{"id":122218,"date":"2022-07-25T17:37:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/07\/25\/paving-a-digital-road-to-hell-digital-id-systems-could-lead-to-severe-irreversible-human-rights-violations\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:37:07","slug":"paving-a-digital-road-to-hell-digital-id-systems-could-lead-to-severe-irreversible-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/paving-a-digital-road-to-hell-digital-id-systems-could-lead-to-severe-irreversible-human-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Paving a Digital Road to Hell\u2019: Digital ID Systems Could Lead to Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The authors of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/chrgj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Report_Paving-a-Digital-Road-to-Hell.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> on digital identity systems <a href=\"https:\/\/chrgj.org\/2022\/06\/17\/press-release-the-world-bank-and-co-may-be-paving-a-digital-road-to-hell-with-support-for-dangerous-digital-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> \u201cthe actual and potential\u201d human rights violations arising from the digital ID model can be \u201csevere and potentially irreversible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 100-page report \u2014 \u201cPaving the Road to Hell? A Primer on the Role of the World Bank and Global Networks in Promoting Digital ID\u201d \u2014 published by New York University\u2019s (NYU) <a href=\"https:\/\/chrgj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Human Rights and Global Justice<\/a> urged human rights organizations to heed the threats posed by a global push for digital IDs.<\/p>\n<p>The NYU researchers said many proponents \u2014 including the World Bank \u2014 portray digital IDs as a means to achieving greater inclusivity and environmental sustainability when, in fact, the systems are likely to do just the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the digital ID has been dressed up as an \u201cunstoppable juggernaut and inevitable hallmark of modernity and development in the 21st century,\u201d causing dissenting voices to be \u201cwritten off as Luddites and barriers to progress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 100-page report \u2014 \u201cPaving the Road to Hell? 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