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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Who exactly was required to submit age verification photos? Just US citizens?

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Just the UK, as far as I'm able to find. Some US users have to verify by clicking the box, but I do not believe they've been en-masse required to upload ID or use the UK's facial recognition nonsense.

From the discord age verification FAQ:

The age verification features described in this article are fully available only to users in the United Kingdom and apply to all new and existing UK accounts.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So I guess it was only UK ones. For some reason I thought they were asking pictures in the US too.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You might be confusing it with how several states have attempted to implement identity verification for access to porn sites (which has so far avoided a similar scandal to this one by virtue of rampant, contemptuous noncompliance on the part of the porn sites)

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