{"id":1079,"date":"2026-02-15T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:08:47","slug":"discord-distances-itself-from-a-bad-decision-forced-upon-it-by-corrupt-evil-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/2026\/02\/15\/discord-distances-itself-from-a-bad-decision-forced-upon-it-by-corrupt-evil-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord Distances Itself from a bad decision forced upon it by corrupt, evil, politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir\u2019s Peter Thiel Surface<\/h1>\n

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While the roll-out is aimed for March, PC Gamer reports that some Discord users have already been prompted for new age verification, this time using the third-party service Persona. Started in 2018, Persona develops identity detection and anti-fraud technologies. They\u2019ve been having an absolute field day since the OSA, being implemented to verify user ID across Reddit and Roblox. One sticking point, however, is who\u2019s backing the company: Peter Thiel, the cofounder of ICE-approved surveillance firm Palantir.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Persona<\/strong>, a third-party identity verification vendor, has been linked as a vendor in a controversial age verification policy for Discord, with reports identifying it as a partner that feeds data into systems associated with Palantir<\/strong><\/mark>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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  • Data Handling:<\/strong> While Persona often deletes raw user information quickly, reports indicate that identity \u201cembeddings\u201d\u2014machine-readable representations of faces or IDs\u2014are retained and fed into models linked to surveillance firms, specifically mentioning Palantir.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Context:<\/strong> This data transfer is part of a broader concern regarding the use of Persona for ID checks on platforms like Discord, which are then connected to Palantir\u2019s surveillance capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Backlash:<\/strong> These actions have triggered privacy concerns, particularly given Palantir\u2019s known role in building data-aggregation and surveillance tools for government and law enforcement agencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    AI Overview<\/span>
    \nBased on available information, there are no public reports or court findings of Persona being \u201ccaught\u201d failing to destroy identification information. However, there is ongoing scrutiny, user concern, and legal action regarding their data retention policies.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Retaining Data for Compliance: Persona operates as a data processor and may retain identification data for audit and compliance purposes. While they may offer automatic deletion settings, businesses using Persona (the \u201cdata controllers\u201d) can choose to retain user data for longer periods to detect fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Failed Verification Retention: For failed verification attempts, Persona has been noted to retain identification data for up to 7 days, or in some cases up to three years for biometric data, according to some reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Legal Action & Scrutiny: Persona has been the subject of, or linked to, discussions around class action lawsuits related to the alleged misuse of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).<\/span><\/p>\n

    Article Can Be Clicked on below.<\/h2>\n

    https:\/\/kotaku.com\/discord-palantir-peter-thiel-persona-age-verification-2000668951<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

    Article Can Be Clicked on above.<\/h2>\n

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    Data Deletion Rights: Persona indicates that users can request the deletion of their data through the organization that requested the verification, or through Persona\u2019s own privacy resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Note that many state laws that wrongly require websites to collect id information do require the information not be retained which is how they managed to get the evil laws passed.\u00a0 They pretended they could assure the collected data not be misused.\u00a0 Every politician who supported this crap should never be voted into office again.<\/p>\n

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