Australia

Charles McHardie gave updates on the new developments on the MyGovID platform, which now has 600K accounts linked to digital ID.

Australian Company directors will now require an identification number through myGovID to crack down on tax evasion and create a fairer business environment.

GOVDXP is expected to give citizens a single, personalised view of their actions with the government, with content structured around life events.

Facebook rebranding itself to Meta was slated to happen. The security and privacy concerns surrounding Facebook was intensifying day by day. Its role in the 2016 Presidential Election Campaign in the US, the Brexit in the UK, the anti-vaccination campaigns across the world, and many such controversies forced Facebook to regain its lost trust by reimagining itself as a Social Technology Company instead of a Social Networking Company.