Microsoft And Meta Detail Plans To Combat “Election Disinformation” — Including Watermarks For Memes And More “Fact Checkers”

By Didi Rankovic And so it begins. In fact, it hardly ever stops – another election…

WEF Publishes Post on Digital “Battery Passport,” Described as “a digital ID for batteries”

By Didi Rankovic The World Economic Forum (WEF) has taken up yet another climate change and…

Pakistan is Making Disbursement of Aid to Flood Victims Contingent on Biometric Verification

By Didi Rankovic In August, Pakistan was hit by severe flooding that caused extensive damage to…

IMF Meeting: CBDC Should be Tied to Digital IDs to “push society into to new equilibriums”

By Didi Rankovic Governments and financial institutions are increasingly warming to the idea of introducing Central…

European Commission Wants to Allow Real-time Biometric Identification Surveillance in Some Circumstances

By Didi Rankovic EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, drafted by the European Commission, was under…

Japan Makes Big Steps Towards a Cashless Society

By Didi Rankovic If all goes to plan, by the spring of next year, companies in…

WEF Pushing Carbon Allowance Surveillance System to Track Personal Emissions

By Didi Rankovic The World Economic Forum (WEF) is publishing ideas about yet another reason, or…

The White House Defends Social Media Platform Collusion

By Didi Rankovic The White House continues to try to “play dumb” regarding what many consider…

Australian Banks Embrace Digital ID

By Didi Rankovic Australia’s major banks: ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac, are happy with EFTPOS’ payment…

World Economic Forum Suggests There Are “rational” Reasons to Microchip Your Child

By Didi Rankovic The latest highly controversial technology/policy that the World Economic Forum (WEF) has set…

The World Economic Forum and World Trade Organization Push “global digital identity of persons and objects”

By Didi Rankovic The World Economic Forum’s obsession with not only merely digitization, but digitalization as…

Digital ID Companies Thrived During the Pandemic. Only Now Are Their Privacy Claims Being Challenged.

By Didi Rankovic One of the pandemic “winners” – a member of a large group of…

Algorithms are Being Used to Help Determine if Kids Should be Taken From Their Parents

By Didi Rankovic The limitations of algorithms today in terms of accuracy regarding context and nuance…

The FBI Boosts Its Social Media Surveillance Technology

By Didi Rankovic Both US law enforcement and Babel Street CEO Jeffrey Chapman seem to like…

Canadian Government Laments Fact that All Bitcoin Donations to Civil Liberties Protesters Can’t be Seized

By Didi Rankovic Recent events around the globe have prompted many to consider how safe and…