Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persona, partially funded by Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund, continues to provide age verification services for OpenAI, ...

Discord has ended its partnership with identity verification provider Persona after researchers discovered the company’s front-end code accessible online and on a US government-authorised endpoint.

Discord has cut ties with identity-verification company Persona — a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — after online researchers claimed the vendor’s software was tied to ...

"We leverage an advanced machine learning model developed at Discord to predict whether a user falls into a particular age group based on patterns of user behavior and several other signals associated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Messaging platform Discord's efforts to roll out age verification software have been nothing short of a disaster. Messaging ...

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Discord has spent the last couple of weeks in the crosshairs of the internet, as its decision to launch an ID-based age verification program proved even more controversial than most of us likely ...

Yesterday Discord announced that users would soon be required to have their age verified or be restricted to teen-level access on the service. Today, there’s a follow-up post from Discord that ...

Discord is delaying the age verification process after immense backlash from the gaming community. Earlier this month, Discord announced that it was creating a “teen-appropriate experience” by making ...

In a bid to stay protected, admins of Discord have installed multiple verification levels on their Discord servers, and that includes two-factor authentication (2FA ...

Discord faces criticism for its heavy-handed approach to age verification. The company has attempted to clarify its demands for photos, videos, or copies of ID. If you aren't happy with these changes, ...