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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 1 day ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 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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[–] warbond@lemmy.world 30 points 23 hours ago

I assume it's UK/EU's expanding social media laws that are driving this, in addition to Discord's imminent Initial Public Offering coming in March. They're trying to clean house to show how profitable they can be, the same way Reddit created their walled garden by restricting third-party connections prior to their IPO.

It's bog-standard enshittification to please the shareholders.