Mastodawn

YES! This is AMAZING! 🎉

Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!

IT WORKS! ✊🔒

https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/discord-just-canceled-its-planned-age-verification-rollout-for-now/

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.

#Privacy #AgeVerification #Discord #PrivacyWin

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...

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Garret Polk (masked)Feb 24

@Em0nM4stodon "Age Assurance" Oh, so that's the new euphemism for spying.

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Corey Snipes 🌱

@garretpolk @Em0nM4stodon Why not just go ahead and add it to the gas station apps while we're at it?

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Garret Polk (masked)Feb 25

@coreysnipes @Em0nM4stodon Holy shit. 7-Eleven, Inc.

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LukefromDC Feb 25

@coreysnipes @garretpolk @Em0nM4stodon So far that shit at Speedway is presumably for cigarettes, lottery, and yes, alcohol sold at gas stations in some states.

If one chain expands it to cash purchases of gasoline, their competitors will clean up. There is no push for a law to require showing a drivers license to buy gasoline, possibly because it is also used in things like gas mowers.