to access US TikTok data  —  – TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told U.S. lawmakers that China-based employees at its parent company ByteDance may still have access to some U.S. data from the app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs two bills regulating social media apps, including requiring age verification for all users and permission from parents for minors  —  Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bills on Thursday, said the state is prepared for a legal fight over the tech company regulations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US prosecutors in New York charge Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon with eight counts, including securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud  —  Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was charged with fraud by US prosecutors in New York. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: Twitter Blue rolls out globally, but the subscription service is still missing promised features like prioritized ranking in conversations and half as many ads  —  While the subscription has been pretty widely available before (you could sign up for it in almost 50 countries) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Montenegro says police detained Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon when he tried to fly to Dubai using falsified Costa Rican travel documents  —  Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was detained in Montenegro … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Shou Chew’s answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app  —  TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew’s appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Shou Chew’s answers to often-hostile questions did little to calm bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app  —  TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew’s appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service. Lees verder op Tech Meme