Discord has announced that it's rolling out age verification checks globally from March – and the decision has sparked fury from many privacy-conscious users.
You’ve missed some news my friend, it’s an EU problem too, just the legal and privacy lawyers are fighting much harder so it keeps getting pushed away from going into law.
It’s from everywhere tbh. But the EU is certainly the largest, most forceful block in getting age verification pushed through.
The only upside is that the EU proposal demands ZKP, whereas all others are happy to accept/prefer “prove who you are”. That’s obviously an insane privacy nightmare.
Making you aware that the age requirement probably comes from the EU. Seeking another EU based solution might introduce the same requirement.
it’s from the uk and texas.
You’ve missed some news my friend, it’s an EU problem too, just the legal and privacy lawyers are fighting much harder so it keeps getting pushed away from going into law.
I’ll try and find some links for you in a sec.Edit: link - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20251120IPR31496/children-should-be-at-least-16-to-access-social-media-say-meps
of course it’s an eu problem too, but it was the uk that pushed through undercooked regulation that forced everyone to comply.
Cool, but you did say it’s not an EU problem
no i didn’t, i simply noted that the uk and texas had implemented age gating laws.
It’s from everywhere tbh. But the EU is certainly the largest, most forceful block in getting age verification pushed through.
The only upside is that the EU proposal demands ZKP, whereas all others are happy to accept/prefer “prove who you are”. That’s obviously an insane privacy nightmare.
the eu hasn’t put anything to law yet, which at least the uk has. but yeah, of course they’re not blameless.
and Australia