Rights groups urge UK PM Starmer to scrap mandatory digital ID plans
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A coalition of human rights, civil liberties, digital rights, and racial justice organizations—including Big Brother Watch, Article 19, Liberty, and The Runnymede Trust—have written to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urging him to abandon plans for a mandatory digital ID scheme. The letter arrives just days before an expected government announcement about rolling out the scheme, which is reportedly aimed at deterring illegal immigration. The groups argue that such a system would fundamentally change citizens' relationship with the state and pose serious threats to privacy and civil liberties.
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