The Biden White House is again boasting about ongoing efforts in digital IDs and biotechnology. This came the same day the White House announced executive action on artificial intelligence (AI). Digital identity (ID) is very dangerous because it is inevitably a prelude to a type of social credit score. Much of the world had a limited form of this under COVID-19 vaccine mandates, where proof of vaccination—often in the form of a type of digital ID—was required to travel or access entertainment, shopping, and dining venues. A more extreme form exists in China, where a digital ID is required to do or buy anything. And, as we saw with what happened to participants in recent anti-regime protests, any words or actions unapproved by the government can affect one’s digital ID status. Critique the Chinese Communist Party on social media? No grocery shopping for you! Furthermore, the World Economic Forum is partnered with the Dutch and Canadian governments to roll out a digital ID that would also be required to do or buy almost anything. Such social credit scores are closer to home than many Americans realize. I also find ongoing government interference in biotechnology concerning. This is the government that persisted in pushing… (READ MORE)