Fuck age verification. Fuck giving your biometric data to a company that works with the founder of Palantir, and fuck the entire concept of making evey space “child friendly” This has nothing to do with protecting kids and everything to do with silencing alternative ideas and voices.
Tomorrow, Discord will place everyone into an age group using account signals. They claim 90% of users won't have to confirm their age. They are also introducing new verification methods if you do need to verify that you are an adult, including Credit Cards and App Stores.