Techmeme: Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo reports $3.3B in Q3 revenue, up 51% YoY, vs. $4.1B estimated, and 741.5M MAUs, up 15% YoY; stock is down 15%+ (Reuters)

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Reuters:

Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo reports $3.3B in Q3 revenue, up 51% YoY, vs. $4.1B estimated, and 741.5M MAUs, up 15% YoY; stock is down 15%+ — Shares in Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo Inc (PDD.O) plunged as much as 19% in pre-market U.S. trade on Friday after the company missed …

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Roblox sues Ruben Sim, a YouTuber it banned over harassment and sexual content, for leading a “cybermob” that it says terrorizes its platform and developers — The banned Roblox user is also a popular and controversial YouTube creator, Ruben Sim

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How one Nigerian university student turned to cybercrime during the pandemic to pay his bills, driven by high unemployment, few well-paying jobs, and boredom — ILORIN, Nigeria—Around November 2020, Kayode said he was invited to a house party—the kind attended mostly by others involved in the country's illicit digital economy.

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