Kenya’s 17-Member Committee Officially Kicks Off Investigation Into Worldcoin
The Kenyan government has set up a 17-member committee to investigate the operations of American-based cryptocurrency firm Worldcoin, due to its collection of biometric data not satisfying Kenya’s data privacy laws of the country. The process requires a user to give his iris scans in exchange for a digital ID known as global ID and get free Worldcoin tokens as part of plans to create a new identity and financial network, and the Kenyan government saw this as a security risk. Joint Ad-hoc Committee Investigation In Kenya Kenya’s National Assembly Speaker Rt Hon. (Dr.) Moses....
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