Story of the Week: Kenya’s government has stopped US tech company Worldcoin from signing up new users in the country. It follows news of thousands of Kenyans queuing up to give out their personal data and subject themselves to eyeball scanning in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens. Some tech experts have raised data privacy concerns and want better regulation to protect Africans.
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