Unpacking Facebook’s Bitcoin ban

Facebook. Bitcoin. Fake News. It’s a buzz word bonanza. Switched On Media’s Yash Murthy digs into what’s really going on with Facebook’s Bitcoin ban, and if it points to the social media giant’s cryptocurrency aspirations.

“Facebook in Bitcoin Fake News crackdown”.

Straight to the clickbait poolroom I thought.

Or perhaps the boys at Betoota have skewered the media again.

But no. Turns out the story actually has a bit of meat to it. And no, I’m not here to talk about the relative merits of cryptocurrency, the quality or legitimacy of their ad content or anything of that ilk. A simple scan of your LinkedIn feed will more than cover you on that front.

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