Worldcoin's practices questioned by Colombian regulators

The Colombian government is not the first one to question or halt the operations of Worldcoin, with Ecuador recently issuing a notification related to the risks presented by the delivery of biometric data to the firm, while Argentina fined the Worldcoin Foundation nearly USD 210,000 for not acquiring accreditation that the service is restricted to those of 18 years or older. Additionally, Worldcoin halted its Orb operations in Brazil soon after it launched in the region.

Before this, specifically at the end of December 2023, the company announced temporarily closing its offline verification process in India, as it faced public controversies and regulatory scrutiny due to gathering private data after it was called an ethically questionable project. Furthermore, the Kenyan legislative committee recommended the termination of Worldcoin in the East African country. After an investigation conducted over several months, Kenya’s ICT regulator was called on disabling the firm’s physical and virtual presence, including blacklisting the IP addresses of related websites, until the country could establish proper regulations regarding virtual assets.

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