The controversial Worldcoin project will no longer verify customers using the Orb device in Brazil, India and France. A representative of Tools for Humanity, who oversees the development of the project, spoke about this.

Worldcoin was launched in June in several test countries by Tools for Humanity, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The cancellation of the distribution of tokens for submitting biometrics through the Orb eyeball scanning device occurred just a few months after the crypto startup entered the Brazilian, Indian and French markets.

Tools for Humanity admitted that even in countries where the company had successfully implemented Orb, it had access to the local market for “only a limited time.” The company assured that Worldcoin remains committed to “working with partners around the world to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and provide safe, secure and transparent services to trusted people.”

However, the cancellation of the Orb procedure came as a surprise. In India, there were huge queues of people trying to register and get free tokens.

In France, such a verification procedure was immediately viewed with suspicion. Back in July, France’s privacy watchdog (CNIL) said the legality of Worldcoin’s biometric data collection “appears questionable.”

Negotiations recently resumed between the project leaders and the Kenyan government, which previously banned the crypto project. An agreement has already been reached allowing the American firm to resume work in accordance with the new rules, senior sources in government circles said.