Sen. Mitt Romney, one of President Trump’s top Republican critics, on Sunday appeared to confirm the existence of a shadow Twitter account with the handle @qaws9876 with the name Pierre Delecto. [IRONY or EXPECTED? Perhaps Senator Romney will earn the nickname by his fellow Senators of DEEPFAKE ROMNEY?]

Facebook's David Marcus says Libra could use "a series of stablecoins" pegged to currencies like the dollar, the euro and sterling.

Employees appear to question whether the social network is achieving its goal of bringing "the world closer together."

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PayPal has pulled out of the cryptocurrency payment network as others are reconsidering their involvement. "Zuckerberg wants us to measure him only by his good intentions, not Facebook's bad behavior. He clearly doesn't see the concerns the rest of us share, and doesn't understand why they might be a problem."

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For Democrats, this was an opportunity to discuss Facebook’s Libra and how the SEC might also be “Big Tech’s Cop On The Beat” with respect to Libra and cryptocurrencies.

SpaceX is developing a towering two-stage rocket system called Starship that is being designed to land people and cargo on Mars. The company wants its first Starship missions to reach Mars in the mid-2020s, so it's scouting at least nine locations with buried frozen water and few landing hazards. SpaceX collaborated with NASA and the University of Arizona to get new photos of possible landing sites.

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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Instagram head Adam Mosseri about the lessons he learned about social media abuses while in charge of Facebook's News Feed.