Think of trust on a unimaginable scale. Think about it. How does a massive organization like a huge bank or even an entire city handle the job of digitally signing thousands or even millions of documents. It's a huge challenge and it's forcing a major rethink of how we prove who we are online.

Examples such as a city government, a multinational corporation, or a big healthcare system. They're constantly issuing official documents, you know, contracts, permits, credentials. So how on earth do they keep that process secure and trustworthy? Especially now when the people who need to sign off on things could be working from home, from an airport, from literally anywhere?

This is a really great article that I came across in 'The Strategist'

Australia’s Deepfake Dilemma and the Danish Solution

By Andrew Horton and Elizabeth Lawler

Countries need to move beyond simply pleading with internet platforms for better content moderation and instead implement new legal frameworks that empower citizens directly. For a model of how to achieve this, policymakers should look to the innovative legal thinking emerging from Denmark.

Andrew Horton is the Australian Strategic Policy Institutes chief operating officer. Elizabeth Lawler is a subeditor for The Strategist.

This article is published courtesy of the The Strategist and the original article can be found here.

The image of a deer caught in the headlights of an oncoming car comes to mind whenever I remember the eIDAS deadlines for verifiable credentials to be made available by the end of 2027 for all regulated bodies in the EU, the end of 2026 for public administrations.