WeChat, used by millions of Chinese Americans, is one of the main venues for Chinese-language misinformation in the US and may influence the 2022 US midterms (Jennifer Conrad/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Forensic analysis: hackers planted files on at least three Indian activists and likely colluded with police, yet 11 of 16 activists in related case still jailed  —  And new evidence suggests those hackers may have collaborated with the police who investigated him.

Jennifer Conrad / Wired:
As China encourages digital yuan adoption among its citizens, experts say the digital currency opens up new forms of government surveillance and social control  —  Government officials are urging citizens to adopt the official digital currency in a bid to gain more control over the economy.

Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Research: Russia reactivates its troll and bot networks on Gab, Parler, and other platforms, seeking to influence the US midterms and erode support for Ukraine  —  Researchers have identified a series of Russian information operations to influence American elections and, perhaps, erode support for Ukraine.

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

Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
Alipay has quietly started testing money transfers through WeChat in September, available for a small number of users with a maximum of ~$278 per transfer  —  The wall separating China’s two leading mobile payment systems may have started to crack after Ant Group’s Alipay rolled out a trial service …

The Verge:
Sources: Twitter teams hit hardest by the layoffs span product trust and safety, policy, and fighting election misinformation ahead of next week’s US midterms  —  About half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees are now gone, with teams focused on trust and safety issues hit the hardest.