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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 12 days ago

Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface

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Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface

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Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · 12 days ago
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Discord's Age Verification Has A Weird Link To Palantir's Peter Thiel
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The third-party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors
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    . They will still use palantir. This is a pr maneuver

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      The cost benefit ratio of straight up lying in PR statements and privacy policies has become such that they’re less than worthless to readers

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        Yup, but not worthless to their lawyers, so they’re full of weasel words and yet still bind the consumer to horrible conditions. Yay, late stage capitalism.

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