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Comment on Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID

I can’t read the full article, but it says it’ll be optional. That sounds like they’re still wanting to develop it, spend the money, and then say “well now we’ve got it, it would be silly not to use it!”

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yuumei@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Exactly, this is how Labour force ID, then on to verifying your ID before you can use the internet, all posts will be moderated by government AI produced by Palantir

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- wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  From the BBC article:
  
  The Liberal Democrats said the policy was “doomed to failure” from the start and called for “the billions of pounds earmarked for their mandatory digital ID scheme” to be spent “on the NHS and frontline policing instead”.
  
  Damn right. We want our money spent on something useful.
  
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