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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, but if accounts are made on mumble for example, the migration will happen there quicker. Then if that doesn't suit many, others are an option. I'm guessing whichever platform benefits from this will happily make any changes that are currently missing.

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