Argentina Lawmaker Unveils Draft Worldcoin Regulation Bill
An Argentinian lawmaker has launched a draft bill that proposes regulating Worldcoin and its operator in the Latin American nation.
The move comes just days after Worldcoin announced a planned expansion in Mexico. Some Mexican lawmakers have also called for a probe into operator Tools for Humanity.
Per the official news outlet of the Buenos Aires assembly, the new bill is the brainchild of Buenos Aires parliament member Carlos Puglelli.
The MP, and others, have claimed it is “unclear” what Worldcoin does with the biometric data it collects using its iris-scanning drives.
Puglelli’s bill proposes “regulating companies that scan people’s irises for the purpose of collecting biometric data.”
The bill’s author noted that Buenos Aires authorities should be allowed to “exercise control over activities carried out by companies like Worldcoin.”
He also called for more “transparency” about happens to the biometric data that “users deliver to these companies, in this case in exchange for a payment in cryptocurrency.”
Worldcoin has proven a hit in Argentina, where it operates over 50 iris-scanning centers.
The crypto project has piqued the interest of more Argentina lawmakers.
In mid-April, Romina Braga, another member of the Buenos Aires assembly, called for an official investigation into Worldcoin.
Braga called on Axel Kicillof, the Governor of the Buenos Aires Province, to commission an investigation. She also voiced several privacy and data-related concerns.
This follows a move from the national data protection agency, which announced the launch of an investigation into Worldcoin in January this year.
Puglelli’s bill calls for the creation of a “regulatory framework” that regulates biometric data collection and introduces punishments for
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