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"If you do not stop the implementation of the project immediately, we will face a new system once the failure would trigger a financial crisis."
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House seemingly endless rain. Just yesterday the headquarters of Facebook messages toxicity events that occurred today suffered another hit.
US time Tuesday afternoon, the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee sent a letter to the sudden Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives, asking them to immediately stop digital money / wallet project Libra / Calibra all the work.
“We write to request that Facebook and its partners immediately agree to a moratorium on any movement forward on Libra—its proposed cryptocurrency and Calibra—its proposed digital wallet.”
Mentioned in the letter, Libra and Calibra might be to Switzerland as the center of a new global financial system to help generate, and the system will challenge US monetary policy and the dollar's status .
"This raises serious privacy, trade, national security and monetary policy issues. Facebook is not only more than 2 billion users, investors, consumers and the broader global economy should be concerned about this."
Earlier this month, Facebook announced plans to develop a new digital currency called Libra, and storing the digital wallet Calibra digital currency.
Including Facebook, MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Uber, Lyft, Spotify, etc., a total of 28 companies, has set up a Libra Cooperation Organization, headquartered in Switzerland. Facebook has released a white paper, and you want to recruit more than 100 companies have joined cooperatives.
However, the White Paper for intent Libra / Calibra project, the role of, and potential uses of the information provided very little in terms of security, there is a risk of large-scale projects and revealed a lack of clear regulatory protection.
“如果这些产品和服务没有得到充分监督，甚至受到不当管理，它们可能会带来危及美国和全球金融稳定的系统性风险，”多位国会议员在信中指出。在2018年的前三个季度里，全球数字货币交易所被盗的总额高达10亿美元，体现出这个崭新且不受监管的行业目前存在严重的风险。
信函进一步指出，鉴于 Facebook 在过去几年里多次发生重大数据安全和道德违规事故，风险被进一步放大了：
“例如，2016年特朗普竞选班子聘请的政治咨询公司 Cambridge Analytica 非法访问了超过5000万 Facebook 用户的隐私数据，用于影响投票行为。为此，Facebook预计将向联邦贸易委员会支付高达50亿美元的罚款，并且因为欺骗消费者且未能保护他们的数据机密，仍受到FTC的同意令制约（注：未来再犯可能会面临更严苛处罚），”
除了著名的 Cambridge Analytica 事件之外，信函还提及了Facebook 平台上一度存在超过20亿个传播恐怖和仇恨言论账号，以及被美国住房与城市发展部起诉其广告平台违反住房平等法律等案例。
值得提及的是，国会财政服务委员会由来自加州第43选区的民主党众议员马克辛·沃特斯担任主席。这封措辞激烈的信函，其他署名人均为民主党议员。
这些议员表示，考虑到 Facebook 已经触及全球四分之一以上的人口，该公司及其合作伙伴必须立即停止实施 Libra/Calibra 计划，直到监管机构和国会得到机会去审查这些问题并采取行动。
信函的收件人为 Facebook CEO 马克·扎克伯格、首席运营官谢莉尔·桑德伯格，以及 Calibra 项目 CEO，原 Messenger 业务负责人大卫·马克斯 (David Marcus)。
Currently, the Congress plans to hold public hearings on the risks and benefits of digital currency trading activities and explore legislative solutions.
"If you do not stop the implementation of the project immediately, we will face controlled by Switzerland, the new system once the failure will lead to financial tsunami."
Attachment: Letter Original US Congress
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