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Here's what happens if you don't complete Discord age verification (media.fedia.io)

submitted 5 hours ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 27 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Summarizing:

it will now be impossible to unblur graphic imagery or adjust the content filter settings for your account until age verification is complete
Age-restricted channels and servers will be inaccessible
DMs from unknown users will be rerouted to a separate inbox
No speaking on server stages

Which, all sounds fine. However, who defines all of these things? Who defines graphic imagery? Is it straight up porn? Is it a meme that has a naughty word in it? Is it anime? We have no idea.

Also as a server owner (who has moved everyone to Matrix now), I pretty much had to set my private server to age restricted, otherwise the server gets penalized if one of my users uploads something that is "graphic imagery" which again, is defined by them. The only safe way previously ways to say "Hey, you should be over 18 to join this" and then I'm not liable. I worry about a lot of servers taking the easy way and saying the same.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 hours ago

Since discord is American company, expect them to tag "mature" on any LGBT+ content, erotic or not

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 17 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

They say they'll have some sort of AI analyzing what you say. That seems pretty invasive

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 10 points 4 hours ago

Also seems likely to go wrong in both directions...

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 5 points 3 hours ago

I am zero surprised about this, and honestly expected it earlier. Sentiment analysis is incredibly simple. They get to claim "Oh we don't read your messages, they're private" but, AI isn't reading your messages, no one reads them, but it does summarize into a nice, easy to search set of tags so they can easily hand up what you're talking about to anyone who asks.

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 2 points 3 hours ago

What about links? Can you just, link to the images?