Some civil rights groups say they have seen little action from Meta, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube to bolster election policies ahead of the 2022 US midterms (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)

Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
As Meta spends billions on VR, some developers worry over strict app store rules, using acquisitions to dominate the market and throttle competition, and more  —  Virtual reality creators say Meta now has the power to determine which apps will be successful and which will be left in obscurity

Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Nikhil Wahi, the brother of Coinbase PM Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to a wire fraud charge in an ongoing insider trading case, the first of its kind in crypto  —  The brother of a former Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) product manager pleaded guilty on Monday to a wire fraud conspiracy charge …

Bloomberg:
Despite pledges, FEC filings show AT&T, Amazon, Intel, Comcast, and others quietly restarted donations to Republican election deniers during the 2022 midterms  —  Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the US Capitol assault and gave money …

Steven Musil / CNET:
An ex-Apple employee, Dhirendra Prasad, pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges after defrauding Apple of $17M+, including via kickbacks, starting in 2011  —  Former parts buyer engaged in theft, taking kickbacks and inflating invoices, prosecutors say.  —  Steven Musil

Washington Post:
Review of misinformation labels: Twitter and Facebook have done little to refute inaccurate election claims by at least 26 US midterms candidates since April  —  A Post review of hundreds of posts found many with misinformation but none with social media labels

Washington Post:
Twitter disrupts a China-based influence campaign ahead of the US midterms, spanning nearly 2,000 accounts; two networks skewed right and another left  —  A fake China-based account called MAGA ‘Hot Babe’ was among nearly 2,000 that sought to influence America’s midterms and were removed by Twitter