An investigation details India’s “hack-for-hire” industry that helps global corporate intelligence clients target businesses, journalists, and politicians (The Bureau of Investigative Journalism)

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
Interviews with TikTok moderators in Colombia, contracted via Teleperformance, describe pay as low as $10 per day, horrific content, long hours, and more  —  Content warning: This story contains description of extreme and disturbing violence, suicide, child abuse and cruelty to animals.

Sofi Ahsan / The Indian Express:
An Indian high court orders Telegram to reveal phone numbers, emails, IP addresses, and more details about users who allegedly shared copyrighted study material  —  Telegram had argued that under its privacy policy, unless a person is declared a terror suspect, user information could not be disclosed.

Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, the same as in 2021, ahead of the holidays; Walmart plans to hire 40,000, down from 150,000 in 2021  —  Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 150,000 seasonal workers, about the same as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.

Casey Newton / Nieman Lab:
An interview with Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine: writers with subscribers should be paid more and thinking “Medium was going to shine” in journalism was a mistake  —  Sometimes as a reporter you write a piece that is critical of a company and the company decides not to talk to you again for a long while, or ever again.

Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at things journalism could lose if Twitter dies: real-time feedback on stories, news outlets being publicly called out, DMs as a reporting tool, and more  —  Goodbye to screenshotted best bits, DMs, “that tweet should be a story”…  “If Twitter goes away my job would actually be really different,” I told my husband this week.

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to start regulating BNPL companies, such as Klarna and Affirm, and will release guidance in the future  —  The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to start regulating “buy-now, pay-later” (BNPL) companies like Klarna and Affirm Holdings …