Maxine Waters
Two Democrats Want To Ban Facial Scanning In Public Housing
A call to end automatic biometric data collection.
Letter signals US Treasury will allow blockchains and stablecoins for bank payments
The move could help make crypto payments mainstream.
Hillary Clinton says Facebook’s decision to not censor politicians’ ads is “appalling”
Clinton is the latest Democrat to criticize Facebook’s policy which exempts some politicians’ ads from its third-party “fact-checking” program.
FTC approves Facebook fine of one month’s revenue in privacy settlement
The fine is related to an investigation around the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
President Trump says he’s “not a fan of Bitcoin”
Trump also said that if Facebook wants to become a bank with its Libra cryptocurrency, it must become subject to all banking regulations.
Google CEO lied to congress about search manipulation, former Google engineer says
The former Google engineer Mike Wacker says that various investigative reports and statements from Google engineers show that Pichai’s past statements to Congress are not true.
Maxine Waters will bring Facebook before congress to discuss its Project Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook’s Libra has been hit with criticism from the moment it was announced.