Discord distances itself from Persona age verification after user backlash
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Discord is distancing itself from age verification provider Persona after user backlash, confirming a limited test in the UK has concluded. Users criticized the partnership over concerns about face scans and ID uploads.
Discord is attempting to distance itself from the age verification provider Persona following a steady stream of user backlash. In an emailed statement to The Verge, Discord's head of product policy, Savannah Badalich, confirms the company "ran a limited test of Persona in the UK where age assurance had previously launched and that test has since concluded."
After Discord announced plans to implement age verification globally starting next month, users across social media accused Discord of "lying" about how it plans on handling face scans and ID uploads. Much of the criticism was directed toward Discord's partnership with Persona, an age v …