Central Banks Worldwide Are Planning To Launch A Digital Currency.

According to a new research from the Bank of International Settlements, over 90% of national central banks aim to provide their own central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to the general public (BIS). In the autumn of 2021, the BIS polled 81 central banks on their involvement in CBDC work, as well as their motives and plans for CBDC issuance. According to the research, a record number of banks are working on CBDC in “some form,” with a growing number in the “advanced phases” of investigating digital currency. “Central banks actively involved in some sort of CBDC activities increased to 90% in the last year,” the authors said. “According to the survey results, central banks are particularly interested in retail CBDCs: all central banks working on CBDCs either look at wholesale and retail, or focus primarily on a retail CBDC.” Sixty-two…

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UK Permits Facial Recognition Tech To Be Used On Innocent Persons Who “May Be In Danger”. Welcome To 1984.

New UK police guidance that could put innocent people on facial recognition system watchlists has been slammed by civil rights groups. On Tuesday, the College of Policing released a handbook for police in England and Wales, claiming that the use of live face recognition technology is “legal and ethical.” Face recognition technology can be used to discover “those who are missing and possibly in danger; find people where intelligence suggests they may represent a threat to themselves or others; and arrest people who are wanted by police or courts,” according to authorities. The guidance, however, is a “atrocious policy and a hammer blow to privacy and liberty in our country,” according to Silkie Carlo, director of the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch. “With this Orwellian surveillance technology, we warned about mission creep, and now we see that this new…

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Apple Has Banned The Bible & Quran In The Chinese App Store.

China’s communist regime has forced Big Tech giant Apple to censor their App Store by removing its Bible and Quran apps. Apps such as Bible App by Olive Tree and Quran Majeed have been taken off Apple’s App Store in compliance with China’s latest effort to suppress religious activity in the communist state. CBN News reported that Chinese officials claim the Bible and Quran apps violate state laws that prohibit the use of religious text or materials. “According to Apple, our app Quran Majeed has been removed from the China App Store because it includes content that requires additional documentation from Chinese authorities,” Pakistan Data Management Services (PDMS), which developed Quran Majeed, said in a statement as per the Washington Examiner. “We are trying to get in touch with the Cyberspace Administration of China and relevant Chinese authorities to get this…

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