Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Jack Dorsey says India threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders during farmer protests, a claim called an “outright lie” by the government  —  Twitter was threatened with shut down in India, Nigeria and Turkey unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: In a memo to Twitter employees, CEO Linda Yaccarino said the platform is “on a mission to become the world’s most accurate real-time information source”  —  Linda Yaccarino, who joined company last week, describes her mission to employees  —  Twitter’s new chief executive told employees … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Insight Partners slashes the $20B target for its latest fund to $15B, after raising just $2B since June 2022, citing a “great reset in tech”  —  New York-based venture capital firm said it will scale back the pace of its dealmaking as valuations have slumped Lees verder op Tech Meme

Molly White: Unpacking Coinbase’s flawed talking points in its battle with the SEC, including the argument that “securities laws written in the 1930s can’t apply to crypto”  —  Coinbase is trotting out its usual flawed arguments now that it’s facing a lawsuit from the SEC, and more pushback is needed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juro Osawa / The Information: Preqin: total US dollars raised by China-focused VC and PE funds peaked at $48.6B in 2021 before dropping to $16.5B in 2022 and just $1.15B so far in 2023  —  Sequoia Capital’s decision this week to split off its China operations showed the impact of growing tensions between Washington and Beijing. Lees verder op Tech Meme