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December 23, 2022, 9:15 AM

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Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
ByteDance fired four employees after finding that they had accessed data on US TikTok users, including reporters, while trying to learn the sources of a story  —  ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists' physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.
Reuters:
Sam Bankman-Fried appears in NY federal court charged with wire fraud and other crimes; a judge grants a $250M bail confining him to his parents' Palo Alto home  —  Sam Bankman-Fried will be released on a $250 million bond package while he awaits trial on fraud charges related to the collapse …
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Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
The SEC's complaint against Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang classifies FTX's FTT token as a security since it was “offered and sold as an investment contract”  —  Complaint against Alameda's Caroline Ellison and FTX's Gary Wang contains allegations that FTX's exchange token, FTT, constitutes an investment contract.
Washington Post:
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
LastPass says hackers stole a backup copy of users' encrypted and unencrypted vault data using cloud storage keys stolen from a LastPass employee in August 2022  —  Password manager giant LastPass has confirmed that cybercriminals stole its customers' encrypted password vaults …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Filing: Meta agrees to pay $725M to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of letting third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, access user data  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing …
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft files a rebuttal to the FTC's lawsuit to block its Activision deal, saying the deal won't hurt competition and that it isn't the top game developer  —  Software giant files documents opposing claims that transaction would harm competition in videogame industry
New York Times:
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Twitter begins rolling out publicly visible tweet view counts, expanding on private analytics; Elon Musk says view counts will help show how “alive Twitter is”  —  Twitter is rolling out a feature that shows how many people view your tweets, similar to features on platforms …
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg:
Crypto exchange Bullish, backed by Peter Thiel, and Far Peak, a SPAC led by ex-NYSE President Thomas Farley, call off their planned $9B merger announced in 2021  —  Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish and special-purpose acquisition company Far Peak Acquisition Corp. have called off their planned merger.
Davey Alba / Bloomberg:
Research: tens of thousands of Twitter poll bot votes can cost less than $100, potentially undermining Elon Musk's move to rely on polls for company decisions  —  New Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk has outsourced several controversial decisions — like whether to reinstate former US President …
Financial Times:
Sources: TSMC is in advanced talks with key suppliers about setting up its first European plant in Dresden, Germany; construction could begin in early 2024  —  Company to send senior executives to Dresden early next year to discuss potential factory project in Germany

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