Susie on Nostr: If it’s not “for the children,” it’s “national security.” FATF’s new ...
If it’s not “for the children,” it’s “national security.”
FATF’s new roadmap calls for greater use of large datasets, real-time information sharing and closer cooperation between tech, telecoms and finance to tackle fraud.
Traditional finance already collects vast amounts of identity and transaction data and serious financial crime continues at scale.
The same approach is now being extended further, linking identity and financial activity across more systems.
This turns law-abiding citizens into targets for both increased surveillance and physical attacks.
My latest in Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/07/02/fatfs-fraud-roadmap-expands-data-risks-and-global-surveillance/Published at
2026-07-02 12:30:12 UTCEvent JSON
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