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[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I don't use Discord very much. Why do they have ID photos?

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Age verification. Why? Because some politicians have a boner for control.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

The boner is for something else, since they can't stop talking about the "children".

[–] drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

I think is is related to the new age verification systems. Everyone was saying this is a bad idea but governments are basically making it required for some of these services.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

They bought into the "age verification" scam.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

The UK - along with several US states - is enforcing a bunch of age verification bullshit to "protect the children." Not that the tech companies have pushed back on this in the slightest; they love that it let's them collect more data on users. But they couldn't get away with it if it wasn't a legal requirement.