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Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

i am never fucking using vegas again this project crashed 3 fucking times

Doodles that include: Quick Draw McGraw/El Kabong (in his mechanic outfit), Squiddly Diddly, Zorak, Wally Gator, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Cindy Bear, Bobbie Louie driving a Genki Peugeot 106, Snagglepuss, Top Cat, Augie Doggie, El Kabong with a pink bowtie and Bobbie Louie with her robe, and Jabberjaw.

Jellystone doodles I finished for the show's upcoming 5th anniversary (premiered since July 2021). #Jellystone #HannaBarbera

idk they raise a good point

It keeps fucking happening...

There's no such thing as hating Discord enough.

Aight bet

YouTube video by DeoxysPrime Wrapped in Black - Sonic Rush [OST]

"Back then, games didn't have radical left-wing politics."

The games back then:

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Commentary hot off the press

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Gabumon squad!

The ultimate edgelord

#gulusgammamon #digimon #digimonghostgame
#art #digitalart

Bathing gator :3

wh-what...?

Gonzo from The Muppet Show drawn in a similar style to the Ren and Stimpy/Spumco art style.

"Nonsense! I'm a showman first, husband last!"

#Gonzo #TheMuppets
#art #digitalart

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

Honestly, true.

France responds to Elon Musk after he called the raid of Twitter (X) offices a ‘political attack’

“Investigating child sexual abuse material isn’t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France”

Not sure how to feel about this

Literally just Pictochat

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Screenshot from "Tortoise Wins by a Hare," a 1943 Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's a newspaper front page, banner headline: HARE RACES TORTOISE TODAY Further down the page, near the fold, is a much smaller headline: ADOLPH HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE

One of my favorite jokes of all time is "Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide" being a tiny headline under the banner story about a hare-vs-tortoise race ... in 1943, two years before Hitler committed suicide. He was alive and well when the Warner Bros. cartoonists made this joke.

I don't want ai I want dvd menu special feature

movie theater employees after they found out about the minecraft movie 2 script:

This little shit.

A drawing of Bugs Bunny, next to reference used

A drawing of Sylvester the cat, next to reference used.

Let's forget the horrors of the world for just a moment by drawing cartoons!

#ArrestThePresident