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Zuckerberg offers an olive branch on Libra

Nancy Marshall-Genzer Oct 23, 2019
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook in Washington, DC, in 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Zuckerberg offers an olive branch on Libra

Nancy Marshall-Genzer Oct 23, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook in Washington, DC, in 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on Capitol Hill Wednesday about the launch of the company’s digital currency, Libra. It was supposed to debut next June, but Zuckerberg will promise Libra won’t go public until it has approval from U.S. regulators. Experts say those regulators are unlikely to grant that approval without more tangible changes to Facebook’s plans.

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