An investigation shows how self-publishing platform Wattpad’s lack of moderation, age verification, and safety features helps sexual predators exploit teens (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)

Wall Street Journal:
CoinDesk retains investment bankers at Lazard to help the outlet explore options including a partial or full sale after “numerous” indications of interest  —  Company has ‘received numerous inbound indications of interest,’ CEO Kevin Worth says  —  CoinDesk Inc. …

Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm  —  Some of the ads include descriptions of sexual violence, paired with images of battered women and photos of male fitness influencers, which were used without permission.

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg:
An analysis of Twitch streams from October 2020 to August 2022 shows Twitch’s moderation tools often failed to stop children streaming and adults grooming them  —  The gaming platform’s design enables people to find and exploit kids in real-time  —  Graphics and illustrations by Rachael Dottle

Bloomberg:
Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social media watchdog group  —  Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. were accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social-media watchdog group.

David Pierce / The Verge:
Amazon unveils the $340 Kindle Scribe, a Kindle Oasis-like device designed for reading and writing with a 10.2-inch 300dpi display, available for preorder today  —  The newest Kindle is the first truly new Kindle in years.  It’s called the Kindle Scribe, and it’s both a reading device and a writing one.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight more videos, launches a collage editor, and will let users share Memories with friends and family  —  As consumer social apps shift their focus to video for social expression and adopt more creative tools, like those for collage-making …