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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)
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Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default "teen-appropriate" experience unless it has proof that users are adults.

The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sadly I think the end result of this won't be people leaving discord, but people giving up liberties because it's easier than fighting it

And they're banking on that, it's part of why they intentionally gave zero warning...1 month is nothing.

With more time a dedicated set of people could pull the alternatives up into solid real options

Or kick up such a huge ruckus that discord back down and undo it.

This was a very intentional and malicious choice to go "oh, yeah we're doing this next month, kthnxbye"

[–] canthangmightstain@lemmy.today 7 points 23 hours ago

Anyone with sense saw this coming when they did the same thing in Australia and the UK but I otherwise agree with your point. I think this is a very calculated move.

When the deadline gets here in a month, 80% of the group that would’ve migrated out of disgust won’t be affected because they just use Discord for group voice chats anyway, and the competition isn’t ready. The rest have been trained to put their personal info out there to anyone who asks for it. And, when (not if) they eventually roll out “IDs for Everyone”, the outrage won’t be nearly as detrimental to their bottom line because it’s already happened before.

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