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Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults.

Users who aren’t verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won’t be able to speak in Discord’s livestream-like “stage” channels, and will see content filters for any content Discord detects as graphic or sensitive. They will also get warning prompts for friend requests from potentially unfamiliar users, and DMs from unfamiliar users will be automatically filtered into a separate inbox.

Direct messages and servers that are not age-restricted will continue to function normally, but users won’t be able to send messages or view content in an age-restricted server until they complete the age check process, even if it’s a server they were part of before age verification rolled out. Savannah Badalich, Discord’s global head of product policy, said in an interview with The Verge that those servers will be “obfuscated” with a black screen until the user verifies they’re an adult. Users also won’t be able to join any new age-restricted servers without verifying their age.

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[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 113 points 1 week ago

Time to use generative AI to make a fake picture... Might as well pollute their database if they make these demands.

[-] coolmojo@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago
[-] timestatic@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago

No like fake generated ID. This is decent for face scans tho

[-] coolmojo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

You can use this site which was made as a protest against the age verification in the UK.

[-] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

This doesn't work for age verification and is a relatively small pool of photos

[-] coolmojo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

You can use this site which was made as a protest against the age verification in the UK.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 22 points 1 week ago

I been hearing the Dr.Breen model in Gmod is the gold standard because you can pose the face.

[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Could be decent money for a small time 3d modeling guy to make a huge assortment of fake faces with animations

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

Most of the age verification things I've seen are wise to that and require a video camera, not a still one.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Put a tablet in front of the camera playing an AI video?

[-] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

Or use a virtual camera with a preset video

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