ID2020
{{short description|Non-governmental organization}}
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{{Use American English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = ID2020
| formation = {{start date and age|2014|06|27}}
| headquarters = New York City
| leader_title = Executive director
| leader_name = Clive Smith
| website = https://id2020.org/
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.biometricupdate.com/202207/id2020-appoints-ed-to-unite-ecosystem-around-user-controlled-digital-id|title=ID2020 appoints ED to unite ecosystem around user-controlled digital ID|date=14 July 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://id2020.org/uploads/files/CliveSmithRelease_FINAL_071322.pdf|title=ID2020 announces Clive Smith as new executive director|access-date=2023-03-16|archive-date=2023-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306065632/https://id2020.org/uploads/files/CliveSmithRelease_FINAL_071322.pdf|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Gina |date=2016-05-09 |title=Projects aim for legal identity for everyone |url=https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/projects-aims-for-legal-identity-for-everyone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622230632/https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/projects-aims-for-legal-identity-for-everyone/ |archive-date=2023-06-22 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=SecureIDNews |language=en-US}}
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."{{Cite web |last=Carmona |first=Alicia |date=2015-08-10 |title=Digital identity for all? Seeking your feedback |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-identity-all-seeking-your-feedback-alicia-carmona |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230621212408/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-identity-all-seeking-your-feedback-alicia-carmona/ |archive-date=2023-06-21 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=LinkedIn |language=en}} She noted that a new non-profit organization called Identification 2020 was soon to be formally launched.{{Cite web |last=Carmona |first=Alicia |date=2015-08-19 |title=Digital identity for all? |url=http://www.id2020.org/blog/digital-identity-for-all |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109030133/http://www.id2020.org/blog/digital-identity-for-all |archive-date=2015-11-09 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=ID2020}}
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.{{cite web|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/apolitical/how-sixty-million-refugee_b_13202004.html|title=How Sixty Million Refugees Can Prove Who They Are |first= Alex |last= Starritt |agency= Apolitical |date=24 November 2016|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=30 May 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2016-05-20 |title=United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP) on ID 2020: Harnessing the Power of Digital Legal Identities for Global Good - Press Conference {{!}} UN Web TV |url=https://media.un.org/en/asset/k17/k17peww8gf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616060011/https://media.un.org/en/asset/k17/k17peww8gf |archive-date=2023-06-16 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=United Nations |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|url= https://redmondmag.com/articles/2016/07/01/common-cause.aspx|title=Fighting for a Secure Digital Identity for All -- Redmondmag.com|website=Redmondmag|language=en|access-date=30 May 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://id2020.org/news/2016summit|title=ID2020 holds Inaugural Summit at the United Nations|work=ID2020|access-date=30 May 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107014813/https://id2020.org/news/2016summit|archive-date=7 November 2018|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-06 |title=Announcing the 2018 ID2020 Summit – Towards "Good" Digital Identity |url=https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/announcing-the-2018-id2020-summit-towards-good-digital-identity/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914123853/https://www.unhcr.org/blogs/announcing-the-2018-id2020-summit-towards-good-digital-identity/ |archive-date=2021-09-14 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=United Nations Refugee Agency |language=en-US}}
In 2019, ID2020 started a new digital identity program in collaboration with the government of Bangladesh and Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.[https://www.biometricupdate.com/201909/id2020-and-partners-launch-program-to-provide-digital-id-with-vaccines ID2020 and partners launch program to provide digital ID with vaccines] Biometric Update, Chris Burt, September 20, 2019
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.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-accenture-digitalid-idUSKBN19A22B Accenture, Microsoft team up on blockchain-based digital ID network] Anna Irrera, Reuters, June 19, 2017
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."{{Cite web |url=https://id2020.org/manifesto |title=Manifesto |access-date=2020-04-27 |archive-date=2020-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206171841/https://id2020.org/manifesto |url-status=dead }}
Participants
Organizations currently or formerly participating in the ID2020 initiative include:{{Cite web |title=ID2020: Digital Identity with Blockchain {{!}} Accenture |url=https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-blockchain-id2020 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.accenture.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Alliance |url=https://id2020.org/alliance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530213633/https://id2020.org/alliance |archive-date=2022-05-30 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=ID2020}}{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Alliance |url=https://id2020.org/alliance |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904014608/https://id2020.org/alliance |archive-date=2021-09-04 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=ID2020}}{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Alliance |url=https://id2020.org/alliance |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902235826/https://id2020.org/alliance |archive-date=2020-09-02 |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=ID2020}}{{Cite web |date=2016-05-20 |title=ID2020 holds Inaugural Summit at the United Nations |url=https://id2020.org/news/2016summit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107014813/https://id2020.org/news/2016summit |archive-date=2018-11-07 |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=ID2020}}
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- 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
- FHI 360
- Forbes
- Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Global Fund for Women
- 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
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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.[https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-coronavirus-bill-gates-micr-idUSKBN21I3EC False claim: Bill Gates planning to use microchip implants to fight coronavirus] Reuters, March 31, 2020[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/technology/bill-gates-virus-conspiracy-theories.html Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes Right-Wing Target] New York Times, April 17, 2020[https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/17/bill-gates-is-top-target-for-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-report.html Bill Gates is the top target for coronavirus conspiracy theories] Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, April 17, 2020[https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpists-believe-bill-gates-is-using-coronavirus-to-implant-brain-chips Trumpists Believe Bill Gates Is Using Coronavirus to Implant Brain Chips] The Daily Beast, Will Sommer, April 16, 2020[https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/conspiracy-theory-misinterprets-goals-of-gates-foundation/ Conspiracy Theory Misinterprets Goals of Gates Foundation] FactCheck.org April 2020 As a result of these conspiracy theories, the staff at ID2020 received death threats.{{cite web|last=Parker|first=Ben
|url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/15/id2020-coronavirus-vaccine-misinformation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416001202/https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/15/id2020-coronavirus-vaccine-misinformation|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2020|title=How a tech NGO got sucked into a COVID-19 conspiracy theory|date=15 April 2020|access-date=3 May 2020|website=www.thenewhumanitarian.org}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://id2020.org/}}
- [https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters]
- [https://www.politifact.com/coronavirus/ Coronavirus] at Politifact
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Category:Non-profit organizations based in New York City
Category:Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Category:Conspiracy theories in the United States