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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by WorldMaker on Friday February 13, 2026 @02:39PM (#47006820)
And NZ and AU? And all the EU countries if the EU legislation passes? [0] And a handful of current US states and possibly all of them soon? [1]

At some point you don't have a business model if you don't have users.

[0] https://europeannewsroom.com/to-ban-or-not-to-ban-eu-countri...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_age_verification_...

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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by ta9000 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @12:10AM (#47011780)
The fact people don’t see the chilling effect this will have on privacy is beyond me.
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