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RE: https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/116206925371202010

UPDATE: they have dropped Persona!
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I didn't want to be break this story over here but since no one else seems to be posting about it here I am sharing a screenshot from the other side with @scan's post.

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂Mar 14

OpenCollective responded to our collective concerns about identity verification and halted their use of Persona. I'm really happy to see this reaction by @opencollective -
https://opencollective.com/opensource/updates/on-kyc-checks-and-persona

Thanks to @liaizon to raise the alarm bells and so many who spoke up in this rather sensitive matter - people do need the money for their communities, but we need to have more control over the process. OpenCollective and @Liberapay are important actors here for the ecosystem.

Of course much concern remains for the reliance on US law (OpenCollective) and all credit card payment providers are under US control. Recall what happened to the ICC judges? So we need to work towards more reliable systems under our control.

To be continued. The @fkinstitute and the DemocraticTech.Fund will be working with these concerns in mind.

On KYC checks and Persona - Open Source Collective

As a nonprofit fiscal host, OSC supports over 2,500 open-source projects worldwide. Last year, as part of ongoing improvements to our risk and compliance processes, we began verifying the identity of users requesting payments when: When we...