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Why are millions scanning their eyes for Worldcoin?

Why are millions scanning their eyes for Worldcoin?

FromThe Take


Why are millions scanning their eyes for Worldcoin?

FromThe Take

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Worldcoin has people lining up all over the world to let silver orbs scan their eyes for the promise of free cryptocurrency. But governments are now shutting down operations. There are concerns about collecting data and blurry lines around consent. So where will Worldcoin go next?
In this episode: 

Russell Brandom (@RusselBrandom), Rest of World US Tech Editor 
David Gerard (@davidgerard), Author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain 

Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra and Sarí el-Khalili with our guest host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin and Chloe K. Li fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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Released:
Mar 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Making sense of the world, one story at a time. Host Malika Bilal and journalists from Al Jazeera's international bureaus and beyond share their take on the most important stories every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.