The US’ candidate to lead the UN’s International Telecommunication Union, which sets global tech and telecom standards, beat Russia’s by 139 to 25 votes (Clothilde Goujard/Politico)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, and 12 other European telecoms argue that Meta, Google, Netflix, and other US giants should share network costs  —  Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and 13 other European telecoms providers on Monday …

Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt:
Compound Finance’s DAO votes to keep its users from lending relatively illiquid tokens BAT, ZRX, MKR, and YFI to protect against a Mango Markets-style attack  —  Users won’t be able to temporarily use 0x (ZRX), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Maker (MKR), and Yearn Finance (YFI) on Compound now.

Samuel Stolton / Politico:
The UK’s CMA launches an investigation into Apple’s and Google’s dominance in mobile browsers and cloud gaming, following a survey that found a “stranglehold”  —  Apple and Google could be forced to loosen their grip on mobile systems after the United Kingdom’s competition watchdog launched …

Politico:
German, French, and Norwegian data authorities warn against Qatar’s World Cup app Hayya and infection-tracking app Ehteraz, citing privacy and security concerns  —  Two World Cup apps pose serious privacy and security risks, European privacy regulators say.

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch:
Majority, a mobile bank serving migrants to the US, raised a $30M Series B and $7.5M in debt, bringing its total funding to $83.5M in just over a year  —  Nine months after raising a Series A round, Majority has raised tens of millions in both equity and debt financing for its mobile bank for migrants.

Maggie Miller / Politico:
A look at Estonia’s efforts to aid cybersecurity workers in Ukraine and coordinate with European and US allies to defend against Russia’s cyberattacks  —  TALLINN, Estonia — Ukraine has surprised the world with its ability to fend off major cyberattacks from Russia.