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IMAGE SOURCE: "My Phone Bought This" by oliver t is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
LAST UPDATE: 16th May 2022.
Mandatory SIM card registration laws require people to provide personal information, including a valid ID or even their biometrics, as a condition for purchasing or activating a SIM card. Such a requirement allows the state to identify the owner of a SIM card and infer who is most likely making a call or sending a message at any given time.
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… also brings the potential for discrimination and even exclusion from basic services. How does the act of registering a SIM card cause discrimination or exclusion ? When mobile phones are the most common form of … avenues such as banking and finance, this could result in exclusion from numerous vital public services. In some …
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… raises concerns about how the system still gives rise to exclusion. We are seeing similar identification schemes … often framed as the silver bullet to marginalisation and exclusion, yet they may in fact increase exclusion and discrimination and targeting . We are …