Andy Brown / NME: The FTC finalized a $245M fine for Epic Games on March 14 over tricking users into making unintended Fortnite purchases and bans Epic from using dark patterns  —  Epic Games faces over half a billion dollars in fines from the FTC  —  The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal: Sources: some lawmakers and tech executives like Peter Thiel are mobilizing against China’s involvement in US tech, ahead of the TikTok CEO’s US House testimony  —  Group to meet ahead of TikTok’s testimony before Congress  —  A group of Silicon Valley executives, including investor Peter Thiel … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hailey Fuchs / Politico: Source: TikTok is paying dozens of creators to visit DC next week and lobby lawmakers against a forced sale, ahead of CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony on March 23  —  The influential social media app TikTok is flooding the nation’s capital with influencers next week as part of an 11th hour lobbying blitz … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: The FCC is requiring carriers to block SMS messages from “invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers”, targeting the increasing scam robotexts sent to consumers  —  First robotext rule requires blocking of texts from invalid and unused numbers.  —  The Federal Communications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kris Holt / Engadget: Meta debuts Verified in the US for $12/month on the web or $15/month on Android/iOS, with a blue badge, proactive impersonation protection, and customer support  —  Meta’s paid verification program is available in the US starting today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Instagram channel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Coinbase is exploring setting up a crypto trading platform overseas for institutional clients outside of the US, amid increased US scrutiny of crypto  —  Institutional clients of Coinbase Global Inc. have been contacted by the firm about plans to potentially set … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Around 20 investors and founders say some individual investors and small firms actively helped startups during the SVB crisis while many big firms disappointed  —  Covering venture capital, cloud and startups  —  When founders scrambled to make payroll after the closure of SVB … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Brown / NME: FTC finalized a $245M fine for Epic Games on Tuesday over tricking users into making unintended purchases in Fortnite and banned Epic from using dark patterns  —  Epic Games faces over half a billion dollars in fines from the FTC  —  The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) … Lees verder op Tech Meme