• x00z@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Besides some countries, people that had their account flagged as possible underage also need to verify themselves.

      I know a French guy that joked about being 12 in a chat, got reported by a troll that got his account locked, and had to send his ID to unlock it.

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        1 day ago

        Just the UK, as far as I’m able to find. Some US users have to verify by clicking the box, but I do not believe they’ve been en-masse required to upload ID or use the UK’s facial recognition nonsense.

        From the discord age verification FAQ:

        The age verification features described in this article are fully available only to users in the United Kingdom and apply to all new and existing UK accounts.

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          1 day ago

          So I guess it was only UK ones. For some reason I thought they were asking pictures in the US too.

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            24 hours ago

            You might be confusing it with how several states have attempted to implement identity verification for access to porn sites (which has so far avoided a similar scandal to this one by virtue of rampant, contemptuous noncompliance on the part of the porn sites)