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Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months ago

Some countries have passed strict new laws dictating youth access to digital platforms.

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  They could just deny access without verification. But thinking more broadly there’ll certainly be ways to fool the system. But, shouldn’t have to in the first place.
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