{{short description|Non-governmental organization}} {{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}} {{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) organization|501(c)(3)]] [[nongovernmental organization]] which advocates for [[Electronic identification|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 (film)|Meena]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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."<ref>{{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}}</ref> She noted that a new non-profit organization called Identification 2020 was soon to be formally launched.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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 Goals|Sustainable Development Goal]] including to 1.5 billion people living without any form of recognized identification.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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 [[foreign relations of Denmark|Consulate General of Denmark]] in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In 2019, ID2020 started a new digital identity program in collaboration with the [[government of Bangladesh]] and [[GAVI|Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization]].<ref>[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</ref>
==Mission== ID2020 is a public-private consortium in service of the United Nations 2030 [[Sustainable Development Goals|Sustainable Development Goal]] of providing legal identity for all people, including the world's most vulnerable populations.<ref name="Anna Irrera">[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</ref>
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."<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
==Participants== Organizations currently or formerly participating in the ID2020 initiative include:<ref name=" Anna Irrera" /><ref>{{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 |archive-date=2020-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211202905/https://www.accenture.com/us-en/insight-blockchain-id2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==COVID-19 conspiracy theory== [[misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic|Conspiracy theorists]] falsely alleged that ID2020 and [[Bill Gates]] made plans for mandatory [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] [[COVID-19 vaccine|vaccination]] and the [[Microneedle drug delivery|implantation of microchip]]s into patients' bodies.<ref>[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</ref><ref>[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</ref><ref>[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</ref><ref>[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</ref><ref>[https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/conspiracy-theory-misinterprets-goals-of-gates-foundation/ Conspiracy Theory Misinterprets Goals of Gates Foundation] [[FactCheck.org]] April 2020</ref> As a result of these conspiracy theories, the staff at ID2020 received death threats.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== 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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