French Authorities Investigate Worldcoin Over Biometric Data Acquisition

Worldcoin (WLD), a digital identity-based cryptocurrency project created by ChatGPT co-founder Sam Altman, is apparently under investigation by French authorities. Concerns about the Worldcoin project’s acquisition of biometric data have prompted the investigation. Worldcoin’s long-term goal is to develop an individual-empowerment-focused digital identification platform based on biometric data, including iris