[Download]

Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Betrays Its True Ambitions

The social community needs to permit simple, affordable world trade, positive. But its final targets are a bit of extra … geopolitical.
The social network wants to enable easy, inexpensive global commerce, sure. But its ultimate goals are a little more … geopolitical.

Original article
Original article
Author: Wired

Wired has recently written 9 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Limit the reach of falsehoods without stifling speech, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at the Aspen Ideas Festival". (June 27, 2019)
  2. "The executive, in announcing his departure, was the last of the Oculus founders still at the company". (August 13, 2019)
  3. "Wellness brands Hims and Hers violate Facebook policies by offering prescription drugs in ads. The ads also don't disclose side effects, as required by the FDA". (July 5, 2019)
  4. "Alex Jones, Infowars, Laura Loomer and Milo Yiannopoulos are expelled from Facebook and Instagram, but the ban's rollout went awry". (May 3, 2019)
  5. "Computer science professor David Gelernter envisaged social networks long before Facebook. Now, he wants to reclaim the concept, using blockchain technology". (July 4, 2019)
  6. "Outside researchers tipped Facebook off that a social media network was pushing Iranian interests, posing as journalists, and even impersonating politicians". (May 28, 2019)
  7. "Cloaked in the guise of making the world a better place, the cryptocurrency project is really another attempt to go big or go home". (June 20, 2019)
  8. "On this episode of Gadget Lab, WIRED writer Greg Barber explains the intricacies of Facebook’s ambitious plan to and how Libra is poised to rattle the future of crypto". (July 13, 2019)
  9. "Wellness brands Hims and Hers violate Facebook policies by offering prescription drugs in ads. The ads also don't disclose side effects, as required by the FDA". (July 1, 2019)
Posted on  , ,