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  Mobile credit expands mass surveillance of ordinary Kenyans

  In this piece for Coda Story, Keren Weitzberg considers the growing impact of ‘Fintech’ apps on Kenyan citizens

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  Mapa da Informação

  Created by ITS-Rio, this interactive infographic maps out the disparate ID systems and processes that exist in Brazil

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  Unbundling Informed Consent: Learnings from Mae La

  Devina Srivastava and Cornelius Saunders of the ID2020 Alliance share learnings on informed consent from the Alliance’s digital identity pilot project in Mae La Camp, Thailand

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  Digital ID: Where Do We Go From Here?

  This blog from Zara Rahman at The Engine Room considers the intersections between digital identity and social justice, exploring the potential of digital ID systems as agents of positive social change

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  Facing the Future: Protecting Human Rights in Policy Strategies for Facial Recognition Technology in Law Enforcement

  A new report from CITRIS Policy Lab outlines examples of facial recognition use by law enforcement which create risks to privacy, equity, and due process, and how strategic policy design can mitigate these risks

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  Facing the Future: How Policy can Mitigate the Threat to Human Rights from Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Technology

  Henriette Ruhrmann - researcher at the CITRIS Policy Lab at UC Berkeley - considers privacy, equity and due process risks when it comes to facial recognition technologies used by law enforcement, and how strategic policy design can mitigate these

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  Women and ID in a digital age: Five fundamental Barriers and New Design Questions

  Savita Bailur and Hélène Smertnik of Caribou Digital and Devina Srivastava of ID2020 explore five barriers women around the world face in accessing the human right of identity

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  Responsible Digital ID: Effects of Data Governance Policies and Practices on Human Rights

  In this new report, Brandie Nonnecke, Henriette Ruhrmann, and Andreas Sampson Geroski of the CITRIS Policy Lab, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley analyze digital ID systems in Argentina, Estonia, Kenya, and China through a rights lens

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  Responsible Digital ID: Priority Data Governance Policies and Practices to Support Human Rights

  Brandie Nonnecke, Director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, introduces a new report that explores how to protect civil and political rights when implementing national digital ID systems

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  Kenya’s Controversial Biometric Project Is Shrouded in Secrecy

  Dr. Keren Weitzberg, researcher and educator based at University College London, explores the ups and downs of the Huduma Namba (or “government service number”) rollout in Kenya

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