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Moscow (Russia), Aug 26 (EFE) .- (Camera: Anush Janbabian) To enter the Moscow metro, one of the largest and most luxurious in the world, you no longer need a ticket, since the traveler can access the suburban thanks to a facial recognition payment system.FOOTAGE OF THE MOSCOW METRO THAT HAS INAUGURATED A NEW METHOD OF PAYMENT BY FACIAL RECOGNITION.
Jordan Nabigon is the CEO of the content curation site Shared. He was a big Facebook customer, spending nearly $46 million in ads on the site. That is, until the platform booted him without warning or explanation. According to Business Insider, Facebook says Shared violated the site's terms and conditions. However, it wouldn't explain what the violations were. Nabigon says several of Shared's pages have been unpublished since October 26, taking 21 million of the company's followers with them. He added that Facebook gave him no warning that they could or would unpublish his pages, and that Facebook told him the decision was final. Business Insider reports Facebook has also locked Nabigon out of his personal account.
The COVID-19 relief bill has languished for months, with no signs that congress will ever approve it. Now, Business Insider reports that Democrats are ready to do anything to get the relief passed. A number of Democrats said they may drop demands for state and local government aid in a forthcoming COVID-19 stimulus bill. AP reports that Dick Durbin and Chris Coons would back a slimmed-down $748 billion compromise deal which omits the support. The bipartisan group trimmed off state and local government aid, and legal protections for businesses. These now form part of a separate $160 billion proposal, which has less chance of passing.
Cosmetics retailer Lush is under fire. Business Insider reports the company donated $4,000 to an anti-trans group. The recipient, A Woman's Place UK, has been accused of anti-trans behavior. Activists have called for shoppers to boycott Lush, and its North American arm quickly distanced itself from the decision.
The Washing Post is reporting that on Monday top Democrats approached the GOP's Mitch Connell with a secretive COVID-19 stimulus bill proposal. According to Business Insider the move came just before lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan $908 billion proposal. The new stimulus moderately increases proposed GOP spending. Speaker Pelosi said that the "private" proposal was also sent to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. On Tuesday, McConnell appeared to settle on a version close to the GOP's original demands for a small stimulus bill.