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Expert: Facebook’s new ‘privacy cop’ is doomed to fail
The Federal Trade Commission issued its largest-ever fine, of US$5 billion, to Facebook for violating a 2011 privacy settlement in late July. But the amount is only about...
The hype around Facebook’s Libra is red herring for Calibra, its main game
Amid the hype around Facebook’s plan to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, there’s one big question. How is the company going to profit from...
What is Libra? Everything consumers need to know about Facebook’s new cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies have become a global phenomenon in the past few years. Now Facebook is launching it’s own cryptocurrency, in association with Visa, MasterCard, Uber...
Facebook’s Libra can end state control of money
The UN recognises 180 currencies worldwide as legal tender, all of them issued by nation states. It does not recognise cryptocurrencies like bitcoin in this way,...
What is surveillance capitalism?
I recently purchased a bedroom bundle (mattress, bed base, pillows and sheets) from a well known Australian startup for my son, who has flown...
