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Discord’s Age Check Trial Sparks Palantir Ties and Privacy Fears

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Source: Kotaku
Discord’s Age Check Trial Sparks Palantir Ties and Privacy Fears
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As part of preparing for the UK Online Safety Act, Discord is testing global age-verification via the Persona service, with some users already prompted ahead of a March rollout. Persona is backed by Founders Fund, whose ties to Peter Thiel and Palantir have drawn privacy concerns about surveillance and data use. Discord describes the test as limited and says any collected data will be stored for seven days, though the broader long‑term use remains unclear.

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  1. Discord's Age Verification Has A Weird Link To Palantir's Peter Thiel  Kotaku
  2. Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach  Electronic Frontier Foundation
  3. Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month  The Verge
  4. "Discord alternatives" searches are up 10,000%  Windows Central
  5. Free Tool Says it Can Bypass Discord's Age Verification Check With a 3D Model  404 Media

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