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Lawmakers Aren’t Happy About Facebook’s Big Cryptocurrency Plans

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Rep. Maxine Waters said Facebook’s announcement of Libra, its new digital currency, was a sign of the social media giant’s “unchecked expansion.”

Taylor Hatmaker
Taylor Hatmaker 

Senior Technology Editor

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