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klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Wait, requiring a face scan of everyone?? I know they started doing that as an age verification thing for some people, but everyone?

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blueworld@piefed.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Your correction is accurate. I should have been more specific.

Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults.

Users who aren’t verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won’t be able to speak in Discord’s livestream-like “stage” channels, and will see content filters for any content Discord detects as graphic or sensitive. They will also get warning prompts for friend requests from potentially unfamiliar users, and DMs from unfamiliar users will be automatically filtered into a separate inbox.

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- klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Less a correction, more a question. Yeah. Solid chance I’m dropping the few discord-related things I do use here soon.
  
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- Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That doesn’t sound like it is necessary for private chat, the only thing I really use it for. Would be nice to have an alternative all the same
  
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  - bytesonbike@discuss.online ⁨32⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    It does lead to slippery slopes. First, it’s to block “adult content”.
    
    Then, they’ll consider certain topics “adult”. News about current events? LGBT content? Video games with some violence in it?
    
    Facebook is an example of this slippery slope. And for parts of the country, they do need to scan an ID.
    
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