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China drafts state-backed distributed digital identity system

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What happened: On June 18, the cyberspace administration (CAC) released draft rules for a national distributed digital identity (DDI) system, open for comment until July 18. ICYDK: Chinese regulations require web platforms to perform real-name identity checks on user accounts, but that means users g...