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Discord walks back age verification fears for most users (www.techbuzz.ai)
submitted 2 days ago by ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Too late assholes... I'm already deleting most of the posts I made on my discord and I will be migrating elsewhere soon.

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[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

wreaks of “fuck you got mine”… so an invasive AI scan has scanned your content and deemed you 18+… gross… but at least you don’t have to upload ID (to a company that literally just had a major breach of their ID data)

but

now a new user joins. they don’t have that history of interaction, so what are they meant to do? either upload ID or not be part of their community

[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

My best guess is new accounts will be autolocked to 'teen mode' and you will have to upload ID if you want to unlock it

I was working as a support agent on Epic Games when they decided to limit everyone underage on certain functions on Fortnite. They now ask for your birthday when you open the game and if you are underage (the age varies by country) it will lock your account until you can prove you are an adult (using a 3rd party service)