Authorities worldwide have grown skeptical of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's newest cryptocurrency project, which scans user irises in exchange for tokens, to the point of at least one country suspending operations.
Kenya's interior ministry announced on Thursday that it was suspending local activities of WorldCoin until government agencies could ascertain the risks that the technology could pose to the public. While the review is underway, a main concern is whether and how the organization obtained user consent for data collection through financial compensation.It is the heaviest restriction to be placed on the cryptocurrency startup since its launch last week.
CNIL, France's privacy watchdog, said on July 28 that the legality of WorldCoin's data collection practices appears to be"questionable" and that it intended to make a legal inquiry into the company's data collection practices. At least one German politician has also accused the network of being used for international surveillance."The eye scanner was not developed for medical purposes, but serves to collect biometric data," Christina Baum, a member of the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany, said in a statement."These devices are used solely for the global monitoring of people." Baum holds a role in the Bundestag, Germany's federal parliament.
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