Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults

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Social media company Discord announced plans in February to roll out mandatory age verification globally, which the company said would rely on verification methods designed so facial analysis occurs on a user's device and submitted data would be deleted immediately. Excessive data collection, she added, creates friction that users resist. Still, many users perceive mandatory identity checks as invasive.

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