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There is no federal mandatory “digital ID” in the United States today; federal action has focused on guidance, pilot acceptance (e.g., TSA checkpoints) and creating task forces rather than mandating a...
Norwegian law allows the production, possession and distribution of “legal pornographic material,” but draws clear lines around forbidden content (including pornography involving children and other pr...
Paraguay has enacted Law No. 7177/2023 to recognise national documents in digital form and launched a government PortalParaguay app that offers an “Identidad Electrónica” used to access state services...
Paraguay’s legal and regulatory framework for biometric retention in its digital ID systems remains unclear in available reporting: civil-society analyses and NGO briefings say laws and regulations la...
U.S. digital ID apps combine document authentication, device-based biometrics (Face ID/Touch ID), liveness checks and cryptographic protections: Apple’s new Digital ID uses passport chip reading plus ...
Recent reporting does not show large, sustained clashes or mass arrests specifically tied to protests about a new mandatory “digital ID” in Italy; instead, coverage documents protests on other issues ...
Belgium, several Nordic countries and France are repeatedly cited as early movers in EU digital ID wallet deployment, with Belgium described as having “a head start” for making a wallet generally avai...
Refusing a biometric capture at a border does not produce a single universal legal “escape hatch”; jurisdictions and agencies build explicit fallback procedures—manual document review, alternate biome...
Across 2024–2025, public opposition to the EU Entry/Exit System’s (EES) biometric data collection came primarily from privacy and civil‑liberties commentators, some national political bodies and trade...
Refusing biometrics — including fingerprints — at U.S. ports of entry can lead to denied entry or denied boarding, and can affect immigration benefits and future travel; the CBP rule taking effect Dec...
Vietnam’s digital ID rollout shows large-scale uptake by 2025: available reporting indicates have accounts or are enrolled in national digital ID systems, and daily active use of the VNeID app reached...