Facebook to ask Australians to hand over licence details to access new currency

By Eryk Bagshaw
June 20 2019 - 12:00am

Australians will have to hand over their drivers licence to Facebook to use its new currency, as local regulators tell the social media giant they are "actively watching" the new platforms plans to sweep into the market as early as next year.

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