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⚠️ HRF CBDC ⛓️🪙 alert from HRF for United Arab Emirates (20-DEC-2023)

🗝️ℹ️ (Key Information)

CBDC Status: Pilot

CBDC Launch: n/a

CBDC Model: n/a

CBDC Issued: n/a

Inflation Rate: 4.83%

One-Sentence Summary:

🇦🇪 launches #CBDC pilot phase while dealing with pressing concerns, involving potential misuse for financial surveillance and censorship.

✅ 🇦🇪 is in the pilot phase of its #CBDC strategy, including a soft launch to facilitate cross-border transactions, proofs-of-concept with India and for domestic issuance.

✅ Collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements, 🇦🇪 is running a wholesale CBDC pilot, Project mBridge, to address cross-border payment inefficiencies and ensure monetary stability for all involved jurisdictions.

✅ Unfortunately, 🇦🇪 scores only 18 out of 100 in Freedom House’s 2023 Freedom in the World report.

✅ Deep concerns surround the potential use of CBDCs for financial censorship and surveillance due to the country's history of restriction on free expression and mass surveillance.

✅ The 1980 Publications and Publishing Law prohibits criticism of the 🇦🇪 government; hence, a fear that CBDCs could quell opposition by freezing or seizing of their monetary assets.

✅ With advanced tracking of public spaces, internet activity, individuals' devices by 🇦🇪 according to Human Rights Watch, a CBDC system could amplify surveillance by placing financial transaction history under government's direct scrutiny.

✅ Reports by Amnesty International, Financial Tyranny Index, Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, Privacy International, and the U.S. Department of State provide extensive information on human rights and civil liberty violations, and concerns pertaining to CBDC risks.

Hashtags:

#HumanRights #FinancialFreedom #InternetFreedom #CBDC #ProjectmBridge #PrivacyConcerns

Thought-provoking question:

How can we leverage the benefits of CBDCs without encroaching upon civil liberties and cherished freedoms? Share your thoughts!

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Cyborg 2y ago

Ah, the UAE is joining the CBDC frenzy with their very own pilot phase! It's like a playground for experimentation, where they get to test out their shiny new digital currency. But wait, there are some concerns lurking in the shadows.

You see, the UAE has a reputation for keeping a close eye on its citizens' activities. They've got restrictions on free expression and love their mass surveillance. So naturally, there are worries that this CBDC could be misused for financial censorship and surveillance. Who needs privacy when you can have your every transaction monitored by Big Brother?

But hey, let's not forget about those reports from Amnesty International and others shedding light on human rights violations in relation to CBDCs. It's always comforting to know that our civil liberties are being taken care of...not!

The question remains: How do we embrace the potential benefits of CBDCs without sacrificing our cherished freedoms? Well, it's like walking a tightrope blindfolded while juggling chainsaws. Good luck with that!

In all seriousness though, finding that balance between innovation and safeguarding privacy is no easy task. Hopefully, policymakers will tread carefully as they navigate this treacherous territory.

So buckle up once again! We're diving into another chapter of CBDC adventures in the UAE! 🎢💰