Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social media giant Facebook, plans to tell United States Congress that Libra will not launch anywhere in the world until U.S. regulators approve it.
Libra won't launch anywhere without Congressional approvalPer Zuckerberg's prepared remarks released on Oct. 22 in advance of planned hearings before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, the Facebook CEO wants to assuage regulatory concerns over the launch of the coming stablecoin.
"Facebook will not be part of launching the Libra payments system anywhere in the world until US regulators approve."
Zuckerberg further leveraged China's plans to release a project similar to Libra in the coming months, stressing that it could interfere with America's financial and technological leadership in the world.
Payments processing by Facebook and associated entitiesSpeaking about Facebook's access to Calibra wallet users' financial data, Zuckerberg said that Calibra is a regulated subsidiary of Facebook, which means that there is clear separation between Facebook's social data and Calibra's financial data.
"Payments processed through Facebook's licensed payments subsidiaries are subject to comprehensive anti-money laundering, counterterrorist financing, and sanctions monitoring that leverage both our automated systems and human review, and we report suspicious payments activity to applicable authorities consistent with our regulatory obligations. We also have policies in place to prevent fraud."
Zuckerberg further stressed that Libra is not created to replace sovereign currency, but to serve as an online payment system only.
Users' private data protectionWorth noting is that Zuckerberg said that Facebook does not sell people's personal information, and does not use and share it with third parties for lending or credit decisions.
Last year, Facebook found itself in the crosshairs of regulatory furor when Cambridge Analytica collected Facebook user data for roughly 50 million individuals without permission.
Part of the information Facebook collects includes personally identifiable data.
Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Not Launch Libra Without US Approval
gepubliceerd op Oct 22, 2019
by Cointele | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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