• 27:29 - 32:36
Hakeem Anwar | Digital Freedom, The Above Phone, & Taking Back Our Tech
World Bank ID4D, Bill Gates Foundation Global Initiatives
The World Bank's ID4D initiative, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is aggressively registering undocumented populations in Africa and South America. Anwar argues that technocrats view off-grid living as a systemic risk and use "right to identity" rhetoric to enforce digital registration. He posits that mass surveillance relies on user consent to big tech ecosystems, which can be bypassed using alternative operating systems.