YES!
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@Em0nM4stodon misleading headline. They didn’t cancel it, they just pushed it back while they finish fleshing it out. It’s progress, but not much imo
@phillip
It's important to celebrate that our collective action had an impact.Is this solving the problem entirely? Of course not. And Discord is still a privacy-hostile platform, even without age verification.
But the fact that people got angry, and this made the platform move in a less privacy-hostile direction is a win. And we need to celebrate each win. No matter how small.
It doesn't mean we are leaving the fight. It means we can enjoy this small victory today, then fight even harder tomorrow.
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
@Em0nM4stodon my guess is that #discord had a "#PiperChat moment" and realized that their entire business model IS a #COPPA violation!
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@phillip
It's important to celebrate that our collective action had an impact.Is this solving the problem entirely? Of course not. And Discord is still a privacy-hostile platform, even without age verification.
But the fact that people got angry, and this made the platform move in a less privacy-hostile direction is a win. And we need to celebrate each win. No matter how small.
It doesn't mean we are leaving the fight. It means we can enjoy this small victory today, then fight even harder tomorrow.
@Em0nM4stodon I agree 100%. Perfection is the enemy of progress
Sorry, I had a quick, knee jerk reaction. Wasn’t meant as a slight to you
9to5Mac’s misleading headline irked me and I’ve been having frustrating conversations with friends who don’t see the problem with all of this, and/or don’t have all the facts before making judgments. It has me feeling even more pessimistic than usual
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@Em0nM4stodon I agree 100%. Perfection is the enemy of progress
Sorry, I had a quick, knee jerk reaction. Wasn’t meant as a slight to you
9to5Mac’s misleading headline irked me and I’ve been having frustrating conversations with friends who don’t see the problem with all of this, and/or don’t have all the facts before making judgments. It has me feeling even more pessimistic than usual
@phillip That is understandable. I can relate with how frustrating this can get. Make sure to recharge around people sharing your privacy values to prevent burnout. Self-care is important in this long battle
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@phillip That is understandable. I can relate with how frustrating this can get. Make sure to recharge around people sharing your privacy values to prevent burnout. Self-care is important in this long battle
@Em0nM4stodon doing my best. Thank you, friend 🫶
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
@Em0nM4stodon it's going to keep happening for this and other platforms if people keep voting for the politicians who are pushing for this kind of surveillance. Discord is only doing this to get ahead of all the new laws that require it.
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@Em0nM4stodon doing my best. Thank you, friend 🫶
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@solonovamax @sar @Em0nM4stodon
The person responsible for that headline should be flogged, at least metaphorically. "Canceled...for now."
Oh, you mean delayed? Postponed? Rescheduled?
Even with the qualifier at the end "canceled" lends the act a more permanent connotation than they actually intend.
...thus concludes my channeling of my news editor father . . . for now.
@EdCates @sar @Em0nM4stodon not just "for now"
they're very clearly still going through with it:
solo (@solonovamax@tech.lgbt)
to anyone touting this as them changing their mind: they have not. they still plan to do exactly the same thing they planned to before. that is, use your messages to determine your and if you get included in the 10% that are assumed to be children you have to upload id/do a facial scan. none of this has changed. they still plan to do a global rollout of age verification. https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/116127786561206440
LGBTQIA+ and Tech (tech.lgbt)
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
While this seems like good news on the surface, I still wouldn’t trust the company or their products ever again.
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
I am 100% with you, Em. The push back you've received in this thread is the same that I got when I suggested we should be happy that Mozilla and Microsoft clearly hear us, and we should celebrate our wins, even if they are small.
Terminal Tilt (@terminaltilt@climatejustice.social)
Mozilla is adding a toggle to disable all generative "AI" features in Firefox. It shows that organized pushback is actually making a difference. One battle won. Now let's make it crystal clear. We want tools, not forced LLMs. Keep the pressure on until "AI" is no longer an option. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/firefox-will-soon-let-you-block-all-of-its-generative-ai-features/ #Firefox #Mozilla #NoAI #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #TerminalTilt
Climate Justice Social (climatejustice.social)
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
@Em0nM4stodon That's awesome, but I have a feeling that once they recover their users back again they'll roll out Age Ver again
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@Em0nM4stodon it's going to keep happening for this and other platforms if people keep voting for the politicians who are pushing for this kind of surveillance. Discord is only doing this to get ahead of all the new laws that require it.
@drikanis @Em0nM4stodon Which... ironically gives us an opportunity.
We can turn this into a hell of a scarry "Hell No" for any company considering this. Bonus points if we set up offramps for the social medias we know will pull this.
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
@Em0nM4stodon I think regardless of this change people should leave the platform. I deleted my account and will be testing out platforms like Fluxer
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YES! This is AMAZING!
Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!
IT WORKS!
Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac
Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...
9to5Mac (9to5mac.com)
Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.
But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.
This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.
Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.
@Em0nM4stodon Its a small win. I've been trying to get my friends to move over to Matrix, but its been an uphill battle. I also really hated the "hello fellow privacy enthusiasts" tone of the CTO's blog post.
Not sure if its been brought up, but using the wayback machine it looks like Discord only listed 2 new roles, a privacy engineer and privacy counsel in the past 2 weeks.
