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Age verification CANNOT work. It will NEVER work because humans do not look different one day before and after their 16th birthday.👀 Surely this is obvious? The Under 16 social media bill is a trap. Regardless of what the legislation says, governments know platforms will have to enact Digital...

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"Age restrictions on social media have nothing to do with child safety. It will require all citizens to have their ID checked by the government as a gateway to social media. Gateways, once established, can be closed or locked. They can be monitored and controlled. They are turning Digital ID into a passport for free speech ... to protect children? Come on..." Follow ADH TV & The Spectator Australia
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"Age restrictions on social media have nothing to do with child safety. It will require all citizens to have their ID checked by the government as a gateway to social media. Gateways, once established, can be closed or locked. They can be monitored and controlled. They are turning Digital ID into a passport for free speech ... to protect children? Come on..." Follow ADH TV & The Spectator Australia

Alexandra Marshall

51,986 views • 1 year ago

In a world-leading policy initiative, Australia is set to ban social media for children under the age of 16
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In a world-leading policy initiative, Australia is set to ban social media for children under the age of 16

Reuters

47,498 views • 1 year ago

Well said Senator Antic, but the only problem is that you are member of the Liberal Party and the Liberal Party supports Albanese’s plan to force all Australia have some form of government issued or biometric digital ID to log on to the internet. Senator ANTIC (South Australia) (16:46): I think we all want to see our children protected from harm online, but what's the real cost of a social media ban for children? Firstly, it's not clear to me how an age-specific ban could actually be in force short of requiring all Australians to prove their identity, and therefore their age, before actually using their social media accounts. How would it be done? The only reliable methods that are likely to work are those which require social media accounts to be linked to either a government certified ID, digital ID or biometric data. Immediately, we've gone from talking about a law protecting children under 16 from online harm to proposals potentially requiring all Australians to submit personal identification as a condition of using social media. This is how concerns over safety—in this case, children's safety—convince people to hand over their freedom, to hand over their personal information. Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that a generation of young people are starting to unpick the lies of the corporate media online, does it? Well, of course it does! What a great way to ensure that young people only get a left-wing government message approved to them via their devices. Frankly, the words 'ban' and 'media' should never exist in a sentence together, and parents should always be in charge of what their children watch and what their children watch online.
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Well said Senator Antic, but the only problem is that you are member of the Liberal Party and the Liberal Party supports Albanese’s plan to force all Australia have some form of government issued or biometric digital ID to log on to the internet. Senator ANTIC (South Australia) (16:46): I think we all want to see our children protected from harm online, but what's the real cost of a social media ban for children? Firstly, it's not clear to me how an age-specific ban could actually be in force short of requiring all Australians to prove their identity, and therefore their age, before actually using their social media accounts. How would it be done? The only reliable methods that are likely to work are those which require social media accounts to be linked to either a government certified ID, digital ID or biometric data. Immediately, we've gone from talking about a law protecting children under 16 from online harm to proposals potentially requiring all Australians to submit personal identification as a condition of using social media. This is how concerns over safety—in this case, children's safety—convince people to hand over their freedom, to hand over their personal information. Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that a generation of young people are starting to unpick the lies of the corporate media online, does it? Well, of course it does! What a great way to ensure that young people only get a left-wing government message approved to them via their devices. Frankly, the words 'ban' and 'media' should never exist in a sentence together, and parents should always be in charge of what their children watch and what their children watch online.

Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education

28,750 views • 1 year ago

BREAKING: This is the moment Australia made it illegal for anyone under 16 to use social media. All Australians will have to verify their age to use social media.
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BREAKING: This is the moment Australia made it illegal for anyone under 16 to use social media. All Australians will have to verify their age to use social media.

Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)

145,002 views • 1 year ago

The social media ban for under 16 year olds will likely involve EVERY person in Australia having to provide biometric scans of their face every time they want to use their social media. The Australian government has been trialling age assurance tests which provides an age estimate from a persons face scan. Notice how they are using the “it’s for the safety of our children” excuse when we all know this is just another step towards a digital dystopia!
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The social media ban for under 16 year olds will likely involve EVERY person in Australia having to provide biometric scans of their face every time they want to use their social media. The Australian government has been trialling age assurance tests which provides an age estimate from a persons face scan. Notice how they are using the “it’s for the safety of our children” excuse when we all know this is just another step towards a digital dystopia!

Miss Madeleine

104,940 views • 1 year ago

🚩🚩Please read sign this petition asking for a FULL public consultation on digital ID to stop authoritarianist over reach. One only has to see what is happening in the UK, and soon Australia (which rolls out age verification in December) and multiple other countries to realise this has nothing to do with keeping children safe, but everything to do with control of what you do, what you say and eventually over sight of every aspect of your life. The bureaucrats and the Govt are banking on your lack of tech literacy and extensive use of gaslighting. Age verification will necessitate centralising your biometric data in order FOR ANYONE to use the internet. This is the mass on boarding process towards full blown Digital ID and digital currency. When the UN, World Bank, WEF, Blackrock, Helen Clark, Tony Blair, Bill Gates, The Bank for international Settlements, Albanese and Keir Starmer are lobbying for Digital ID its a pretty whopping big clue. National, Labour, Greens have said they’ll work together to pass legislation for age verification and digital ID. This is a total disaster. Watch the video. Winston Peters on fighting against Digital ID & global overreach. Petition here :
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🚩🚩Please read sign this petition asking for a FULL public consultation on digital ID to stop authoritarianist over reach. One only has to see what is happening in the UK, and soon Australia (which rolls out age verification in December) and multiple other countries to realise this has nothing to do with keeping children safe, but everything to do with control of what you do, what you say and eventually over sight of every aspect of your life. The bureaucrats and the Govt are banking on your lack of tech literacy and extensive use of gaslighting. Age verification will necessitate centralising your biometric data in order FOR ANYONE to use the internet. This is the mass on boarding process towards full blown Digital ID and digital currency. When the UN, World Bank, WEF, Blackrock, Helen Clark, Tony Blair, Bill Gates, The Bank for international Settlements, Albanese and Keir Starmer are lobbying for Digital ID its a pretty whopping big clue. National, Labour, Greens have said they’ll work together to pass legislation for age verification and digital ID. This is a total disaster. Watch the video. Winston Peters on fighting against Digital ID & global overreach. Petition here :

Holyhekatuiteka

40,667 views • 7 months ago

Social media ban or big brother control? The government, with support of the Liberals, is proposing a ban on children under 16 accessing social media, justifying the measure by claiming it’s "popular." Oh, really? It’s ironic that the same parties that accuse One Nation of populism are now pushing a measure not because it’s practical, but simply because it’s supposedly popular. A true conservative party Peter Dutton would support parents to supervise their own children in their own homes. A true conservative, Mr Dutton, would not be promoting big government replacing parents. The eGovernment is also trialling age-assurance technology, which uses facial scans of every social media user to confirm they are over 16. If there’s any doubt, the system will cross-check the person’s Digital ID to ensure it matches. In addition to facial scans, the "Assurance AI" will monitor keystrokes, audio patterns and "other measures" to determine the user’s age. By now you may conclude, as I did, that enforcing a social media age limit of 16 would require verifying everyone’s age using the device camera and their Digital ID—which everyone would be forced to have. So much for Digital ID being voluntary. Even adults will need one to continue using social media. Even more alarming is the fact that conversations would be monitored for signs of age, yet what happens to the voice prints and keystroke logs this system collects? To make this work, cameras on devices would need to run constantly to ensure a new user hasn’t hopped on to an existing computer session. This means cameras would always be on, capturing everything - video and audio – that is happening in the room. This creates a perfect scenario for hackers to access the feed. In the unlikely event they can actually make this work, children would move to other platforms that are less regulated, less safe and more prone to child exploitation. One Nation opposes this legislation. The best people to monitor and regulate children’s internet use are parents—not a Big Brother government.
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Social media ban or big brother control? The government, with support of the Liberals, is proposing a ban on children under 16 accessing social media, justifying the measure by claiming it’s "popular." Oh, really? It’s ironic that the same parties that accuse One Nation of populism are now pushing a measure not because it’s practical, but simply because it’s supposedly popular. A true conservative party Peter Dutton would support parents to supervise their own children in their own homes. A true conservative, Mr Dutton, would not be promoting big government replacing parents. The eGovernment is also trialling age-assurance technology, which uses facial scans of every social media user to confirm they are over 16. If there’s any doubt, the system will cross-check the person’s Digital ID to ensure it matches. In addition to facial scans, the "Assurance AI" will monitor keystrokes, audio patterns and "other measures" to determine the user’s age. By now you may conclude, as I did, that enforcing a social media age limit of 16 would require verifying everyone’s age using the device camera and their Digital ID—which everyone would be forced to have. So much for Digital ID being voluntary. Even adults will need one to continue using social media. Even more alarming is the fact that conversations would be monitored for signs of age, yet what happens to the voice prints and keystroke logs this system collects? To make this work, cameras on devices would need to run constantly to ensure a new user hasn’t hopped on to an existing computer session. This means cameras would always be on, capturing everything - video and audio – that is happening in the room. This creates a perfect scenario for hackers to access the feed. In the unlikely event they can actually make this work, children would move to other platforms that are less regulated, less safe and more prone to child exploitation. One Nation opposes this legislation. The best people to monitor and regulate children’s internet use are parents—not a Big Brother government.

Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺

65,507 views • 1 year ago

Australian PM Anthony Albanese: "We're banning social media for under-16s to keep them safe online." No, you're banning social media for under-16s so EVERYBODY has to verify their age and identity (to prove they're over 16), enabling you impose digital ID under the guise of "keeping children safe".
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Australian PM Anthony Albanese: "We're banning social media for under-16s to keep them safe online." No, you're banning social media for under-16s so EVERYBODY has to verify their age and identity (to prove they're over 16), enabling you impose digital ID under the guise of "keeping children safe".

Wide Awake Media

218,313 views • 7 months ago

DIGITAL ID - Australia lets the cat out of the bag! In order to ban under 16s from social media, EVERYONE will have to have digital ID or they won’t be able to get on the internet It wasn’t a conspiracy theory was it 🔥
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DIGITAL ID - Australia lets the cat out of the bag! In order to ban under 16s from social media, EVERYONE will have to have digital ID or they won’t be able to get on the internet It wasn’t a conspiracy theory was it 🔥

Bernie

1,344,033 views • 1 year ago

Ireland to be the testing ground in Europe for Chinese-style mandatory Digital ID to access social media. Tánaiste Simon Harris trying to push the narrative that the government's plan to link Digital ID to social media access is necessary to protect the welfare of children. Any thinking person knows the reality is that this is about absolute control and surveillance of every aspect of your life. By connecting social media to Digital ID means that every web page access could be traced back to a specific holder of a Public Services Card in Ireland. This is the start of a digital prison. The EU is in the process of implementing a European Central Bank digital euro. If we go along with this we will be transposed into a CBDC Digital ID cashless society whereby your every financial transaction will be controlled, monitored, traced and tracked. The plan by the Irish government to link Digital ID to access social media is already underway. Social media platforms in Ireland have been contacted by the government to take part in a pilot to be rolled out in March and the government have already announced they intend to put in place legislation later this year to get their dystopian plans over the line. We must RESIST this sinister plan to get mandatory Digital ID through the back door. What is to stop successive governments from implementing a social credit system if you say something online that is against the narrative of the establishment?. Your social welfare benefits and right to work could be restricted by this massive government overreach, if you step out of line. If we do not RESIST this with all our might we face the end of humanity as we know it. A digital prison surveillance planet whereby the global corporations, governments and Bankers have complete control over every aspect of our lives. It is up to us to push back against these draconian plans with all our might. We defeated the government's Referendum. We staved off the controversial Hate Speech 'thought police' Bill. We secured the highest ever spoilt votes in Irish history and, indeed, in Europe. We CAN defeat this attack on our fundamental rights and freedoms IF we join as a cohesive force against the government's plans for a Chinese-style dystopian surveillance society. We owe it to future generations to push back with all our might. #NoDigitalID
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Ireland to be the testing ground in Europe for Chinese-style mandatory Digital ID to access social media. Tánaiste Simon Harris trying to push the narrative that the government's plan to link Digital ID to social media access is necessary to protect the welfare of children. Any thinking person knows the reality is that this is about absolute control and surveillance of every aspect of your life. By connecting social media to Digital ID means that every web page access could be traced back to a specific holder of a Public Services Card in Ireland. This is the start of a digital prison. The EU is in the process of implementing a European Central Bank digital euro. If we go along with this we will be transposed into a CBDC Digital ID cashless society whereby your every financial transaction will be controlled, monitored, traced and tracked. The plan by the Irish government to link Digital ID to access social media is already underway. Social media platforms in Ireland have been contacted by the government to take part in a pilot to be rolled out in March and the government have already announced they intend to put in place legislation later this year to get their dystopian plans over the line. We must RESIST this sinister plan to get mandatory Digital ID through the back door. What is to stop successive governments from implementing a social credit system if you say something online that is against the narrative of the establishment?. Your social welfare benefits and right to work could be restricted by this massive government overreach, if you step out of line. If we do not RESIST this with all our might we face the end of humanity as we know it. A digital prison surveillance planet whereby the global corporations, governments and Bankers have complete control over every aspect of our lives. It is up to us to push back against these draconian plans with all our might. We defeated the government's Referendum. We staved off the controversial Hate Speech 'thought police' Bill. We secured the highest ever spoilt votes in Irish history and, indeed, in Europe. We CAN defeat this attack on our fundamental rights and freedoms IF we join as a cohesive force against the government's plans for a Chinese-style dystopian surveillance society. We owe it to future generations to push back with all our might. #NoDigitalID

Lawyers For Justice Ireland

35,703 views • 4 months ago

People power 1 Government stupidity 0 “Social media companies will not need to verify the age of every user or meet a minimum standard for how many teenagers they boot off their platforms, with the federal government confirming a lighter-touch approach to enforcing its under-16 ban. While the platforms must satisfy the eSafety watchdog that they have taken "reasonable steps" to remove the accounts of those aged under 16, there will be no legally-enforceable standard for accuracy. As expected, platforms will not be told which technology to use for age screening, but will need to ensure their policies are transparent and consistent, and that there is a process for disputes.” ••••••••••••••••••••••• Thanks to Dr Joanne Orlando for this footage. This Digital ID thought bubble gets dumber and dumber. Digital ID is now not going to be enforced for every user and instead to be subject to random spot checks. So much for protecting the children! Furthermore the social media companies are no longer going to be subject to legally enforceable standards. The whole process is a waste of time and just another clumsy attempt at government overreach. As I pointed out last year disadvantaged children (see clip in comments) are going to lose access to their friends on social media that they rely on as they can’t see them physically every day. In other words good people are going to be punished through bad legislation. I also pointed out that children could use VPNs and will find other ways to bypass surveillance. As it stands you could drive a truck through this poorly thought out plan. It’s just another reason to get rid of Albanese and his inept administration. To help us do it please sign up to today.
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People power 1 Government stupidity 0 “Social media companies will not need to verify the age of every user or meet a minimum standard for how many teenagers they boot off their platforms, with the federal government confirming a lighter-touch approach to enforcing its under-16 ban. While the platforms must satisfy the eSafety watchdog that they have taken "reasonable steps" to remove the accounts of those aged under 16, there will be no legally-enforceable standard for accuracy. As expected, platforms will not be told which technology to use for age screening, but will need to ensure their policies are transparent and consistent, and that there is a process for disputes.” ••••••••••••••••••••••• Thanks to Dr Joanne Orlando for this footage. This Digital ID thought bubble gets dumber and dumber. Digital ID is now not going to be enforced for every user and instead to be subject to random spot checks. So much for protecting the children! Furthermore the social media companies are no longer going to be subject to legally enforceable standards. The whole process is a waste of time and just another clumsy attempt at government overreach. As I pointed out last year disadvantaged children (see clip in comments) are going to lose access to their friends on social media that they rely on as they can’t see them physically every day. In other words good people are going to be punished through bad legislation. I also pointed out that children could use VPNs and will find other ways to bypass surveillance. As it stands you could drive a truck through this poorly thought out plan. It’s just another reason to get rid of Albanese and his inept administration. To help us do it please sign up to today.

Gerard Rennick

47,548 views • 7 months ago

Social media ban for youth or the beginning of a digital ID roll out in Australia? What do you think? step 1: Introduce a law that requires age verification step 2: a non mandatory 'recommended' standardisation step 3: Create an "optional" digital ID to simplify compliance step 4: Platforms start requiring the government approved method step 5: expand the ID beyond social media and pressure to make it mandatory step 6: add facial verification / device linking and sell this as 'security and safety' step 7: the worst step- digital ID becomes the gateway to the internet. It becomes a 'digital passport’. The danger of a digital passport is that it can eventually link your medical records, travel, finances, and online identity into one system, giving future governments or corporations too much control. Digital ID starts harmless, but it's the unchecked expansion without accountability or opt out that becomes concerning. Governments worldwide have already talked about: identity based online access anti-trolling / anti disinformation ID removing anonymous accounts tracking online behaviour Be vigilant, awake and trust your intuition 🌹
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Social media ban for youth or the beginning of a digital ID roll out in Australia? What do you think? step 1: Introduce a law that requires age verification step 2: a non mandatory 'recommended' standardisation step 3: Create an "optional" digital ID to simplify compliance step 4: Platforms start requiring the government approved method step 5: expand the ID beyond social media and pressure to make it mandatory step 6: add facial verification / device linking and sell this as 'security and safety' step 7: the worst step- digital ID becomes the gateway to the internet. It becomes a 'digital passport’. The danger of a digital passport is that it can eventually link your medical records, travel, finances, and online identity into one system, giving future governments or corporations too much control. Digital ID starts harmless, but it's the unchecked expansion without accountability or opt out that becomes concerning. Governments worldwide have already talked about: identity based online access anti-trolling / anti disinformation ID removing anonymous accounts tracking online behaviour Be vigilant, awake and trust your intuition 🌹

iyah may

23,338 views • 6 months ago

Is Australia the first domino to fall? I believe they’re currently rolling out this social media ban gradually, things will heat up on December 27th, when the mandatory age verification for searches is set to be implemented. A digital straight jacket will be placed on all of us.
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Is Australia the first domino to fall? I believe they’re currently rolling out this social media ban gradually, things will heat up on December 27th, when the mandatory age verification for searches is set to be implemented. A digital straight jacket will be placed on all of us.

katy 🌸

74,352 views • 6 months ago

The proposed social media ban for under 16’s is nothing to do with protecting young people and everything to do with forcing you to have digital ID to use the internet and prove your age. This also allows the Government to monitor and control what you are watching.
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The proposed social media ban for under 16’s is nothing to do with protecting young people and everything to do with forcing you to have digital ID to use the internet and prove your age. This also allows the Government to monitor and control what you are watching.

Andrew Bridgen

48,536 views • 4 months ago

"The idea Digital ID will stop illegal immigration or fraud or crime is preposterous "What it will do is surveil us all much more - that's why Together has a campaign for a Digital Bill of Rights" NO to Digital ID YES to Digital Bill of Rights Michelle Dewberry GB News
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"The idea Digital ID will stop illegal immigration or fraud or crime is preposterous "What it will do is surveil us all much more - that's why Together has a campaign for a Digital Bill of Rights" NO to Digital ID YES to Digital Bill of Rights Michelle Dewberry GB News

Alan D Miller

37,265 views • 10 months ago

IT’S NOTHING BUT A TROJAN HORSE A few hours ago, Labor introduced the ‘Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024’ into Parliament. And rather than the Bill set out how X (and the other platforms will police if Australians are 16 or over before they log on - in their typical dishonest and deceptive way of doing things - the Bill hands those powers to the eSafety Commissar to work out for herself, at a later date. The eSafety Commissar has demonstrated she is unfit to have such powers. You can bet this unelected bureaucrat will take it upon herself to make it as difficult and intrusive as possible for Australians to Log on to X. This legislation has nothing to do with "protecting the children" - it’s a smoke screen, a Trojan Horse to give eSafety Karen more power to force Australians to have government controlled biometric Digital ID and to make it more difficult for Australians to log on to X. THIS BILL MUST BE OPPOSED BY FREEDOM LOVING AUSTRALIANS - it gives too much power to the eSafety Commissar. The text of the Bill The Explanatory Memorandum
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IT’S NOTHING BUT A TROJAN HORSE A few hours ago, Labor introduced the ‘Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024’ into Parliament. And rather than the Bill set out how X (and the other platforms will police if Australians are 16 or over before they log on - in their typical dishonest and deceptive way of doing things - the Bill hands those powers to the eSafety Commissar to work out for herself, at a later date. The eSafety Commissar has demonstrated she is unfit to have such powers. You can bet this unelected bureaucrat will take it upon herself to make it as difficult and intrusive as possible for Australians to Log on to X. This legislation has nothing to do with "protecting the children" - it’s a smoke screen, a Trojan Horse to give eSafety Karen more power to force Australians to have government controlled biometric Digital ID and to make it more difficult for Australians to log on to X. THIS BILL MUST BE OPPOSED BY FREEDOM LOVING AUSTRALIANS - it gives too much power to the eSafety Commissar. The text of the Bill The Explanatory Memorandum

Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education

76,940 views • 1 year ago

Govt officials admit that "there is nothing in the law" that would stop the eSafety Commissioner saying that Digital ID should be used to verify someone's age. Remember, the social media ban applies to children under 16 but to enforce it EVERYONE will need to verify their age.
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Govt officials admit that "there is nothing in the law" that would stop the eSafety Commissioner saying that Digital ID should be used to verify someone's age. Remember, the social media ban applies to children under 16 but to enforce it EVERYONE will need to verify their age.

Senator Matt Canavan

297,951 views • 1 year ago

Breaking: Albanese bans YouTube for users under 16 years old as a way of forcing age verification on all social media users in Australia. I'm pretty sure this will prove to be very unpopular with the majority of Aussies when they finally figure out that they have been conned.
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Breaking: Albanese bans YouTube for users under 16 years old as a way of forcing age verification on all social media users in Australia. I'm pretty sure this will prove to be very unpopular with the majority of Aussies when they finally figure out that they have been conned.

Timjbo 🇦🇺

145,076 views • 10 months ago

And it begins… 🚨 UK PM Kier Starmer says Digital ID will be MANDATORY for their Citizens to have the Right to Work Look at his hands as he says it… “Let me spell it out, you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID. It’s as simple as that.” He says it will be done before the end of this parliament. The end of the current UK Parliament, is no later than August 2029. Just in time for their Agenda 2030 plan. Hopefully something happens before then.
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And it begins… 🚨 UK PM Kier Starmer says Digital ID will be MANDATORY for their Citizens to have the Right to Work Look at his hands as he says it… “Let me spell it out, you will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID. It’s as simple as that.” He says it will be done before the end of this parliament. The end of the current UK Parliament, is no later than August 2029. Just in time for their Agenda 2030 plan. Hopefully something happens before then.

MJTruthUltra

395,191 views • 8 months ago