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Discord Distances Itself From Persona Age Verification After User Backlash (theverge.com)

(Tuesday February 24, 2026 @11:04AM (msmash) from the tough-luck dept.)


Discord is [1]attempting to distance itself from the age verification provider Persona following a steady stream of user backlash. From a report:

> In an emailed statement to The Verge, Discord's head of product policy, Savannah Badalich, confirms the company "ran a limited test of Persona in the UK where age assurance had previously launched and that test has since concluded."

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> After Discord announced [2]plans to implement age verification globally starting next month, users across social media accused Discord of "lying" about how it plans on handling face scans and ID uploads. Much of the criticism was directed toward Discord's partnership with Persona, an age verification provider also used by Reddit and Roblox.



[1] https://www.theverge.com/tech/878369/discord-persona-age-verification

[2] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/02/09/161215/discord-will-require-a-face-scan-or-id-for-full-access-next-month



All of this (Score:2)

by Zuck Enabler ( 10503068 )

All of this is just so they can walk into a courtroom and claim they tried to put safety rails on their child grooming services.

Right now on another service that uses age verification I'm dealing with a user who has dozens of age verified accounts that they claim they made going into spirit halloween and taking pictures with masks on, I'm not at all sure how that's supposed to work but on the other hand he certianoy does possess the proof that he's thwarted it somehow.

I should mention that this guy is quit

Persona & its reach (Score:3)

by Some Guy ( 21271 )

In case you aren't aware of Persona and what's involved when these companies use them, someone [1]stepped through verification with LinkedIn which uses Persona [thelocalstack.eu].

They outline exactly what was collected and communicated, and [2]with whom [withpersona.com].

If you ever consider verifying with them (indirectly), I'd highly recommend taking a look a what's at stake.

[1] https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

[2] https://withpersona.com/legal/subprocessors

Re: (Score:2)

by ArchieBunker ( 132337 )

Not to mention Persona having ties with Palantir and Peter Thiel. [1]https://fortune.com/2026/02/24... [fortune.com]

[1] https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

Not that this moves the needle (Score:2)

by Baloo Uriza ( 1582831 )

Discord is still what happens when you order XMPP off of Temu.

What XMPP clients are any good? (Score:2)

by tepples ( 727027 )

The author of [1]an article about ditching Discord [alopex.li] claims that XMPP has "lots of very mediocre clients out there." What would be high-quality XMPP clients for Windows, GNU/Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android?

[1] https://wiki.alopex.li/DitchingDiscord#clients

Tab for verification (Score:3)

by bugs2squash ( 1132591 )

Just ask them to describe the taste and color of tab.

unlucky (Score:2)

by tero ( 39203 )

It seems Discord is really unlucky with their partners. Unfortunate. Truly. Because they really care about your privacy.

Discord used for child-grooming (Score:2)

by schwit1 ( 797399 )

[1]https://x.com/bx_on_x/status/2... [x.com]

Things like this may cost them big if they don't do age verification.

[1] https://x.com/bx_on_x/status/2026028406752845838

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