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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 22 hours 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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[–] LifeLikeLady@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

TIL people actually pay for nitro lol.

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I've probably paid around 100€/$ in total (been occasionally using and gifting Nitro since 2019 and regularly for about a year). I'll definitely stop it and using Discord if they follow through with this.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

People always ask why even paying users exist - simple, I am a paying user myself, and by that I hold the power to actually cut their revenue rather than just leave the platform.

[–] slappyfuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I pay for nitro because I love discord and love supporting it. I will cancel if they go through with this nonsense.

[–] porkloin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

This thread just reminded me to cancel mine. Good riddance IMHO. I should’ve done it back when they started spamming me with “quests” (aka ads) for Amazon and random fucking gatcha games. Between the privacy stuff and the pressure to monetize, there’s next to no way it’s gonna get better.