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#Nigeria vs #Binance
It gets ugly...
"Presidency and regulatory sources said the government decided to move against Binance and other crypto firms following reports that currency speculators and money launderers were using them to execute criminal activities. Authorities believe the ‘criminal act…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside details of how Nigerian govt detained Binance executives
One of the two detained Binance executives is an American, while the other is British-Pakistani.

New Gist: Banning TikTok (for starters)
“the US legislature and executive have now committed themselves to a surprisingly Bolshevik view of economic action, with economic actors treated as simply arms of the state.”
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-banning-tiktok/

#Nigeria vs #Binance
It gets ugly...
"Presidency and regulatory sources said the government decided to move against Binance and other crypto firms following reports that currency speculators and money launderers were using them to execute criminal activities. Authorities believe the ‘criminal act…

EXCLUSIVE: Inside details of how Nigerian govt detained Binance executives
One of the two detained Binance executives is an American, while the other is British-Pakistani.

Sources: Nigeria detains two senior Binance executives who flew to the country following its decision last week to ban several crypto trading websites (Financial Times)
https://t.co/aurcPCtF8F

I wanted to test #copilot's Icelandic capabilities, and it went completely bananas🍌
#ai #Iceland

Meet the Press on X: "WATCH: Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges reflects on book bannings, as her own work has faced censorship in some schools. "I think that's ridiculous. I mean, most of my books have been banned. … It's just an excuse not to share the truth, to cover up history.” https://t.co/HyvS2j3yR9

Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) on X
WATCH: Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges reflects on book bannings, as her own work has faced censorship in some schools. "I think that's ridiculous. I mean, most of my books have been banned. … It's just an excuse not to share the truth, to cover up history.”

New Gist: Banning TikTok (for Starters)
I haven’t seen any discussion of the actual text of the law passed and signed last Wednesday. Yes, it mentions TikTok by name, but then it sets up a permanent app-nationalisation system.
Seems worth a bit of a mention.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-banning-tiktok/

Banning abortion is increasing government regulation, no matter what the New York Times tells you (Jamison Foser/Finding Gravity)
https://www.findinggravity.net/p/banning-abortion-is-increasing-government
http://www.memeorandum.com/240326/p74#a240326p74

Nigeria files tax evasion charges against Binance and executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, detained since February; reports say Anjarwalla escaped (Nduka Orjinmo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Nigeria Announces Charges Against Binance as Executive Flees
Nigeria filed charges of tax evasion against Binance and two executives of the cryptocurrency platform it detained, as the government said that one of the men has fled the country.

Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020 (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/27/will

Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say | TechCrunch
President Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok — for real this time. "Two years ago, this would have been devastating," one founder said.