The UK government is introducing mandatory digital ID for babies and parents who refuse will face having their children seized.
Claimed by An Instagram user. · 2026-01-06
What fact-checkers found (1)
- AAPFalse. The UK government has not announced plans to extend digital ID to babies under the penalty of child seizure.
2026-02-04
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