Adi Robertson / The Verge: Ahead of a March 23 US House hearing, TikTok posts a video of CEO Shou Chew rallying users to defend the app from a US ban, saying US 5M businesses use TikTok  —  TikTok is rolling out a charm offensive ahead of Thursday’s congressional hearing, putting CEO Shou Zi Chew in users’ feeds to warn them about a looming ban. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Feroot Security finds TikTok tracking pixels on 30 US government websites across 27 states; such trackers are ubiquitous and offered by Meta, Google, and others  —  Security firm’s report shows states might be inadvertently helping Chinese-owned app collect data Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Murray / The Block: A US federal judge approves a settlement in the Celsius bankruptcy case that lets the company’s custody account holders opt in to receive 72.5% of their crypto  —  – Celsius custody account holders can receive 72.5% of the crypto in their custody accounts if they opt into a newly-approved settlement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

João Carrasqueira / XDA Developers: Windows 11’s Snipping Tool appears to have a bug similar to Pixel’s Markup tool “aCropalypse” bug, which lets anyone reveal info edited out in some screenshots  —  Recently, we heard of a vulnerability in the screenshot tool of Google’s Pixel phones, referred to as aCropalypse … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karl Bode / Techdirt: Instead of myopically fixating on TikTok, the US should pass a real privacy law to regulate data brokers who sell info on US citizens to anyone, including China  —  from the you’re-not-actually-fixing-the- problem dept  —  We’ve noted for a while now how the great TikTok moral panic of 2023 is largely a distraction. Lees verder op Tech Meme