Multiple countries including Portugal, Brazil, Spain, and France have paused or restricted aspects of World’s operations, such as offering crypto rewards, over privacy and consent concerns, though Tools for Humanity’s iris-scanning orbs, used to verify real humans in the World ID system, continue to operate

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However, countries such as Portugal, Brazil, Spain, France, and others have either temporarily paused or restricted certain aspects of World’s operations — primarily over privacy and consent concerns — without imposing outright bans on the technology itself. In most cases, the use of iris scanning continues, while specific practices, such as offering crypto rewards, have faced regulatory pushback.