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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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[-] Spaniard@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The EU is going to pass a law to enforce this, discord is just getting ahead of the imposition. That's why France and Spain have been on the news regarding social network regulation for under 16.

So when you have to setup a system for 27 countries plus some members of the eurosphere you just do it for everyone and be done with it.

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