Discord Rolls Out Its Revised Age Verification Policy
It will offer several privacy-focused options for users who aren’t automatically confirmed as adults.
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Many social media platforms have been applying new age verification rules in response to growing interest in limiting access for minors. Discord had planned to enact a policy this year that would have required either a facial age estimation or an ID scan for users who couldn't have their status as adults confirmed by its internal tools. The company announced in February that it would be delaying those changes in response to concerns about privacy and the collection of personal data involved in both of those verification methods. Today, the service shared details about how it will begin checking ages while accounting for that community feedback.
Starting this week, Discord will automatically sort users into either the Adult or Teen age group based on markers such as how long the account has existed, the servers...
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