The company that is going to be doing the age checking for Discord, Persona, is partly funded by Peter Thiel of Palantir's investment group https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4g8ynpwl8o
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@cwebber I still find it 'hilarious' that noone cared when it was just the UK facing age verification, because 'haha, serves them right for living in a facsist state'
@cwebber I'm mostly surprised that Discord isn't already linked to Thiel given that he's one of the most prolific investors in the Valley. He missed a trick there.
@cwebber Given Europe's love of all-encompassing domestic surveillance, one wonders if handing over a gift to the Palantir ghouls (and everyone in advertising) wasn't maybe the whole of the reason why all the politicians pushed for age-gated social media to begin with.