眼球掃描加密貨幣新創公司 WorldCoin 正在為肯亞恢復營運做準備

當地媒體週四報導稱，ODPP 已指示刑事調查局 (DCI) 放棄對該公司非法收集和傳輸數據指控的調查

Cryptocurrency startup WorldCoin is set to resume operations in Kenya after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) closed its investigation into the company.

在公共檢察長辦公室 (ODPP) 結束對加密貨幣新創公司 WorldCoin 的調查後，該公司將恢復在肯亞的營運。

According to a report by a local media house on Thursday, the ODPP instructed the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to drop the probe into allegations of illegal data collection and transfer by the firm, as no criminal charges were substantiated against the company.

根據當地一家媒體週四報道，ODPP 指示刑事調查局 (DCI) 放棄對該公司非法收集和傳輸數據指控的調查，因為該公司沒有得到證實的刑事指控。

In a letter dated June 14 addressed to Coulson Harney — the firm’s legal representative, the DCI said that the chief prosecutor had directed the closure of the investigation file without further police action.

DCI 在 6 月 14 日致該公司法律代表 Coulson Harney 的一封信中表示，首席檢察官已指示關閉調查檔案，警方無需採取進一步行動。

“The DCI expeditiously and objectively investigated an array of allegations into the activities of the Worldcoin in Kenya in 2022-2023, touching on alleged unlawful collection and transfer of personal sensitive data,” the letter read.

信中寫道：“DCI 迅速、客觀地調查了有關 Worldcoin 2022-2023 年在肯尼亞活動的一系列指控，涉及非法收集和轉移個人敏感數據的指控。”

“The resultant investigation file has been forwarded to the ODPP for independent review and advice. Upon review of the file, the DPP concurred and directed that the file be closed with no further police action.”

「調查結果文件已轉發給 ODPP 進行獨立審查和建議。審查該文件後，民進黨同意並指示關閉該文件，警方不再採取進一步行動。

The development comes barely three months after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki disclosed to the National Assembly’s Committee on Public Petitions the pressure from the US government to lift the suspension.

就在三個月前，內政內閣秘書基蘇爾金迪基(Kithure Kindiki)向國民議會公眾請願委員會透露了美國政府要求解除暫停的壓力。

“The US has been pushing the government on the issues of Worldcoin, but we have remained adamant and firm,” Prof Kindiki told the committee.

「美國一直在世界幣問題上向政府施壓，但我們仍然堅持不懈，」金迪基教授告訴委員會。

Worldcoin, which is fronted by Tools for Humanity, a company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, began operating in Kenya in July last year.

Worldcoin 由 Tools for Humanity 牽頭，該公司由 OpenAI 執行長 Sam Altman 共同創立，並於去年 7 月開始在肯亞營運。

However, its operations were suspended on August 2, 2023, a day after thousands of Kenyans queued at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) to have their irises scanned in return for 25 free cryptocurrency tokens valued at Sh8,256.

然而，該公司於2023 年8 月2 日暫停運營，一天前，數千名肯亞人在肯雅塔國際會議中心(KICC) 排隊掃描虹膜，以換取價值8,256 先令的25 個免費加密貨幣代幣。

Worldcoin aims to provide its users with a verified digital identity, plus a cryptocurrency token—helpfully named Worldcoin (WLD)—and a crypto wallet app.

世界幣旨在為其用戶提供經過驗證的數位身份，以及加密貨幣代幣（命名為世界幣（WLD））和加密錢包應用程式。

It verifies a user’s identity by scanning their iris to create personal, secure identification codes. The codes are saved on a decentralized blockchain, and the company claims they cannot be duplicated or spoofed to create false identities or engage in fraud.

它透過掃描使用者的虹膜來驗證使用者的身份，以建立個人的安全識別碼。這些代碼保存在去中心化的區塊鏈上，該公司聲稱它們不能被複製或欺騙以創建虛假身份或參與欺詐。

The company expressed gratitude for the thorough investigation by the DCI.

該公司對 DCI 的徹底調查表示感謝。

“We are grateful for the DCI’s fair investigation and for the Director of Public Prosecutions’ determination to close the matter,” Thomas Scott, Chief Legal Officer at Tools for Humanity, said.

Tools for Humanity 首席法律官托馬斯·斯科特 (Thomas Scott) 表示：“我們感謝 DCI 的公正調查以及檢察長決定了結此案。”

– By Wanjiku Hilda

——萬吉庫·希爾達