Sources: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be the main TikTok USA investors, with a ~45% stake; ByteDance will own 19.9% and ByteDance investors 35%
We may never know if the administration-brokered TikTok sale complies with the law … New York Times : Trump Clears Way for American-Owned TikTok Valued at $14 Billion Financial Times : TikTok US to be...
President Trump names Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Cardano as assets to be included in a strategic US crypto reserve, causing significant price surges
Crypto Braced For Another Trump Shock After Bitcoin, XRP, Solana And Cardano Price Boom CoinDesk : Here Is What Crypto Leaders Are Saying About Trump's Crypto Reserve Plans Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : C...
Russian docs and sources: how Putin's forces kept buying US chips, including $5.9M from Texas Instruments from January to August 2024, via a Russian distributor
Bloomberg :
Putin signs a law legalizing cryptocurrency mining in Russia; only Russian legal entities and individuals included in a register will have the right to mine
Putin signs a Russian law requiring that internet platforms verify new users' identities via state-approved systems during registration, effective December 2023
A new Russian law mandates that internet platforms verify new users' identities via state-approved systems before granting access, starting in December 2023
President Putin has signed off on legal amendments that threaten to destroy online anonymity, crush free speech, and stifle innovation. Forums: r/privacy Forums: r/privacy : Putin Outlaws Anonymity: I...
Tests show Twitter has lifted restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts, including Putin's, with some appearing in For You feeds, reversing an April 2022 policy
Elon Musk's social media site lifts restrictions on Kremlin-linked tweets — Twitter has removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts …
As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the past few years, the US has enacted only two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years
one for children's privacy and the other for ridding sites of sex-trafficking content —in the past 25 years.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Chris O'Brien / @obrien : EU policymakers, while not perfect, ...
The US Treasury sanctions Russian bitcoin miners, including BitRiver; Cambridge University: Russia is the world's third-biggest destination for bitcoin mining
- For the first time ever, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is taking aim at bitcoin miners operating in Russia, as Putin's war on Ukraine approaches its third month.
Meta will temporarily allow some violent speech, like “death to the Russian invaders”, in some countries; internal email: it will allow calls for death of Putin
Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians …