Legislative preparations are underway to establish a U.S. government-backed task force to create a digital identity for all Americans.
The controversial bill behind the initiative, known as the “Improving Digital Identity Act of 2023,” already passed the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
It has now been introduced to the entire U.S. Senate for debate, and critics fear the bill will be adopted soon.Experts say some of the most intrusive aspects of the proposed technologies would allow governments and partnering agencies to track user behaviors across time and to develop “complex profiles of their identities.”These behaviors are then “rewarded” or “punished” by the governments, like the social credit system used in Communist-run China, critics say.Yet Senators Kyrsten Sinema, an Independent from Arizona, and Cynthia Lummis, a Republican from Wyoming, introduced the bill anyway, saying it […]
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