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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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  Welcome to the #GoodID site!

  What to expect from this website and the movement for Good ID.

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  Good Digital ID Benefits Everyone

  Teki Akuetteh Falconer of Africa Digital Rights Hub talks accuracy, data protection, and how she’s pushing forward the policy debate in 2019.

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  Calling All Innovators! Help Achieve ‘Good ID’ for the World’s Invisible Billion

  The ID4D team at the World Bank are encouraging all to get involved in their Mission Billion innovation challenge.

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  The Nail Finds a Hammer

  In this excellent report released last fall, New America maps out ID principles and looks hard at self-sovereign identity, design principles and property rights in the developing world.

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  African Countries Must Work Together for Good ID

  Harvard University's Titi Akinsanmi talks about users taking ownership of identity, pan-African cooperation, and the true meaning of privacy.

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  7 Myths of Self-Sovereign Identity

  This blog by Evernym CEO Timothy Ruff is the beginning of his two-part explainer on righting the misconceptions around self-sovereign identity, the idea at the heart of Everynm's identity platform.

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  Beware of Tech Companies Playing Government

  This opinion piece from Marietje Schaake, member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands, highlights the concerns of leaving the protection of citizens' rights online to tech companies instead of governments, and insists whomever is ultimately in control of digital rights must be held accountable.

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  Digital Identification: A Key to Inclusive Growth

  This new research by McKinsey Global Institute explores how digital identity, and ensuring all people have access to good digital identity and legal identity worldwide, will encourage positive inclusive economic growth.

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