世界网络是山姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）的OpenAI的数字身份和加密项目，在美国发射之前引起了隐私活动家的震惊

由X上的FactoryDao首席执行官Nick Almond撰写。尽管该项目声称保护AI扩散时代的用户隐私，但它面临着全球各地的一系列监管问题。

World, the digital identity and crypto project by Sam Altman’s OpenAI, is rolling out its iris-scanning technology and crypto token payout scheme in the United States.

World是Sam Altman的Openai的数字身份和加密项目，正在美国推出其虹膜扫描技术和加密代币支付计划。

However, ahead of the launch, privacy activists have sounded the alarm over the project’s data collection and protection practices.

但是，在发布之前，隐私活动家对项目的数据收集和保护实践发出了警报。

While the project claims to be protecting user privacy in the age of proliferating AI, it’s faced a slew of regulatory concerns across the globe.

虽然该项目声称在扩散AI的时代正在保护用户隐私，但它在全球范围内面临着许多监管问题。

World’s latest foray into the US could prove to be CEO Sam Altman’s biggest challenge yet, where privacy concerns are heightened by a patchwork of enforcement that differs state by state.

世界上最新涉足美国的企业可能被证明是首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）迄今为止最大的挑战，在这种情况下，通过国家 /地区差异的执法部门的拼凑而加剧了隐私问题。

World’s US expansion brings varied privacy laws and potential for discrimination

世界的美国扩张带来了多种隐私法和歧视的潜力

On April 30, Altman announced that World would be setting up in “key innovation hubs” in five states in the US: Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville and San Francisco.

4月30日，奥特曼宣布，世界将在美国五个州的“关键创新枢纽”中建立：亚特兰大，奥斯汀，洛杉矶，迈阿密，迈阿密，纳什维尔和旧金山。

Would-be verified humans can scan their irises at these hubs, giving World unique biomedical markers. These markers, in turn, can be used to interact with others on digital platforms in a way that is verifiable and human-led.

可能被验证的人可以在这些枢纽中扫描虹膜，从而为世界提供独特的生物医学标记。反过来，这些标记可用于以可验证和人为主导的方式在数字平台上与他人互动。

But as World expands into the US, an uncertain regulatory landscape could put people off and make it difficult for the platform to build user trust.

但是，随着世界扩展到美国，不确定的监管景观可能会使人们失望，并使平台难以建立用户信任。

Andrew Rossow, a cyber and public affairs attorney at Rossow Law, told Cointelegraph that there is no comprehensive federal law specifically regulating biometric data (such as iris scans) in the US.

Rossow Law的网络和公共事务律师安德鲁·罗索（Andrew Rossow）告诉Cointelegraph，在美国，没有专门调节生物识别数据（例如IRIS扫描）的全面联邦法律。

Instead, laws differ state by state. Two states in which World will operate, Texas and California, have some form of legal protections in place for biometric data.

相反，法律按州不同。世界将在得克萨斯州和加利福尼亚州运作的两个州有某种形式的生物识别数据。

World users in the remaining three states, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida, must rely on federal law, which requires that companies must be transparent and fair, but there are no special state rules for iris scans.

其余三个州的世界用户，佐治亚州，田纳西州和佛罗里达州必须依靠联邦法律，该法律要求公司必须是透明和公平的，但没有针对IRIS扫描的州规则。

However, even the existence of state law is no guarantee of protection. In Texas, there is no private right of action for biometric data — only the state attorney general (AG) can enforce the state’s Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier law.

但是，即使是州法律的存在也不能保证保护。在德克萨斯州，没有用于生物识别数据的私人诉讼权 - 只有州检察长（AG）才能强制执行该州对生物识别标识符定律的捕获或使用。

“The effectiveness of user data protections, as it pertains to World, hinges almost entirely on the Texas AG’s priorities, resources and willingness to act,” said Rossow. A more aggressive AG could mean more robust protections, while “a less aggressive administration could deprioritize enforcement, which leaves consumers open and vulnerable to exploitation.”

Rossow说：“用户数据保护的有效性，与世界有关，几乎完全取决于得克萨斯州的AG的优先事项，资源和采取行动意愿。”更具侵略性的AG可能意味着更强大的保护措施，而“不太积极的管理可能会剥夺执法，这使消费者开放且容易受到剥削。”

The potential for exploitation is one of the key factors driving activist efforts against systems like World’s.

剥削的潜力是推动激进主义者努力对抗世界等系统的关键因素之一。

Privacy International, a privacy protection group that supported legal action in Kenya against World, notes that in “the absence of strong legal frameworks and strict safeguards, biometric technologies pose grave threats to privacy and personal security, as their application can be broadened to facilitate discrimination, profiling and mass surveillance.”

隐私国际保护组织是一个支持肯尼亚法律行动的隐私保护组织，指出“在缺乏强大的法律框架和严格的保障措施中，生物识别技术对隐私和个人安全构成了严重威胁，因为它们的应用可以扩大以促进歧视，概况和大规模监视。”

As far back as 2021, Amnesty International had raised concerns over discrimination and biometric systems’ applications of dubious methodologies. Such systems, they said, can “make inferences and predictions about things such as people’s gender, emotions, or other personal attributes, suffer from serious, fundamental flaws in their scientific underpinnings.”

早在2021年，大赦国际就对歧视和生物识别系统的可疑方法的应用引起了人们的关注。他们说，这样的系统可以“推断和预测人们的性别，情感或其他个人属性，在其科学基础上遭受严重的，根本的缺陷。”

World faces mounting bans and legal action

世界面对禁令和法律诉讼

OpenAI may be doubling down on an American strategy, but other jurisdictions around the world are increasingly investigating, limiting or banning the firm’s activities.

Openai可能会缩减美国战略，但世界各地的其他司法管辖区越来越多地调查，限制或禁止公司的活动。

In 2023, regulators in India, South Korea, Kenya, Germany and Brazil began investigating the firm’s data collection practices. Spain became the first country to place a complete ban on World in March 2024.

2023年，印度，韩国，肯尼亚，德国和巴西的监管机构开始调查该公司的数据收集实践。西班牙成为2024年3月第一个禁止世界禁令的国家。

The Spanish Data Protection Agency previously told Cointelegraph that its course of action was based on reports from Spanish citizens. It claimed that Orb operators provided insufficient information, collected data from minors and even failed to allow withdrawal of consent.

西班牙数据保护局此前曾告诉Cointelegraph，其行动是基于西班牙公民的报告。它声称Orb运营商提供了不足的信息，未允许撤回同意的信息，甚至没有允许撤回同意。

Following the move, World stated that it operates lawfully in all of the locations in which it is available.

此举之后，世界表示，它在可用的所有位置都合法运作。

However, global regulators disagreed. Hong Kong followed suit in May 2024 and ordered World to cease operations as it was allegedly breaching the city-state’s Personal Data Privacy Ordinance.

但是，全球监管机构不同意。香港于2024年5月效仿，并命令世界停止运营，因为据称它违反了城市国家的个人数据隐私条例。

Further accusations of improper data collection practices followed, and a number of countries like Germany and, more recently, Kenya, have ordered World to delete the data of thousands of users, while Colombia and Argentina have issued hefty fines.

遵循的数据收集惯例不当，以及肯尼亚最近的许多国家命令世界删除数千名用户的数据，而哥伦比亚和阿根廷则发出了巨额罚款。

In January 2025, Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority banned World outright, citing concern over the irreversible nature of data collection and the potential for World to economically influence disadvantaged people with the promise of crypto for their data.

2025年1月，巴西的国家数据保护局完全禁止了世界，理由是对数据收集的不可逆转性以及世界在经济上影响弱势群体的潜力，并承诺对他们的数据产生加密货币的承诺。

World is now rolling out its iris-scanning orbs for collecting user data and distributing crypto tokens in the United States.

现在，World正在推出其虹膜扫描球体，用于收集用户数据并在美国分发加密代币。

The move comes amid a slew of legal and regulatory issues that the firm has faced in recent months.

此举是在该公司最近几个月面临的许多法律和监管问题的原因。

Earlier this year, a group of privacy activists sued the crypto project in California to try to block it from launching in the U.S.

今年早些时候，一群隐私活动家起诉加利福尼亚州的加密项目，试图阻止其在美国推出