... the digital ID has been dressed up as an “unstoppable juggernaut and inevitable hallmark of modernity” causing dissenting voices to be “written off as Luddites and barriers to progress.”
Authored by Suzanne Burdick: The authors of a new report on digital identity systems warned “the actual and potential” human rights violations arising from the digital ID model can be “severe and potentially irreversible.”
The 100-page report — “Paving the Road to Hell? A Primer on the Role of the World Bank and Global Networks in Promoting Digital ID” — published by New York University’s (NYU) Center for Human Rights and Global Justice urged human rights organizations to heed the threats posed by a global push for digital IDs.