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#589 Digital ID: Protecting Kids or Tracking Adults?
In this episode, host Niall dives into the government’s newly announced Digital Wallet and Age Verification Pilot, a scheme framed as a major step in protecting children online. But Niall isn’t buying the whole narrative. While he agrees that under-18s need better safeguards, he questions whether this “robust age-verification tool” is really just a backdoor for an EU-style digital ID.
Joining him are two key guests:
Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Communications, who lays out the government’s plans for a nationwide pilot, the technology behind the digital wallet, and the legislation set to…
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