China Plans to Centralize Digital Identity Verification to Combat Fraud
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China, with over 1.1 billion online users, plans to centralize the control of digital identity verification, previously managed by major web players, to combat fraud. This shift in management towards the state apparatus has implications for both individual freedoms and the data economy.