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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy
(www.newsweek.com)
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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Lots of governments want it. But its no excuse doing it in a stupid way. For example EU IDs should have a function that just verifies someone is over 18 without any other info being send. At least the German one does. But its not being used.
It's not being used because the real goal is to make it impossible to use the internet without handing over your ID, so that governments can know exactly what you do online. It goes along with all the attempts to ban or backdoor encryption including VPNs. They want to read every message and know who sent it and to whom.