Discord began to specify some users in the United Kingdom and Australia to investigate their age. Through the face scan Before being allowed to access a delicate content The new process of the chat app has been described as a “experiment” and responding to the laws that passed in those countries.
The user may be asked to check their age when finding the content that is set up in the Discord system that is sensitive in nature, or when they change the settings to enable access to delicate content. This app will ask the user to scan the face via computer or webcam smartphone. Another way is that they can scan the driver's license or other type of ID.
It is reported that the Discord is preparing to be disclosed to the public in the stock market, although those plans may change because the stock market is still experiencing the chaos of the President Trump's world trade war. The company receives more than 600 million dollars in 2024 according to the information of BloombergBy selling users in the Nitro Premium service, which has its custom emoji and the size of uploading larger files. This app is popular with gamers. But has been criticized for being polished and difficult to guide
Both the United Kingdom and Australia have moved to determine a new limitation about access to the youth of online platforms with fear that they may be harmful to brain development. While many people believe that social media, especially can affect teenagers who are still developing emotional learning and conflicting behavior, reports of the benefits of social media and many research about side effects still observed. Schools throughout the United States have been banned for a long time to access the phone. But those movements are intended to control the deviation.
Prohibiting teenagers under 16 years from Australia use social media, which will be effective by the end of this year, has been criticized about the enforcement mechanism, which requires a platform. “Reasonable procedures” to protect under That may come in the form of an ID inspection, which the critics argued as a violation of privacy because it may cause all users to send delicate information
The Australian legislature is flexible in choosing an affected platform that causes friction when Youtube is It was reported that it was exempt. From the law, even if it is the most popular platform among teenagers there The government attaches a special importance to the exemption of the platform that is seen as an educational purpose, but Tiktok and others have criticized the exemption of Youtube because it is a Sweoveart agreement.
In the United States, some states have passed the law that requires the platform to inspect their ages and limit access to certain websites – in Florida Pornhub. Use offline websites after the state legislature has laws to inspect. No one wants to send a driver's license to access the porn website.
“Currently, we are testing in the region chosen to the hole to access the gap or certain user settings,” said Discord spokesman in a statement, “The information used to increase the power of the age will be used for a single age inspection process and is not kept by our Discord or the seller. For our face scanning, it means that the equipment does not have any information inspection.
The judge in Archon Seo recently Legally There will be all social media users to inspect their age by saying that the law is a violation of the first amendment of the amendment due to the wide content restrictions on access to the rights of everyone's rights, not just a minor. In March, the Governor of the Spring Sprinkle Signed the law The required bills that are required for Apple and Google to check the age of the user and define the minor capacity to download apps without permission from parents. That law is the same. Beat On Wednesday
These laws tend to be challenged in court due to the first amendment. Generally used for minors.