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ID2020 is an American 501(c)(3) nongovernmental organization which advocates for digital ID for the billion undocumented people worldwide and under-served groups like refugees. Clive Smith succeeded founder Dakota Gruener as executive director in 2022. The NGO was relatively unknown before being publicized because of misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic by conspiracy theorists.

History

ID2020 was founded by John Edge on June 27, 2014, after being inspired by a screening of Meena.

On August 10, 2015, Dr. Alicia Carmona published a blog post on LinkedIn seeking input from her colleagues with examples where "identification/identity is at the core of a community problem." She noted that a new non-profit organization called Identification 2020 was soon to be formally launched.

On May 20, 2016, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the inaugural ID2020 summit brought together over 400 people to discuss how to provide digital identity to all, a defined Sustainable Development Goal including to 1.5 billion people living without any form of recognized identification. Experts in blockchain and other cryptographic technology joined with representatives of technical standards bodies to identify how technology and other private sector expertise could achieve the goal.

The 2018 summit was held in September 2018, and focused on defining what constitutes a "good" digital ID. Sponsors for the event included the United Nations Office of Information Communications Technology (OICT), United Nations Refugee Agency, International Telecommunication Union and the Consulate General of Denmark in New York.

In 2019, ID2020 started a new digital identity program in collaboration with the government of Bangladesh and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.

Mission

ID2020 is a public-private consortium in service of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of providing legal identity for all people, including the world's most vulnerable populations.

ID2020 has published a ten-point mission statement, which includes: "We believe that individuals must have control over their own digital identities, including how personal data is collected, used, and shared."

Participants

Organizations currently or formerly participating in the ID2020 initiative include:

• 500 Startups
• Accenture
• Acumen Fund
• Apne Aap
• Avanade
• Barclays
• BlackRock
• Blockstack
• Bloomberg L.P.
• Bloq
• BNY Mellon
• Brigham Young University
• Capgemini Consulting
• Care International
• City of Austin, Texas
• Cisco Systems
• Commonwealth Secretariat
• Cornell University
• Deloitte
• Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
• Digital Asset Holdings
• Ernst & Young
• Facebook
• FHI 360
• Forbes
• Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
• Global Fund for Women
• Google
• Government of Estonia
• Grameen Foundation
• Hyperledger
• IBM
• IDEO
• Infosys
• JPMorgan Chase
• Kaiser Permanente
• Kaye Scholer
• Kiva
• LexisNexis
• Mastercard
• Mercy Corps
• Microsoft
• MIT Media Lab
• Nasdaq
• National Cybersecurity Center
• Okta
• Omidyar Network
• Open Identity Exchange
• Plan International USA
• Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda
• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Simprints
• United Nations International Computing Centre
• University of California, Berkeley

COVID-19 conspiracy theory

Conspiracy theorists falsely alleged that ID2020 and Bill Gates made plans for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination and the implantation of microchips into patients' bodies. As a result of these conspiracy theories, the staff at ID2020 received death threats.

References

1. "ID2020 appoints ED to unite ecosystem around user-controlled digital ID". 14 July 2022.
2. "ID2020 announces Clive Smith as new executive director" (PDF).
3. Jordan, Gina (2016-05-09). "Projects aim for legal identity for everyone". SecureIDNews. Archived from the original on 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
4. Carmona, Alicia (2015-08-10). "Digital identity for all? Seeking your feedback". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
5. Carmona, Alicia (2015-08-19). "Digital identity for all?". ID2020. Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
6. Starritt, Alex (24 November 2016). "How Sixty Million Refugees Can Prove Who They Are". Huffington Post. Apolitical. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
7. "United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) on ID 2020: Harnessing the Power of Digital Legal Identities for Global Good - Press Conference | UN Web TV". United Nations. 2016-05-20. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
8. "Fighting for a Secure Digital Identity for All -- Redmondmag.com". Redmondmag. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
9. "ID2020 holds Inaugural Summit at the United Nations". ID2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
10. "Announcing the 2018 ID2020 Summit – Towards "Good" Digital Identity". United Nations Refugee Agency. 2018-09-06. Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
11. ID2020 and partners launch program to provide digital ID with vaccines Biometric Update, Chris Burt, September 20, 2019
12. ^ Accenture, Microsoft team up on blockchain-based digital ID network Anna Irrera, Reuters, June 19, 2017
13. "Manifesto". Archived from the original on 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
14. "ID2020: Digital Identity with Blockchain | Accenture". www.accenture.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
15. "Alliance". ID2020. 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
16. "Alliance". ID2020. 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2022-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
17. "Alliance". ID2020. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2022-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
18. "ID2020 holds Inaugural Summit at the United Nations". ID2020. 2016-05-20. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
19. False claim: Bill Gates planning to use microchip implants to fight coronavirus Reuters, March 31, 2020
20. Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes Right-Wing Target New York Times, April 17, 2020
21. Bill Gates is the top target for coronavirus conspiracy theories Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, April 17, 2020
22. Trumpists Believe Bill Gates Is Using Coronavirus to Implant Brain Chips The Daily Beast, Will Sommer, April 16, 2020
23. Conspiracy Theory Misinterprets Goals of Gates Foundation FactCheck.org April 2020
24. Parker, Ben (15 April 2020). "How a tech NGO got sucked into a COVID-19 conspiracy theory". www.thenewhumanitarian.org. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

External links

• Official website
• World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters
• Coronavirus at Politifact

• Non-profit organizations based in New York City
• Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Conspiracy theories
• Conspiracy theories in the United States
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• Health-related conspiracy theories
• Misinformation
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• Pseudoscience
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