Lawmakers advancing digital ID in effort to establish mass surveillance

Digital ID Schemes Make Strides in Congress Despite Rights Advocate Opposition

It’s one of the “commandments” of global organizations like the UN, and the World Bank, to name but two, and also those less official ones like the WEF and the Gates Foundation: the digital ID.

And in the US, lawmakers have for years been struggling with the concept, heavily criticized by rights advocates for its ability to take mass surveillance to the next level.

On the one hand, the lawmakers have (or are supposed to have) their existing laws and constitutional protections in mind, but on the other, new legislation is cropping up both from Democrats and Republicans that signals a more or less slow creep towards the ultimate digital ID goal.

At the state level, the push is mostly focused on mobile driver’s licenses.

But the proponents of the schemes – who insist that the unprecedented centralization of personal information will provide for more trust and security – want things to start moving faster at the federal level, too.

One of the main cheerleaders here is Congressman Bill Foster, a Democrat. In September, he reintroduced a bill that, if adopted, would produce something called, the Improving Digital Identity Act.

We obtained a copy of the bill for you here.

That, in turn, would set up an Improving Digital Identity Task Force, which would operate as part of the president’s Executive Office, whose main task would be getting rid of physical credentials in favor of digital ones.

Meanwhile, the act wants the government to look into all the ways it could provide solutions for Americans to prove their identity on the internet.

This isn’t the only legislative effort Foster has been involved in lately, particularly on the “reintroduction old proposals” front; in June, he and Congressman Clay Higgins, a Republican, worked together to make sure the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) submits a report to Congress informing its members “on its use of digital identities and their potential impact on homeland security.”

That one has made its way through a relevant committee but is yet to clear the House.

Like many of his digital ID-championing peers, Foster likes to talk about the promised positive side of things: less fraud and identity theft, and safer transactions.

He even managed to work the “deepfakes menace” into the message, claiming that this is another thing a future, deeply controversial digital ID system would be able to take care of.

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Digital ID

Roblox to Mandate Facial and ID Verification

Published on November 21, 2025

Todayville

By Cindy Harper

The platform’s age checks are part of a bigger push to create online spaces policed by biometrics.

Roblox is tightening control over who can talk and share content on its platform by linking access to its communication and social features with facial and ID-based age checks.

The rollout begins this week as an optional process and will become compulsory in December in countries including Australia, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, reaching the United States and other regions by early 2026.

The company says these steps are meant to make its vast online world safer for younger audiences, restricting how players of different ages can interact inside user-created “Experiences.”

To take part in chat features, users must now verify their age either by scanning a government-issued ID or recording a short facial video through Persona, an outside verification company.

Conversations are limited to others in the same or adjacent age groups unless users connect through “Trusted Connections,” which verifies they have a real-world relationship.

Roblox says the goal is to limit unsafe interactions and hopes the model will become “a new industry standard.”

While promoted as a safety improvement, this model also signals a move toward identity-linked participation in online spaces.

Digital ID verification effectively removes the anonymity that has long been part of internet culture.

More: Texas Sues Roblox Over Child Safety Failures, Joining Multi-State Push for Digital ID

It ties access to personal credentials, leaving fewer opportunities for users to interact without surrendering identifiable data.

The same technologies now appearing on entertainment platforms are increasingly being discussed by US policymakers as potential requirements for accessing social media, adult content, or even general-purpose platforms.

Several US states have already passed or proposed laws mandating age verification or digital ID checks for online activity, a trend that privacy advocates warn could erode personal freedom and create databases of sensitive personal information.

According to Roblox, “information uploaded to Persona is retained for a period of 30 days” before deletion.

Persona’s privacy policy indicates that it may collect extensive information, including device identifiers, geolocation data, and records from brokers and public sources.

This wide net of data collection extends well beyond what is required to confirm age, deepening concerns about how biometric and ID data could be reused or shared.

The company has not specified exact rollout dates for all markets but expects global enforcement to be completed within a year.

This makes Roblox the first major online platform to require facial age checks for chat participation.

The move comes as Roblox faces ongoing lawsuits and public pressure related to reports of grooming and child exploitation on the platform.

On the same day the company revealed its latest update, advocacy groups UltraViolet and ParentsTogether Action hosted an online protest, submitting a petition signed by 10,000 parents and grandparents calling for stronger child safety rules.

Roblox also introduced a new Safety Center, described as “a dedicated resource for parents and caregivers that provides clear guidance and tools to help them make informed decisions, set up Parental Controls, and support their child’s online experience.”

Still, the underlying trade-off remains significant. Roblox’s “Facial Media Capture Privacy Notice” confirms that it may conduct “other facial media processing” for “safety, assurance, or feature-specific purposes,” though the company says “Roblox does not use such facial media to identify you personally.”

Yet by normalizing ID scans and biometric checks, the company moves closer to a model of online life where anonymity is the exception rather than the rule, a change that could permanently alter how people experience privacy in digital environments.

Digital ID

Leslyn Lewis urges fellow MPs to oppose Liberal push for mandatory digital IDs

Published on November 20, 2025

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From LifeSiteNews

By Anthony Murdoch

The Conservative Party MP told fellow members of Canada’s House of Commons that digital IDs lead to increased surveillance by the state that must be kept in check.

One of Canada’s most staunchly pro-life MPs warned Canadians to be “on guard” against a push by the ruling Liberal Party to bring forth Digital IDs, saying that they should be voluntary.

Earlier this week, Conservative Party Member of Parliament Leslyn Lewis told fellow MPs in the House of Commons that increased surveillance by the state must be kept in check.

“Every promise of transparency can become a tool of surveillance if not guided by the principles of freedom that we cherish,” she said.

“If everything of value becomes data, every aspect of our lives can become data to be recorded and monetized. That is why we must be on guard.”

Lewis made the comments in light of news, as reported by LifeSiteNews, that the federal government under Prime Minister Mark Carney will move ahead with digital identification for anyone seeking federal benefits, including seniors on Old Age Security.

Lewis told MPs that Canadians “deserve to know where data are stored, who profits from its use and whether freely opting out of systems including digital ID will remain a right in the digital era, especially when it comes to accessing essential taxpayer-funded services.”

“Without these answers, a trusted artificial intelligence ecosystem becomes a polite euphemism for centralized control,” she warned.

Lewis also noted that citizens should never be “reduced to mere consumers at the end of a bar code,” adding that “Human beings are not data points to be managed.”

“We are souls with a purpose. The future we build must reflect that truth,” she said.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Canadian government hired outside consultants tasked with looking into whether or not officials should proceed with creating a digital ID system for all citizens and residents.

As per a May 20 Digital Credentials Issue memo, as noted by Blacklock’s Reporter, the “adoption” of such a digital ID system may be difficult.

Canada’s Privy Council research from 2023 noted that there is strong public resistance to the use of digital IDs to access government services.

Nonetheless, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre sounded the alarm by promising to introduce a bill that would “expressly prohibit” digital IDs in Canada.

Digital IDs and similar systems have long been pushed by globalist groups like the World Economic Forum, an organization with which Carney has extensive ties, under the guise of ease of access and security.