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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month (www.theverge.com)
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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.

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Discord is not needed. Quit. Kill them. Watch them BEG to get us back, then say no.

[–] Thor_Whale@lemmus.org 7 points 1 hour ago

If that's true then rest in peace discord. Or rest in hell I should say.

[–] baitu@jlai.lu 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Each day that pass we get closer from Chinese internet

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Closer from?

Do you mean to?

You literally can't even type

!Don!<'~~T~~ do that

Anymore

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Well, fuck that shit

[–] SystemL@literature.cafe 1 points 1 hour ago

Does anyone even care anymore?

[–] CumbrianCucumber@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Direct messages and servers that are not age-restricted will continue to function normally

So in other words, if you only use Discord as a messaging app and for small servers between friends, this won't affect you?

I honestly have no idea why Discord started trying to push itself as some normal social media like Facebook, and why people started treating it as such. Discord was a glorified telephone line with gifs and web links. I don't need some manufactured sense of "community" among thousands of people who happen to watch the same YouTuber as me.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

Tons of open source projects organize their unfortunately

[–] enix@reddthat.com 5 points 3 hours ago

Glorified irc

[–] termaxima@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

My discord account is ELEVEN YEARS OLD !? Why would I ever need to prove that I am not a teen !? I would have had to create my account when I was 6 years old to still be a teen with this account, which is obviously ridiculous.

[–] elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I guess it so that they comply with all the new laws popping up in all the countries...

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I am sure their algorithm can do the arithmetic.

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[–] OutrageousTap7014@lemmy.org 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I think I'm going to do the Luigi Mangione maneuver if the privacy-violating "age verification" nonsense expands.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

You think denial of health care compares with denial of access to adult content?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 hours ago

I prefer Discworld.

[–] OmgItBurns@discuss.online 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

While I do dislike the mandatory nature of of age-restricted access, I do see a benefit. I've been part of a few servers that required (redacted) photo id proof of age. This feels potentially less unsafe than sending a censored copy of your ID and photo of yourself to the mod team of a server.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 59 minutes ago

Yes, that's the one small silver lining one the pile of bullshit this is. Plus you won't need to do it multiple times anymore.

It comes down to is Discord really deleting it once they're done and not training on the facial scans.

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