Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs (Rest of World)

Rest of World:
Behind the rise of Kuaishou's short-form video app Kwai in Brazil, where it has amassed 45M+ monthly active users by appealing to people with blue collar jobs  —  Kuaishou is chasing novela creators and working-class users in Latin America to keep up with the competition.

US Treasury Department stresses that Russia sanctions extend to cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued new guidance on Friday clarifying that U.S. citizens and digital asset firms are required to comply with sanctions against Russia, even when facilitating transactions in cryptocurrency. https://ift.tt/cECUb6s

Q&A with John Reed Stark, the SEC's former Head of Internet Enforcement, on Biden's crypto EO, how regulation may be a "death knell" for crypto firms, and more (Maxwell Strachan/VICE)

Maxwell Strachan / VICE:
Q&A with John Reed Stark, the SEC's former Head of Internet Enforcement, on Biden's crypto EO, how regulation may be a “death knell” for crypto firms, and more  —  We talked to one of the most credentialed critics of cryptocurrencies and NFTs about fraud and potential “cataclysmic events” in the industry.

Facebook-owner Meta defends policy on calls for violence that angered Russia

Facebook owner Meta Platforms said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia's attack, as Russia opened a criminal case after the company said it would allow posts such as "death to the Russian invaders." https://ift.tt/pMSwzlH

Lawmaker calls for block on Instagram in Russia after Meta allows hate speech

Russia on Friday condemned Meta Platforms' move to temporarily lift a ban on calls for violence against the Russian military and leadership, and an influential parliamentarian called for Instagram to be blocked in Russia. https://ift.tt/mAdntbO

How to share apps or files via Nearby Share on Android phones

Android users always wished they had an Airdrop-like feature where one can instantaneously transfer files to people around them without having to pair and also making sure the transfer is fast. Fortunately, Google, too, had introduced a way called Nearby Share, which allows an user to find and send photos, videos and even apps via the medium. https://ift.tt/uNn3PvJ