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Digital ID. Social Credit scores. Technocracy. These modern concepts were once science fiction, but as technological advances drive the internet era, they are now entering reality at an accelerating pace.
NOW – King Charles: "My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of Digital ID." pic.twitter.com/hH328WC9g3
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 13, 2026
This week, King Charles declared that his ministers will introduce Digital ID into Britain. The UK has been considering a voluntary Digital ID as a means of addressing illegal immigration and cybersecurity, but opponents believe it is the first step toward creating a technocracy in which social credit scores and daily life are tied together through a digital surveillance state.
In Britain, there is no right to Freedom of Speech. Multiple citizens have been arrested for simply posting their thoughts online. According to GB News, over 16,000 Britons were arrested for “speech-related crimes” throughout 2024 and 2025.
A simple digital tracking device could increase this number and further infringe on the human right to freedom of speech.
Digital identification systems have been closely linked to concerns about social credit systems, another digital tracker that uses biometrics for security or identity purposes and rates individuals’ behavior, rewarding or punishing them based on their words and actions.
Stanford University assessed China’s social credit system, which was rolled out in 2019, and found that “The system’s scoring method tends to disadvantage already marginalized groups, particularly rural residents. At the same time, government employees experience both privileged opportunities for credit accumulation and heightened internal surveillance, reflecting the dual role of the state in disciplining society and itself.”
Social credit and digital IDs are a perfect tool for technocratic governments, especially communist systems like China’s ruling body, the CCP. It rewards obedience and punishes individuality, something Americans do not stand for.
Glad our Founding Fathers declared independence 250 years ago.
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) May 13, 2026
Say no to Digital ID! https://t.co/X8uPDEw7Qu
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis understands this. He recently decried King Charles recent push to implement Digital ID on X. “Glad our Founding Fathers declared independence 250 years ago,” he stated, adding, Say no to Digital ID!”
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has been criticizing Digital ID conversations in the UK for months. In March, she wrote, “Our founding fathers knew what they were doing with the 2A. That is the reason why we are not in the same position the EU is currently and the UK regarding their push for digital ID etc.”
Although some Digital ID legislation has been introduced in the United States, each state is taking a different approach, seeking to limit the technology’s role to keep it a simple tool rather than a growing surveillance network.
In February, Utah passed a Digital ID law that expressly defines a person’s identity as an inherent personal right and limits the government’s use of digital information to protect citizens from government overreach, per Biometric Update.
According to Fox 9, the Minnesota House could not agree on the details of a Digital ID bill that was described by Minnesota House Rep. Brad Tabke, D- 54A, as offering “convenience, security, and safety.” While safety and security sound convenient, the words of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin sum this up perfectly: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” The bill failed to pass, and liberty remains.
Tech developers and politicians who suffer from a God-complex will continue to sell the theory that the digital age should take over every aspect of human life, but in reality, it is up to us to decide, and Americans know their rights. We know we are allowed to pursue innovation without turning our backs on our nation’s values. We know that privacy is an inherent human right, and there will always be those who seek to strip it from us. We also know that predictions and fear-mongering have always been tactics of tyrants, and their use has increased in the digital era.
So this is what it’s like to watch a British king make an evil proclamation.
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) May 13, 2026
Charles casually telling his government to implement Digital ID without any mandate. This is why we fought a war and maintain a right to bear arms. pic.twitter.com/uN0mK0tod4
This knowledge is guiding us. It reminds us to be hopeful but guarded. Americans know their rights, and we are not about to see them stripped from our lives. While a king across the pond has declared that his people will bow down to digital ID, American leaders are seeking a balance that preserves human rights as we continue to dive further into a technological society. We are not the same.
