Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: The Cyberspace Administration of China plans tighter controls on AirDrop and similar tools, after their use by protestors in China and Hong Kong in recent years  —  Services enabling instant mass communication without internet access face scrutiny after they were used by protesters Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: A look at what the SEC and crypto industry learned from the SEC’s ICO enforcement actions in 2017, why the SEC is targeting only select tokens, and more  —  SEC v. crypto exchanges  —  The US Securities and Exchange Commission began cracking down on crypto in 2017. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Paris-based Pigment, which plans to build a business planning tool, raised an $88M Series C led by Iconiq Growth, after a $65M Series B+ in September 2022  —  Paris-based startup Pigment has raised a Series C round of $88 million — the investment was led by Iconiq Growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: South Korean NGO Pscore details the limited online life of North Koreans, based on interviews and surveys, including a days-long approval process to get online  —  New testimony from defectors reveals pervasive surveillance and monitoring of limited internet connections. Lees verder op Tech Meme