Aadhaar
Indian citizens that don’t link account numbers to Digital ID will soon face financial blacklisting
Forcing the uptake of digital ID.
IMF praises India’s controversial digital ID system, Aadhaar
Praising digital access systems.
India’s digital ID system faces major scrutiny
Large-scale privacy issues.
India is using facial recognition to identify vaccination recipients
The move is part of the controversial national ID scheme.
India to introduce social media regulations that combat “fake news” and “misuse of social media”
Yet another government that wants to be the arbiter of truth.
India proposes “the most sophisticated ID program” on the planet, to include a citizen’s Facebook, Twitter and biometric data
An unnamed government official has been cited as saying that the goal of the reported initiative was “to maintain the balance between an individual’s need for privacy while ensuring we don’t encourage negative things on the internet.”