Discord Issues

[ysabetwordsmith]

Discord is planning a radical violation of privacy for all users.  It will require facial recognition or ID in order to escape designation as teen with account restrictions.  This is ineffective and risky.  Many people are upset by the violation of privacy because so many platforms have been hacked to extract that valuable information.

Some Discord users are already abandoning the platform and moving to Dreamwidth or others.  Please pass the word around Dreamwidth to your friends on Discord to see if this platform appeals to them.  This post has many resources for newcomers about how to use Dreamwidth..

Comments

[jonw]

The whole push to age limit stuff is a privacy nightmare, but it is here and rolling out to more and more countries. Organizations like Discord have no choice. Either start collecting age data or get fined/charged out of business. DW won't magically escape that unless the US manages to get rid of their insane government of the day.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> The whole push to age limit stuff is a privacy nightmare, <<

Yes, that's true.

>> Organizations like Discord have no choice. Either start collecting age data or get fined/charged out of business. <<

They certainly have a choice at this stage. There's no law yet requiring them to do that. Some other companies are resisting.

>> DW won't magically escape that unless the US manages to get rid of their insane government of the day.<<

It's not magic, it's ethics.