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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

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Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

www.pcgamer.com

fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago
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Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.
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    So age verfication to protect the children or to create a menu?

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      It’s to “Protect the children™”

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      To scramble and divide any organized communication just like they did Twitter and other social media.

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      They’ve been telling “It’s for the kids” but it all makes sense now

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