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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 hours ago

Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface

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Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 hours ago
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Discord's Age Verification Has A Weird Link To Palantir's Peter Thiel
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The third-party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors
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  • HoodieGyaru@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Discord needs to distance itself from age verification itself.

  • madjo@piefed.social
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    Oh sure… I wonder what other Palantir front they will do business next.

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    I’m glad I clicked off a service that required Persona verification.

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    tl;dr “Discord told Kotaku its work with Persona was part of a “limited test” which has since been concluded.”

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      . They will still use palantir. This is a pr maneuver

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