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Story summary
- New U.S. age-verification laws require social media platforms to verify user ages, affecting millions of adults.
- The laws aim to protect minors but involve collecting sensitive data such as biometric data and government IDs.
- Privacy advocates warn this creates surveillance infrastructure linking identities to online activities.
- Discord faces backlash over verification methods, as critics warn that concentrated identity data pose security risks and undermine the principles of a free internet.
