Kenyan President signs Proclamation to facilitate national ID issuance in border communities
President William Ruto of Kenya has signed a Presidential Proclamation on Registration and Issuance of IDs to border counties in…
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UK government declares deepfakes ‘greatest challenge of the online age’
A new case study published by the UK government does not mince words, or numbers: “The rise in deepfakes generated…
EU investigating Atos over buying EES software through Russian office
European prosecutors are investigating French IT company Atos for using its Russian office to purchase software for the upcoming EU’s…
How Vietnam can manage risks, challenges to unlock full digital transformation gains
Issues around privacy, data security, skills gap, and potential exclusion from the digital ecosystem, have been identified among the risks…
Sri Lanka to launch GovPay in milestone for digital government services
Sri Lanka is launching its digital government services with GovPay. GovPay is launching on February 7 and will be Sri…
Maryland age assurance lawsuit shows NetChoice digging in on First Amendment
The legal lockup over age assurance continues in Maryland, where tech industry lobby group NetChoice has filed a lawsuit challenging…
Study examines the need to balance innovation and privacy in facial recognition
A recent report under the auspices of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University, Artificial Intelligence: Promises,…
Consequences of lax privacy, security of AI in policing looms large
The rapid integration of AI into law enforcement practices has raised pressing concerns regarding privacy, civil rights, and security. While…
Ducking ID fraud: An ABC for beating cyber-scammers
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner You know the saying: “If it looks like a duck,…
CREDEBL comes under Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
The open-source decentralized identity (DID) and verifiable credentials (VC) management platform used by Bhutan’s national digital self-sovereign identity (SSI) system,…
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