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Some Discord users now need to scan their face or ID to view sensitive material | The company says the age verification feature is “an experiment”
The company says the age verification feature is “an experiment”…
The new process, which Discord describes as “an experiment”, is currently active in the UK and Australia in response to recent decisions made by local governments to restrict children from accessing sensitive material online. The ban, which is still to come into effect, requires tech companies to take “reasonable steps” to prevent underage users from gaining access to such sites. In the UK, regulator Ofcom has stated that all websites where pornographic material can be found, including social media platforms, need to add “robust” age-checking techniques such as photo ID or credit card checks by July.
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