<div dir="ltr"><div>Listers,</div><div><br></div><div>Might be of interest.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Richard Hill via InternetPolicy</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 9:43 AM<br>Subject: [Internet Policy] Is Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency a bad idea?<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org">internetpolicy@elists.isoc.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div bgcolor="white" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-4981175566499062377WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Here is the white paper explaining Facebook’s cryptocurrency: </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/" target="_blank">https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/</a>.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Here is an article criticising it: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/opinion/facebook-currency-libra.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/opinion/facebook-currency-libra.html</a> :<u></u><u></u></span></p><h1 style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">‘</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#121212;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in" lang="EN-GB">Launching a Global Currency Is a Bold, Bad Move for Facebook</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#121212" lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.05pt" lang="EN-GB">The way we structure money and payments is a question for democratic institutions, not technology companies.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#121212;letter-spacing:.25pt" lang="EN-GB">By <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Matt Stoller</span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.5pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;letter-spacing:.1pt" lang="EN-GB">Mr. Stoller is a fellow at the Open Markets Institute.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:#333333" lang="EN-GB">June 19, 2019<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#999999" lang="EN-GB"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#999999" lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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