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- news@lemmy.world
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- news@lemmy.world
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.
Direct messages and servers that are not age-restricted will continue to function normally, but users won’t be able to send messages or view content in an age-restricted server until they complete the age check process, even if it’s a server they were part of before age verification rolled out. Savannah Badalich, Discord’s global head of product policy, said in an interview with The Verge that those servers will be “obfuscated” with a black screen until the user verifies they’re an adult. Users also won’t be able to join any new age-restricted servers without verifying their age.



The Feds aren’t making them do it, but plenty of states are working on it.
Dunno why this is worldwide, then. Why should I have to comply with what some states in the US want when I’m not even in the same country, and my country has none of these age verification laws? Whole world shouldn’t have to give up their privacy just because Tennessee said so.
The Heritage Foundation and New World Order want to make sure there is a real life identity tied to discord since it is being looked at as a probable collaboration source for resistance. Every other social platform like Meta already does this and I can see Reddit requiring this next.
It’s to track the future dissidents once the winter of discontent arrives. It’s why China requires a real life ID sign in for every single site and every single file hosting site there
Because Discord wants your data, any excuse they give is just a rationalization to get it.
Probably because it’s easier than making EULA for every state and county
Yeah, asshole states.
Shit holes Jesus land red states