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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts (fortune.com)

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Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Is it just me or does this (the push for removing online anonymity) feel like part of a bigger move to push people into further insulated groups and prevent social cohesion?

[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 2 points 43 minutes ago

I noticed articles and social media topics are going really aggressive with we need to ban social media because it's bad for kids, and bunch of comments advocating for verification. Which of course would mean what discord is attempting to do with IDs and face scans.

Which is so bizzare seeing the backlash to discord by real people, but then non discord related topics all pro about verification.