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#MissionBillion: Your Ideas Can Transform the Lives of the Invisible Billion

In this introductory video, program manager Vyjayanti Desai explains ID4D's Mission Billion Challenge.

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Say Hello to Yoti’s new Social Impact Strategy

In this blog post Ken Banks, Head of Social Impact at Yoti, a London-based technology company on a mission to become the world’s trusted identity platform, introduces the organization’s new Social Impact Strategy and key activities related to it.

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It’s Time for a Bill of Data Rights

Martin Tisné argues that "data ownership" is a counterproductive way of thinking about data and suggests that, instead, we need “a new paradigm” that sees data as fundamental to the relationships between people and institutions.

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Privacy Is a Seminal Issue of the 21st Century

Tom Wheeler, former Chairman of the FCC and Shorenstein fellow, talks about agile government, duty of care, privacy, and policy making in an age of rapid technological advancement.

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The Difference Between Digital Identity, Identification, and ID

Caribou Digital's Jonathan Donner unpacks the nuances of these three related, but critically separate, terms.

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Digital ID: Why It Matters, and What We're Doing About It

The social change-makers at The Engine Room make a compelling case for broadening the digital ID debate – and explore how it has a very real impact on our lives.

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Launching Good ID Dialogues

In this blog post for Omidyar Network, investment partner and Digital Identity lead CV Madhukar sets out the organization's initial hopes for sparking a global dialogue on identity in our digital age.

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Digital Identity – Why It Matters and Why It’s Important We Get It Right

The World Economic Forum marks the moment when leaders from government to the humanitarian community called for greater cooperation on digital identity.

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