This year marks 70 years since Winston Churchill’s government scrapped ID cards. Why? In his words, to “set the people free”.
But now the threat of a large state-run, centralised Digital ID system has never been closer. These systems have the potential to be a vehicle for enormous control.
We do not want to enter a society where citizens walk about on licence to the state, with a digital identifier that gives you certain rights and freedoms.
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Silkie Carlo is joined by:
Katelyn Cioffi, Research Scholar at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law and co-author of the just-released report, Paving a Digital Road to Hell? A Primer on the Role of the World Bank and Global Networks in Promoting Digital ID
Phil Booth, Co-ordinator of medConfidential, formerly Co-ordinator of NO2ID
Dr Tom Fisher, Senior Research Officer, Privacy International
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