Tag: k-ID
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Discord Delays Global Age Verification to H2 2026: What Changed and What Didn’t
Two weeks after Discord’s global age verification announcement triggered a user backlash, we observed a 350% surge in deletion activity on our platform, and a scramble to clarify what they actually meant, Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy has published what amounts to a mea culpa. The blog post, published February 24 under the title “Getting Global…
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Discord Tested Age Verification Vendor Persona: What Users Should Know
Quick Story Summary Days after backlash to its global age verification rollout, Discord quietly tested a second vendor, Persona, for some UK users. Discord’s support documentation (since updated and archived) disclosed that Persona processed user data server-side and retained it for up to 7 days before deletion. This differs from k-ID, Discord’s primary partner, which…