Story in a flash:<ul><li>Directors from the FDA, CDC, and HRSA were called to testify before a congressional panel on the rushed approval process for the mRNA injections used as COVID vaccines and were grilled on the message they put out to the public and on its timing.&nbsp;</li><li>Congressmen succeeded in forcing public health officials to admit that “safe and effective” doesn't mean “completely safe and effective” despite the public widely believing it means just that.&nbsp;</li><li>During their questioning, the director of the FDA was also compelled to admit that he rushed the approval process and removed those who attempted to keep to a more traditional timetable.</li></ul><h2> Softballs</h2>Public health officials were called to <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/assessing-americas-vaccine-safety-systemspart-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">testify</a> before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. Just the News <a href="https://justthenews.com/government/congress/phd-recognizing-bullsht-mtg-rips-feds-covid-vax-injuries-amid-timid-gop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">described</a> most members of the House panel, even Republicans, as going “surprisingly easy” on the public health officials, despite the opportunity to pin them down on their controversial decision-making processes:<blockquote>GOP members went surprisingly easy on the FDA's Peter Marks, CDC's Daniel Jernigan and Health Resources and Services Administration's Reed Grimes, speaking more often in terms of disappointment than denunciation.They rarely disputed the feds' claims about COVID-19 vaccines even when officials spoke in the language of absolutes, such as saying the jabs "prevent" rather than mitigate hospitalization and death, and accepted their statistics at face value. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Those absolutes have been posted on a congressional website, including this statement &nbsp;to the committee from Dr. Peter Marks, Director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FDA-SSCP-Vaccine-Safety-and-Surveillance-FDA-Written-Testimony-FINAL-Clean.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">declaring</a> the mRNA injections to be safe and effective in the conclusion of his testimony:&nbsp;<blockquote>COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be safe. COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be effective. They are supported by the best available scientific data; they underwent FDA’s rigorous regulatory authorization and approval processes; and their safety over time is closely monitored. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Likewise, Dr. Daniel Jernigan, Director of the CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, came to the same conclusion in his posted <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CDC_SSCP-Testimony-for-02.15.2024-Hearing.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">remarks</a>:<blockquote>The conclusions from the data collected as part of this historic effort is [sic] clear—COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. [Emphases added.]</blockquote><h2>Congressional interrogators</h2>As noted by Just the News, Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup, R-Oh, was an exception. Together with questioning from House Freedom Caucus member Michael Cloud, R-Tx, Wenstrup was able to pin down the misleading nature of Marks' and Jernigan's safety and efficacy claims:<blockquote>Dr. Marks: The American public can rest assured that vaccines that are authorized or approved are safe and effective.Dr. Jernigan: The science shows that we should all have confidence that COVID-19 vaccines are both safe and effective.. . .&nbsp;Congressman Cloud: Can you still get COVID after getting the COVID-19 vaccine?Dr. Marks: Yes.Dr. Jernigan: Yes.Congressman Cloud: Does it prevent you from transmitting it?Dr. Marks: It does not absolutely prevent transmission.. . .Congressman Wenstrup: Is any pharmaceutical 100% safe?Dr. Marks: No pharmaceutical is a hundred percent safe.Dr. Jernigan: As clinicians we all recognize that no medical intervention is risk free.Congressman Wenstrup: When you say 'safe and effective,' that's relative in your mind, but it's not to the person at home. They hear '100% safe and 100% effective'. That's what they hear. This is why words matter . . . in essence that's what people heard and are sill hearing today. We've got to change that.</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Watch FDA &amp; CDC Officials Get Called Out on Their ‘Safe &amp; Effective’ Narrative Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/COVIDSelect?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@COVIDSelect</a> for the hearing today <a href="https://t.co/5r0CBee62F">pic.twitter.com/5r0CBee62F</a>— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1758345297137127706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><h2>‘Interesting timing’ allowed mandates</h2>House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky, was another congressman who used his allocated interrogation time to draw an admission from the public health officials appearing before the committee. He focused on Marks' rushing the timing of the vaccine to predate coming mandates, instead of following the normal timetable for checking vaccine safety and efficacy:<blockquote>Comer … got Marks to acknowledge the "interesting timing" of the military mandating COVID vaccines just four days after the approval deadline Marks pushed on his staff ... [Emphases added.]</blockquote>X user Chief Nerd transcribed the exchange in which Marks admitted to the connection between his office's approval of the mRNA injections and the legality of mandating them, as well as the fact that the approval came the day before the military mandate:<blockquote>Dr. Marks: "There was an acknowledgement that an approval could allow vaccine mandates to occur...Once you have a licensed vaccine, a mandate could be placed."&nbsp;Congressman Comer: "Did you express your desire to approve the vaccine by August 20th?"&nbsp;Dr. Marks: "I did."&nbsp;Congressman Comer: "And it was ultimately approved on August 23rd, correct?"Dr. Marks: "Correct."&nbsp;Congressman Comer: "Just for the record, the military mandate was issued on the 24th. That is interesting timing."</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> NOW - FDA Director Dr. Peter Marks Admits He Accelerated FDA Approval of the Pfizer COVID Vaccine, Possibly to Meet Mandate Timelines MARKS: "There was an acknowledgement that an approval could allow vaccine mandates to occur...Once you have a licensed vaccine, a mandate… <a href="https://t.co/uQoaLRCnOB">pic.twitter.com/uQoaLRCnOB</a>— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1758188073240633402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div><h2>FDA's way or the highway</h2>Just the News noted that Marks not only pushed his “approval deadline” on his staff&nbsp;but that the “top two vaccine officials [on his staff], Marion Gruber and Philip Krause, left shortly after” the approval, declining to put the blame on his superiors:<blockquote>Marks … said he didn't remove Gruber and Krause from the Pfizer approval process because he was told to, but because they refused his review timeline out of concern "about the workload."The FDA "needed to move as rapidly as possible" amid a summer 2021 spike in COVID deaths, and approval would "help Americans feel more comfortable getting vaccinated," Marks said. [Emphases added.]</blockquote>Comer forced Marks to testify on the connection between the removal of members of the approval committee and their refusal to accelerate the approval process.&nbsp;<blockquote>Congressman Comer: &nbsp;Did anyone instruct you or is this just a decision you made on your own [to rush approval]?Dr. Marks: This was a decision that I had made on my own.Congressman Comer: &nbsp;So why were you pressuring the doctors and then removing them from the approval process when they disagreed?Dr. Marks: The approval process was one that was needed to move as rapidly as possible. [Emphases added.]</blockquote><h2>'I have a PhD in recognizing bullsh*t … Dr. Marks, You knew about myocarditis'</h2>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga, chose to focus on the details of both the need, or lack thereof, for the vaccines, particularly in children, the types of injuries suffered from the mRNA injections, and the failure of the government to properly compensate the vaccine injured, as summarized by Just the News:<blockquote>Greene … forcefully challenged the feds' claims, including Jernigan's assertion that "every serious adverse event" reported in the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System "is followed up.""I'm not a doctor but I have a PhD in recognizing bullsh*t when I hear it," the fiery Greene said in a five-minute tirade 90 minutes into the previously sedate hearing."Everyone" knew early that obesity, diabetes and advanced age were the most relevant COVID risk factors, Greene said, accusing Marks of rushing vaccine approval for young people despite knowing their higher risk for heart inflammation and their "practically zero risk" from COVID. [Emphases added.]</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMTG</a>) at COVID vaccine hearing: "I'm not a doctor but I have a PhD in recognizing bullshit when I hear it." <a href="https://t.co/gQXpNF7qol">pic.twitter.com/gQXpNF7qol</a>— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1758175761683415438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>Check back for the next installment of our series of drug side effects and see our previous coverage of COVID and the mRNA injections:<blockquote><ol><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/tragedy-8-year-old-featured-in-covid-propaganda-video-dies-after-cardiac-arrest">Tragedy: 8-year-old featured in COVID propaganda video dies after cardiac arrest</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/doctors-paid-per-vaccine-jab">Frontline Facts: Are doctors paid per vaccine jab?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.frontline.news/post/i-never-got-the-credit-i-deserved-on-covid-trump-stands-by-vaccine-in-interview-with-vaccine-victim-megyn-kelly">''I never got the credit I deserved on COVID' — Trump stands by vaccine in interview with vaccine victim Megyn Kelly</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/frontline-fact-did-trump-allow-states-to-decide-on-lockdowns">Frontline Fact: Did Trump allow states to decide on lockdowns?</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/despite-government-claims-myocarditis-found-not-temporary-after-covid-m-rna-injection">Despite government claims, myocarditis found not temporary after COVID mRNA injection</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/neurological-complications-turbo-cancers-after-covid-shot">Neurological complications, turbo cancers after COVID shot</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/government-withholds-vaccination-status-for-9-year-old-israeli-girl-dead-from-cardiac-arrest-during-rocket-siren">Government withholds vaccination status for 9-year-old Israeli girl dead from cardiac arrest during rocket siren</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/moderna-using-celebrity-reports-of-side-effects-to-monitor-victims-rather-than-warn-others">Moderna using celebrity reports of side effects to monitor victims rather than warn others?</a></li></ol></blockquote>

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When public hears 'safe and effective' they hear '100% safe and effective' - Congressman Brad Wenstrup

A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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‘Pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us’

British taxpayers cheer vigilante group destroying climate cams

Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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Biden administration continues to force EV production

Electric car company files bankruptcy as EV market folds

For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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Cameras can also detect 'anti-social behavior,' social distancing

UK tests emotion recognition cameras in train stations

The European Union (EU) is considering subjecting foreign travelers to lie detector tests administered by AI technology.&nbsp;<h2>How would it work?</h2>Authorities at airports and ferry ports would use cameras equipped with machine-learning software to detect whether a person is being untruthful. As travelers fill out their entry applications, their eye, facial, and behavioral movements would be analyzed. If the camera indicates the traveler is lying, the software will send an alert to an immigration officer who will investigate.The technology has already been successfully tested in trials conducted by EU countries in the last few years. iBorderCtrl and TRESPASS, two such trials, explored how to create an automated border control system. Several features were tested, including the lie detector tests described above. They also piloted a feature in which AI software scans the social media accounts of travelers before granting them entry.Critics of the lie-detection scheme include Patrick Breyer, a German MEP. Breyer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13534215/Outrage-British-tourists-going-away-EU-countries-face-lie-detector-test-carried-artificial-intelligence-granted-entry.html">told</a> The Mail on Sunday that the technology is “pseudoscience” that threatens to profile the wrong people.&nbsp;“It will discriminate against anyone who is disabled or who has an anxious personality. It will not work,” said Breyer.<h2>Part of the Entry-Exit System</h2>If the EU decides to implement AI-powered lie detection, it will likely be introduced as part of the new Entry-Exit System (EES) due to take effect on October 6th. EES will replace the passport-stamping process by having foreign travelers apply for entry through self-service kiosks. These kiosks will collect the travelers’ biometric data, including their fingerprints and facial images.These data will eventually be stored in the Common Identity Repository (CIR), a massive database being built by the EU. The CIR will be capable of storing biometric files on 300 million individuals.&nbsp;<h2>EES for outsiders, digital ID for insiders</h2>While the EU prepares to roll out the EES for foreigners, including British citizens, it is also rolling out a digital ID program for EU citizens .Regulations that took effect last month&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/europe-launches-digital-id-scheme/">require</a> EU&nbsp;Member States in the European Union to provide a digital ID wallet to their citizens by 2026 which must conform to the European Union Digital Identity (EUDI) wallet specifications. These specifications include the ability to store a taxpayer’s identity papers, such as driver’s licenses, health insurance cards, diplomas and other official documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>How will the wallet be used?</h2>The digital wallet will allow access to both public and private services. Uses include making payments, opening a bank account, getting prescriptions, signing contracts, traveling, accessing government services, receiving social security benefits, logging into social media accounts, and more.&nbsp;“It can also be used to facilitate the freedom of movement by storing documents such as the European Health Insurance Card,” explains the European Commission (EC) on its&nbsp;<a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eudi-wallet-implementation">website</a>.Under the current rules, the EUDI wallet will be optional for taxpayers.&nbsp;<h2>Critics raise concerns about the wallet</h2>The EUDI wallet’s main selling point is that users will be able to share only the details necessary to authenticate themselves for a given service. All other personal information will remain hidden. The EC expects this feature to satisfy widespread privacy concerns.But concerns about the wallet remain. The main worry is that while users only share those details that are necessary, the government can decide at any point which information is “necessary” to share. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, the European Commission made proof of vaccination necessary to access services and establishments. Prior to that, each taxpayer’s health information was considered confidential.

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