You to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. Terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician and as a writer. In the former career, she is the lead singer and cofounder of the conceptual pop group yacht, and has recently returned from a tour in europe with that group. But it is her second career as an expert in the area of technology that brings her to us tonight. And in that regard, she is the former futures editor of motherboard and a contributor to vice, the guardian, and wired, among other publications. She is, for example, the Founding Editor of terraform, a vices sciencefiction chronicle. However, the thing that particularly commands her to our attention and brings are
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Officer. How they plan to double the number of female employees locally over the next five years and why they are setting targets in the middle of a media firestorm. Libra is not getting love from lawmakers. Add Jerome Powell to the list. Sponsorsthe project Public Benefits including Financial Access for consumers, libra raises serious concerns involving privacy, Money Laundering and financial stability. These should be publicly addressed. Facebook has a couple billion plus users so for the first time you have the possibility of a broad adoption. If there were problems associated with Money Laundering, terrorist financing, many things, they would immediately, they would rise to systemically important levels because of the size of the network. It cannot go forward without there being broad satisfaction with the way the company has addressed Money Laundering, all those things. The number of concerns i listed at the beginning, data protection, consumer privacy, or need to be addressed tho
Diversity officer. She tells us how facebook plans to double the number of female employees globally over the next five years, and why the company is setting such an ambitious target in the middle of a media firestorm. First to our top story. Facebooks plans to create its own Cryptocurrency Libra is not , getting love from lawmakers. And you can add fed chair Jerome Powell to the list. Take a listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee. While the project sponsors Public Benefits including improved Financial Access for consumers, libra raises serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed. Facebook has a couple billion for thers so you have first time the possibility of a very broad adoption. If there were problems associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, any of the things we are all focused on, including the company, they would rise to
Five years, and why the company is setting such an ambitious target in the middle of a media firestorm. But first to our top story. Facebooks plans to create its own cryptocurrency, libra, is not getting love from lawmakers. And you can add fed chair Jerome Powell to the list. Take a listen to what he told the House Financial Services committee on wednesday. While the project sponsors Public Benefits including improved Financial Access for consumers, libra raises many serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, Consumer Protection and financial stability. These are concerns that should be thoroughly and publicly addressed before proceeding. Facebook has a couple billion plus users so you have for the first time the possibility of a very broad adoption. If there were problems there associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, any of the things that we are all focused on, including the company, they would rise to systemically important levels just because of the mere