'We do not expect that at all': Dr.Boileau on whether he'll impose more COVID measures

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ΑΡΒΑΝΙΤΗΣ: "ΑΝΤΙ ΝΑ ΛΙΩΝΟΥΜΕ ΠΑΝΤΕΛΟΝΙΑ ΣΤΙΣ ΚΑΡΕΚΛΕΣ, ΑΣ ...ΛΙΩΣΟΥΜΕ ΣΟΛΕΣ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΔΡΟΜΟΥΣ"

“Αντί να λιώνουμε παντελόνια στις καρέκλες, ας λιώσουμε …σόλες στους δρόμους!”

«Ο κόσμος πρέπει να καταλάβει ότι η ελευθερία που είναι ένα ζητούμενο σήμερα, δεν είναι μια …πίτσα να την παραγγείλεις και να στην φέρουνε στην πόρτα σου», επεσήμανε μεταξύ άλλων σε συνέντευξη που παραχώρησε στην «Ελέυθερη Πένα», ο διδάκτωρ καρδιολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών Κωνσταντίνος Αρβανίτης. Ο ίδιος, πρόσθεσε και τα ακόλουθα:

«Δεν μπορείς να πεις, το ψήφισα το τάδε κόμμα και θέλω να μου φέρει στην πόρτα μου την ελευθερία. Όχι. Θα σηκωθείς, θα πάρει τα ποδαράκια σου από τον καναπέ και θα πας εσύ μαζί και άλλοι αφυπνισμένοι για να την φέρετε. Δεν θα στη φέρει κανένας. Αν εσύ παραμείνεις …πρόβατο δεν μπορείς να ελπίζεις σε τίποτα παρά σε καθημερινό …άρμεγμα, σε δυο φορές το χρόνο κούρεμα και μια φορά σφαγή. Αυτή είναι η μοίρα του προβάτου».

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Ο ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟΣ ΔΙΚΤΑΤΟΡΑΣ .

 

Ο ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟΣ ΔΙΚΤΑΤΟΡΑΣ 

ΣΥΜΦΩΝΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟ  < THE ECONOMIST >,  OI ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΗΓΕΣΙΕΣ ΤΩΝ ΚΡΑΤΩΝ  ΕΧΟΥΝ ΑΡΧΙΣΕΙ ΝΑ ΑΠΟΣΥΝΤΙΘΕΝΤΑΙ  ΚΑΙ ΝΑ .... ΜΥΡΙΖΟΥΝ ΣΑΠΙΛΑ .

ΟΙ ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΕΙΣ ΔΕΝ ΕΞΥΠΗΡΕΤΟΥΝ ΠΛΕΟΝ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ  ΑΛΛΟ ΠΑΡΑ ΜΟΝΟ ΤΑ ΣΥΜΦΕΡΟΝΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ ΔΙΕΘΝΩΝ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΝ ΤΣΕΠΗ ΤΟΥΣ .

ΑΣΦΑΛΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΕΝ ΕΝΔΙΑΦΕΡΟΝΤΑΙ  ΓΙΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΧΩΡΑΣ ΤΟΥΣ , ΑΛΛΑ ΠΙΘΑΝΩΣ ΝΑ ΠΡΟΩΘΟΥΝ  ΑΛΛΑ ΕΥΡΥΤΕΡΑ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ ΣΥΜΦΕΡΟΝΤΑ ΟΠΩΣ  (π.χ)  ΤΗΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ .
ΚΑΙ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΔΕΝ ΣΗΜΑΙΝΕΙ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΑΡΑ ΤΗΝ ΥΠΟΤΑΓΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟΥ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΛΑΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΓΗΣ  ΣΕ ΜΙΑ ΚΛΙΚΑ ΠΑΝΙΣΧΥΡΩΝ ΑΦΕΝΤΑΔΩΝ  ΟΙ ΟΠΟΙΟΙ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΣΥΝΘΗΚΟΛΟΓΗΣΕΙ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΠΑΤΕΡΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΤΟΝ ΔΙΑΒΟΛΟ.
ΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΝΑ ΠΟΔΟΠΑΤΗΣΟΥΝ ΚΑΘΕ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΗ ΑΞΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ , ΝΑ ΠΝΙΓΟΥΝ ΣΤΟ ΑΙΜΑ ΚΑΘΕ ΛΑΟ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΤΟΛΜA ΝΑ ΣΗΚΩNΕΙ  ΚΕΦΑΛΙ, ΚΑΙ ΝΑ ΞΕΚΙΝΗΣΟΥΝ ΕΤΣΙ ΜΙΑ ΠΡΩΤΟΓΝΩΡΗ  ΔΙΑΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΣΤΟΝ  ΠΛΑΝΗΤΗ  ΓΗ    ΠΟΥ ΟΥΤΕ ΚΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΠΛΕΟΝ ΑΙΜΟΧΑΡΕΙΣ ΔΙΚΤΑΤΟΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΡΕΛΘΟΝΤΟΣ ΔΕΝ ΕΙΧΑΝ ΠΟΤΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΙΑΝΟΗΘΕΙ .
ΑΥΤΗ ΕΙΝΑΙ Η ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ  ΤΩΝ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣ ΠΟΥ ΔΙΑΦΕΝΤΕΥΟΥΝ ΤΙΣ ΤΥΧΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΣΜΟΥ .

ΚΑΙ ΧΩΡΙΣ ΚΑΜΙΑ ΑΜΦΙΒΟΛΙΑ , ΘΑ ΕΡΘΕΙ ΚΑΙΡΟΣ  ΠΟΥ ΑΥΤΗ Η ΚΛΙΚΑ  ΘΑ ΔΩΣΕΙ ΜΟΡΦΗ ΣΤΟ ΑΠΑΝΘΡΩΠΟ  ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟ ΤΗΣ ,
ΕΚΛΕΓΟΝΤΑΣ ΕΝΑΝ ΑΡΧΗΓΟ ΕΞΥΠΝΟ KAI ΡΑΔΙΟΥΡΓΟ , ΑΣΥΝΕΙΔΗΤΟ KAI ΠΟΛΕΜΟΧΑΡΗ , ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟ ΤΟΥ ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣ , Ο ΟΠΟΙΟΣ ΘΑ ΚΑΤΑΠΑΤΗΣΕΙ ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΗ ΤΗ ΓΗ ΚΑΙ ΘΑ ΒΟΥΛΙΑΞΕΙ ΣΤΟ ΑΙΜΑ ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΗ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΤΗΤΑ .
ΛΕΝΕ ΟΤΙ ΖΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΤΟΙΜΟΣ ΝΑ ΑΝΑΛΑΒΕΙ ΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΟΠΤΗ ΘΕΣΗ ΤΟΥ . ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΩΣ ΛΕΝΕ ΜΕΡΙΚΟΙ ΘΑ  .... ΣΩΣΕΙ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΔΕΙΝΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΣΧΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙΡΩΝ, ΟΤΙ ΘΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ Ο ΜΕΣΣΙΑΣ Ο ΑΝΑΜΕΝΟΜΕΝΟΣ .

ΑΥΤΑ ΤΟΥΛΑΧΙΣΤΟΝ ΙΣΧΥΡΙΖΕΤΑΙ ΤΟ ΒΑΤΙΚΑΝΟ  ΚΑΙ Ο ΝΕΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΣ .
ΚΑΙ ΜΑΛΙΣΤΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΑ ΣΤHN ΕΠΙΣΗΜH EΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΠΟΥ ΑΝΑΓΡΑΦΕΙ ΟΛΗ ΤΗΝ ΔΡΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ .
ΑΥΤΑ ΙΣΧΥΡΙΖΟΝΤΑΙ  !!
ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΟΥΝ ΤΟΝ ΜΕΣΣΙΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ  .....  ΕΡΗΜΩΣΕΙ ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΗ ΤΗ ΓΗ .

ΚΑΙ ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΜΑΚΡΙΑ Η ΕΠΟΧΗ ΑΥΤΗ .
Η ΠΡΟΕΤΟΙΜΑΣΙΑ ΕΧΕΙ ΣΧΕΔΟΝ ΟΛΟΚΛΗΡΩΘΕΙ .

ΑΠΟΜΕΝΕΙ  Η ΑΦΟΡΜΗ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΕΙ ΑΥΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΑΛΛΑΓΗ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΥΜΑ , ΣΕ ΕΝΑ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΥΜΑ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΕΤΙΚΟ ΑΠΟ ΑΥΤΟ ΠΟΥ ΓΝΩΡΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ .

ΓΙΑ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΦΟΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΓΙΝΕΙ ΡΙΖΙΚΗ ΜΕΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΗ ΚΑΙ ΤΩΝ ΠΛΕΟΝ  ΤΥΡΡΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΚΑΘΕΣΤΩΤΩΝ  ΣΕ ΜΙΑ ΝΕΑ ΜΟΡΦΗ ΤΥΡΡΑΝΙΑΣ , ΤΡΟΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΣΑΤΑΝΙΚΟΥ ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ . ΣΕ ΜΙΑ ΑΠΑΛΛΟΤΡΙΩΣΗ ΟΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΝΩΝ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΜΑΤΩΝ , ΑΤΟΜΙΚΗΣ  ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΟΤΗΤΟΣ.
ΣΕ ΕΝΑΝ ΑΣΤΑΜΑΤΗΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΗΛΕΗ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ ΟΛΩΝ ΑΝΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΩΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ , ΤΕΤΟΙΟΝ ΠΟΥ ΠΟΤΕ ΔΕΝ ΕΖΗΣΑΝ  ΜΕΧΡΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ .  ΣΕ ΕΝΑΝ ΕΛΕΓΧΟ ΠΟΥ ΤΑ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ ΙΔΙΩΤΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΤΟΜΙΚΑ ΑΠΟΡΡΗΤΑ ΔΕΝ ΘΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΠΛΕΟΝ ΑΠΟΡΡΗΤΑ , ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΤΑΓΕΓΡΑΜΜΕΝΑ ΣΤΟ  ΠΑΝΙΣΧΥΡΟ  ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟ  ΚΟΜΠΙΟΥΤΕΡ  ΤΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΔΕΡΦΟΥ .

ΤΟ ΜΕΛΛΟΝ ΑΥΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΤΥΡΡΑΝΙΑΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΓΝΩΣΤΟ .
ΤΑ ΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΗΣΟΥΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΟΛΑ ΓΝΩΣΤΑ .
ΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΚΑΝΟΥΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝ ΤΟΝ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΟ ΠΟΛΕΜΟ ΝΑ ΜΟΙΑΖΕΙ ΜΕ ΑΣΤΕΙΟ ΜΠΡΟΣΤΑ  ΣΤΗΝ ΕΠΕΡΧΟΜΕΝΗ ΑΠΙΣΤΕΥΤΗ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ .

ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΓΡΑΦΗ , ΚΑΙ ΕΙΔΙΚΟΤΕΡΑ ΣΤΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΗΣ ΘΑ ΒΡΟΥΜΕ ΟΛΕΣ ΤΙΣ ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΕΣ  ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΑΝΤΙΧΡΙΣΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΝ ΨΕΥΤΟΠΡΟΦΗΤΗ ΚΑΘΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΕΠΙΚΡΑΤΕΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΚΑΙΡΟ ΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΟΥΣ .

ΠΡΕΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΕΙΜΑΣΤΕ ΟΛΟ ΦΩΤΑ .
ΝΑ ΜΠΟΡΟΥΜΕ ΝΑ ΔΙΑΚΡΙΝΟΥΜΕ ΤΑ ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΑ ΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΑ ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΥΝ ΣΤΙΣ ΜΕΡΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ - ΤΟΥ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟΥ ΔΙΚΤΑΤΟΡΑ .
ΝΑ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΠΙΣΤΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΥΡΙΟ ΤΟΝ ΘΕΟ ΜΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΥΡΙΟ ΜΑΣ ΤΟΝ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΕΙ ΝΑ ΕΛΠΙΖΟΥΜΕ .


(Ιδιοχειρη επιστολη μου ,  1η  Μαη 2006 ) .

HEKTOR  .

The Greatest Deception!

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The Greatest Deception!

 April  2010

 Last Trumpet Ministries, 

http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org

      The Greatest Deception!

In this issue of the Last Trumpet Newsletter, we will once again examine the sad but true condition of our nation and the world. We will use the Word of God, which will reveal the spirits that are at work behind the current events as the world races to accept a grand deception and to believe a lie. 

We know that the purpose of Satan is to unite the entire world under the authority of a totalitarian dictator that the Bible calls the man of sin or son of perdition. 

Satan knows that the only way this can happen is through a grand deception. The man of sin must appear as a godlike answer man who will bring change to our troubled earth. Only the true and discerning Christians will see him for what he really is. The unregenerate and impenitent wicked people that fill the earth will never understand until it is too late.

The greatest deception began back in the Garden of Eden long ago, and Satan has been building on that deception ever since. Satan's false promise to Eve was that she could have it both ways. She could be both good and evil simultaneously according to the great deceiver. That lie is the premise of every form of occultism. We are supposed to believe there are good witches and bad witches, two sides of the "force," and so on. 

Our Saviour declared that when He came in his Father's name, He was not received. He went on to say that if another would come in his own name, he would be received. This is a prophecy about the forthcoming Antichrist!

Our current President is a man who embraces all religions, and while trying to appear to be good, he continually embraces evil. Here let it be noted that I have been heavily criticized by mainstream "Christians" for exposing Obama for what he really is and for saying that he is not an American and that he holds the office of the President of the United States illegally. I have been told that I should be praying for him. I many times will pray the Psalms when I pray. There are some Psalms where you can actually pray the verses. Let the record show that I do pray Psalm 109:8 for Obama, which reads as follows: "Let his days be few; and let another take his office." 

Have Americans forgotten that they have a right to redress and criticize a faulty government? If that is not the case, America has no right to exist because our founding fathers rebelled against the King of England. It is not only our right but also our duty to speak out and declare the truth!

The situation is critical at this time, and every indicator points to the fact that this present world is coming to an end. The Bible is proven true by the events of each day, and the vast majority of the people are completely oblivious to it. 

Very soon time will end and give way to eternity. Where will you be and what will you be doing when that last trumpet of God sounds? Are you ready to meet the Saviour? You can be at peace with Him right now by repenting and yielding your heart, soul, and mind to Him. He will receive and accept you. Do it now, before it is too late. If you contact us, we will help you to obey the entire Gospel. The Lord Jesus Christ will hear the simplest prayer if it is truly from the heart.

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David J. Meyer

Last Trumpet Newsletter 

April  2010

 

Κυριακίδου (ΕΕ): Είμαστε έτοιμοι να αντιμετωπίσουμε την ευλογιά των πιθήκων - Διανέμονται τα εμβόλια

«Παρακολουθούμε ενεργά την κατάσταση από την πρώτη μέρα και τα εμβόλια κατά της ευλογιάς των πιθήκων παραδίδονται ήδη στα κράτη - μέλη μας», δήλωσε η επίτροπος

Η ΕΕ είναι έτοιμη να ενισχύσει την απάντησή της για την αντιμετώπιση της ευλογιάς των πιθήκων, τόνισε η επίτροπος Υγείας και Ασφάλειας Τροφίμων, Στέλλα Κυριακίδου μετά την ανακοίνωση του Παγκόσμιου Οργανισμού Υγείας για παγκόσμια έκτακτη ανάγκη για τη δημόσια υγεία.

«Παρακολουθούμε ενεργά την κατάσταση από την πρώτη μέρα και τα εμβόλια κατά της ευλογιάς των πιθήκων παραδίδονται ήδη στα κράτη - μέλη μας.
Είμαστε έτοιμοι να ενισχύσουμε την απάντησή μας στην ΕΕ» επισήμανε η κ. Κυριακίδου με ανάρτησή της στο twitter.

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‘Paving a Digital Road to Hell’: Digital ID Systems Could Lead to Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations

‘Paving a Digital Road to Hell’: Digital ID Systems Could Lead to Severe, Irreversible Human Rights Violations

The authors of a New York University’s Center for Human Rights and Global Justice report on digital identity systems warned of “severe and potentially irreversible” human rights violations and argued for open debate “with full transparency and involving all relevant stakeholders.”

By 

Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.

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The authors of a new report on digital identity systems warned “the actual and potential” human rights violations arising from the digital ID model can be “severe and potentially irreversible.”

The 100-page report — “Paving the Road to Hell? A Primer on the Role of the World Bank and Global Networks in Promoting Digital ID” — published by New York University’s (NYU) Center for Human Rights and Global Justice urged human rights organizations to heed the threats posed by a global push for digital IDs.

The NYU researchers said many proponents — including the World Bank — portray digital IDs as a means to achieving greater inclusivity and environmental sustainability when, in fact, the systems are likely to do just the opposite.

According to the report, the digital ID has been dressed up as an “unstoppable juggernaut and inevitable hallmark of modernity and development in the 21st century,” causing dissenting voices to be “written off as Luddites and barriers to progress.”

The authors argued for open debate “with full transparency and involving all relevant stakeholders,” including the most marginalized and most vulnerable.

The authors, who include Christiaan van Veen, L.L.M., special advisor on new technologies and human rights to the United Nations, urged the human rights community and related civic society organizations to ensure that global decisions about the adoption of digital ID systems are not hastily made but are based on “serious evidence and analysis.”

Where digital ID systems threaten human rights, the NYU researchers said, such endeavors should be “stopped altogether.”

Who’s really profiting?

“Governments around the world have been investing heavily in digital identification systems, often with biometric components,” the authors said in a statement.

Digital ID systems that frequently collect biometric data — such as fingerprints, iris or other facial feature recognition — are being adopted to replace or complement non-digital government identification systems.

According to an Access Now special report, in India in October 2021, digital ID systems — or “Big ID programs” as Access Now called them — are being pushed by a market of actors who sell and profit from digital ID systems and infrastructure, often while endangering the human rights of the people they’re supposed to benefit.

The NYU researchers reached the same conclusion:

“The rapid proliferation of such systems is driven by a new development consensus, packaged and promoted by key global actors like the World Bank, but also by governments, foundations, vendors and consulting firms.”

Digital ID proponents argue the systems can contribute to inclusivity and sustainable development, with some going so far as to consider the adoption of digital ID systems a prerequisite for the realization of human rights.

But the NYU researchers said they believe the “ultimate objective” of digital ID systems is to “facilitate economic transactions and private sector service delivery while also bringing new, poorer, individuals into formal economies and ‘unlocking’ their behavioral data.”

“The promises of inclusion and flourishing digital economies might appear attractive on paper,” the researchers said, “but digital ID systems have consistently failed to deliver on these promises in real world situations, especially for the most marginalized.”

The authors added:

“In fact, evidence is emerging from many countries, most notably the mega digital ID project Aadhaar in India, of the severe and large-scale human rights violations linked to this model. These systems may in fact exacerbate pre-existing forms of exclusion and discrimination in public and private services. The use of new technologies may furthermore lead to novel forms of harm, including biometric exclusion, discrimination, and the many harms associated with ‘surveillance capitalism.’”

The benefits of using digital ID are “ill-defined” and “poorly documented,” the NYU authors said.

“From what evidence does exist, it seems that those who stand to benefit most may not be those ‘left behind,’ but instead a small group of companies and governments,” they wrote.

They added:

“After all, where digital ID systems have tended to excel is in generating lucrative contracts for biometrics companies and enhancing the surveillance and migration-control capabilities of governments.”

More harm than good, especially for world’s most marginalized

The authors did four things in their report.

First, they examined the human rights impact of national digital ID systems and argued that a cost-benefit analysis of digital ID systems suggests they do more harm than good — especially for the world’s most marginalized individuals.

“Through the embrace of digital technologies, the World Bank and a broader global

network of actors has been promoting a new paradigm for ID systems that prioritizes what we refer to as ‘economic identity,’” the authors wrote.

They added:

“These systems focus on fueling digital transactions and transforming individuals into traceable data. They often ignore the ability of identification systems to recognize not only that an individual is unique, but that they have a legal status with associated rights.

“Still, proponents have cloaked this new paradigm in the language of human rights and inclusion, arguing that such systems will help to achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals.”

The authors added:

“Like physical roads, national digital identification systems with biometric components (digital ID systems) are presented as the public infrastructure of the digital future.

“Yet these particular infrastructures have proven to be dangerous, having been linked to severe and large-scale human rights violations in a range of countries around the world, affecting social, civil, and political rights.”

Prioritizing ‘economic identity’

Next, the researchers looked at how an “identification for development” agenda driven by multiple global actors came into being.

They discussed the digital ID system called Aadhaar that is currently being tried out by the government of India and the digital ID system promoted by the World Bank —  Identification for Development, commonly called the ID4D Initiative.

The ID4D Initiative draws inspiration from the highly criticized Aadhaar digital ID system in India.

In the Aadhaar system, individuals are voluntarily assigned a 12-digit random number by the Unique Identification Authority of India — a statutory authority backed by the government of India — that establishes the “uniqueness” of individuals with the help of demographic and biometric technologies.

This digital ID model, NYU report authors said, is dangerous because it prioritizes an “economic identity” for an individual.

The model is not about an individual’s identity alone, confirmed Joseph Atick, Ph.D., executive chairman of the influential ID4Africa, a platform where African governments and major companies in the digital ID market meet.

It’s about their economic interactions, Atick said.

The ID4D model “enables and interacts with authentication platforms, payments systems, digital signatures, data sharing, KYC systems, consent management and sectoral delivery platforms,” Atick announced at the start of ID4Africa’s 2022 annual meeting in mid-June, at the Palais de Congrès in Marrakesh, Morocco.

The authors of the NYU report criticized this model:

“The goal then, is not so much identity as it is identification. The three interlinked processes of identification, registration, and authorization are an exercise of power.

“Through this process, one actor acknowledges or denies another actor’s identity attributes. Individuals may be empowered through the process of identification, but such systems have long been used for the opposite purpose: to deny rights to certain groups and exclude them.”

Third, the authors assessed the nitty-gritty details of how the World Bank and its network of proponents of digital ID systems worked to implement an “identification for development” agenda around the globe.

They explained how the funding and governance of the ID4D Initiative operate, and claimed the World Bank and its corporate and governmental partners are “manufacturing consensus” by presuming that the shift to a digital ID model is inevitable, desirable and required for human progress.

But this “manufactured consensus” lacks a basis, they said.

“Concrete and robust evidence of the purported benefits associated with digital ID systems is rarely provided, it is merely asserted that digital ID will lead to inclusion and development,” the authors wrote.

3 steps privacy advocates can take

Finally, the authors outlined what human rights organizations and other civil society actors can do by highlighting three modes of action:

• “Not so fast!” Organizations can demand that governmental adoption of digital ID systems not be rushed.

The authors wrote:

“Before any new or augmented digital ID systems are rolled out nationwide, it is vital to establish an evidence base and take all necessary steps to anticipate and mitigate possible harms in advance. Baseline studies, research into the specific context, cost-benefit analyses, value for money analyses, and impact assessments are necessary and should be demanded every step of the way.”

• “Make it public.” The design and possible implementation of a digital ID system need to be thoroughly discussed in democratic forums, including public media and Congress or parliaments.

“Civil society organizations should demand openness with regard to plans, tenders, and the involvement of foreign governments and international organizations,” they said.

• “We are all stakeholders.” While the World Bank presents itself as a respected advisor to governments who should be allowed to shape and create governments’ digital ID policies, it is only one actor.

“It is important to realize,” the authors wrote, “that, ultimately, everyone has a stake in systems of identification, digital or otherwise, which are essential to recognize individuals and effectuate their human rights.”

They added:

“More and more organizations and experts are beginning to grapple with the rapid spread of digital ID around the world, from digital rights organizations to groups representing people with disabilities, and from experts working on social and economic rights to development economists.

“As this range of organizations grows, it will be crucial to share experiences, learn from one another, and coordinate advocacy.”

Human rights alliances can ‘reimagine’ the ‘digital future’

According to the report, multidisciplinary and geographically diverse alliances can not only help to ensure digital ID systems are not deployed “in the harmful ways described in this primer,” but can “also help reimagine what the digital future without the particular model of ID systems promoted by the World Bank and others could look like.”

They said:

“As digital ID systems are determining the shape of governments and societies as we hurtle into the digital era, questions as to their form and design — and their very existence in the first place — are critical.

“What alternative visions can we offer that will better safeguard human rights and preserve the gains of countless years of struggle to improve the recognition and institutionalization of rights?

“When we bring together actors who want a society where the human rights of every individual and group are protected, what kinds of digital ID systems might we imagine? How might digital ID systems be designed to truly promote human well-being?

“How would this alternative, rights-fulfilling vision differ from the economic, transactional identity described here, as promoted by the World Bank and others? Indeed, would we have digitalized identification systems at all?”

The authors did not provide answers to these questions.

Rather, they aimed to “bring together the excellent work that our partners, colleagues, and others have tirelessly undertaken around the world” and facilitate collaboration “to ensure that the future of digital ID enhances, rather than jeopardizes, the enjoyment of human rights.”

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