Perhaps some companies are trying to get ahead of the game. It they can demonstrate they are ahead of things it might be a bargaining point.

Oh you sweet summer child… This is surveillance capitalism taking the opportunity to positively ID as many users as possible, while they can. Some time in the next year or so, after the dangers are proven, restrictions will be put in place, but with the current intentionally-vague free-for-all they can capture your child’s religion and blood type, and ask you to upload every ID you own, because the majority will do it without question, so they will. They are never deleting anything, ever.