Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

• Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No. That’s the excuse for why it’s happening.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok, let’s say it is. They just want to invade our privacy. Now set that aside.

    On a separate topic: What’s an alternative solution for the “there’s porn on the playground” problem that discord has? They are participants in it, they are facilitators. They shouldn’t be immune. Giving platforms a pass on things like this is pernicious. Giving platforms a pass is why Elon Musk thinks he can get away with CSAM generators.

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    • spring_cedar_dust@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m sorry are we putting aside biometric infomation being aggregated across multiple platforms and assigned to browsing habits so that governments know exactly where you’re browsing at any single moment?

      Are we just putting that aside???

      If discord can’t handle it don’t blame me. I mean what even is this point???

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not putting it aside to dismiss the idea that it’s bad. Just for the sake of conversation.

        It’s an invasion of privacy, and we should have a better answer to the claims that it is the only way to put in protection on the platform side. “Parents” is not the answer to the platform’s responsibility here as a facilitator who profits from facilitating.

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    • Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Boycott the platform. No one’s gonna rescue the end user anymore. There’s no more oversight. Remove yourself from the ecosystem and encourage healthier alternatives.

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    • iceonfire1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are platforms responsible for the content their users post? No. Rules for unusual situations (CSAM, terrorism, copyright, etc) have been established for probably decades by this point.

      An online chat/message board is not comparable to an image generator because the company is not creating potentially harmful content.

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think it has become increasingly clear that letting platforms off the hook has been really bad for society across the world across many dimensions.

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      • KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yet Pirate bay is…?

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    • TheNamlessGuy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Any kind of required age verification has significant privacy and security implications. Honestly I think the best approach is the pinky promise we’ve generally had until now, where by default the platform will not display explicit content until the user actively consents and asserts that they are of legal age.

        Why exactly do we need to be verifying age? Any kind of legal/government documents and agreements are already covered by purjory laws, physical deliveries and purchases are already handled by photo ID checks, and porn is of course harmful to teens/preteens but they’ve always been finding ways to access porn even before the home computer era (and honestly this would be better handled through education by schools and parents than forceful legislation)

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      • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t disagree. We need better tools for this.

        The problem is making sure these tools are not used as tools of the state for tracking.

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• Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Parents should try parenting for once instead of relying on the government to (use them as a thinly veiled excuse to) implement draconian monitoring on their populace.

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  • 7112@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right, it’s weird that parents let kids play on platforms that have porn on them.

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    • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Google.com

      Never let kids access this site, littered with porn access

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  • Spaniard@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why do that when government and corporations can do it for them? It’s going to be their kids / property anyway.

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• UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why doesn’t twitter have to do this?

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because Elon Musk loves mixing kids and porn.

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    • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And he’s politically connected enough to get away with it. Discord isn’t

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      He likes his Twitter users how he likes his scotch.

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      • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Russian, computerized, and fake?

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