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Some are warning that the European Union is undergoing a “Chinafication.” The EU will reportedly test a new digital identity program for its citizens later this year with a rollout planned for September 2023.
Critics warn that it’s a “Trojan horse” that will place too much personal information in the hands of the government.
But the idea is also gaining support in the U.S.
Will the Proposed Digital Identity Be Ripe for Abuse?
An animated EU video with a cheery introduction explains that the EU’s upcoming digital identity program will make citizens’ lives easier while keeping them safer online.
The video states, “The European Digital Identity wallets will allow us to store and exchange documents and legal information, while fully controlling which data we want to share with whom.”
EU President Ursula von der Leyen says digital identities will give citizens control over how their personal data is used and will help stop identity theft.
The so-called digital wallet will be an app on a person’s phone and contain only the information they want it to include, such as medical or financial information.
But it’s already under attack in the European parliament as something that would be ripe for government abuse.
One of its chief critics, European Parliament Member Cristian Terhes, was born in Communist Romania. He’s been warning of the EU’s so-called “Chinafication” since the EU made COVID passports mandatory. Continue reading…
