Kenya Halts Worldcoin Signups Citing Public Safety

Worldcoin signups in Kenya were suspended on Wednesday pending investigations into privacy concerns and public risk posed by the project, said the Ministry of the Interior. Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project previously named Kenya’s capital city Nairobi as a major point of demand, garnering hundreds of thousands of sign-ups as of December 2022. France’s watchdog also voiced concerns about the project’s legality after last week’s launch and token airdrop to over 2 million participants worldwide. Kenya’s Ministry of the Interior on