Critics said a new WEF report highlighting the “pivotal role” a person’s “digital identity” is expected to play in the metaverse reveals how the global elites’ vision for the metaverse is really just an opportunity to “control massive amounts of people.”

As the United Nations, World Economic Forum (WEF), European Union, World Bank and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation push for a global digital ID, a new WEF report highlights the “pivotal role” a person’s “digital identity” is expected to play in the metaverse.

The WEF’s “Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality” report, published last month and written in collaboration with Accenture, a multinational internet technology company, states:

“The metaverse, poised to redefine the internet, intertwines the digital and physical, emphasizing the pivotal role of ‘identity’ in shaping immersive, human-centric experiences.”