Discord is asking for your ID. The backlash is about more than privacy

Critics say mandatory age verification reflects a deeper shift toward routine identity checks and digital surveillance.

Discord to start requiring face scan or ID to access adult content

The online chat service, which has 200 million monthly users, will blur adult content by default.

Turns out Discord likely already has enough data on you to avoid performing an ID check

That can only be good news, I assume?
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Discord promise they won't force everybody to do a face scan following outrage at new age verification policy

Social media company Discord are trying their best to reassure people irked by the recently announced global rollout of some new age verification measures.

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

Discord is facing backlash after announcing that all users will soon be required to verify ages to access adult content by sharing video selfies or uploading government IDs. According to Discord, it’s ...