Fuck Me in the Hell

we should be grateful It has not passed the Senate yet Like it was in 2024 and we managed to stop it then So please for the love of God and the internet and are freedom get mad scream sign petitions

push back bully those damn politicians until they cry and until they're afraid to pass that goddamn bill to

the point they say no hell humiliate them harass them anything! Not to mention protest and push back there's already a lot of pushback so pushback even harder we've done it before we can do it again!

And please remember these age verification bills aren't protecting the kids they're not protecting anyone This is just about censorship surveillance and control

So push back before it's too late! Not to mention even the planners of project 2025 support this(including Kamala Harris which makes me lose respect for her)

So This is exactly what the plan wants This is exactly what project 2025 wants and we cannot give them what they want not to mention Trump That want to be Hitler dictator And those Republicans and ICE agents that want to act like wannabe Nazis

WHERE TO THOUGH?!

There is *literally zero* decent alternative right now.

All the options we have at the moment are either:

vibecoded/ai-generated slop

unstable as fuck

and/or missing core/essential features

Also, are we forgetting that Discord is not going to require age verification to use 99% of the platform.

You will only need to age verify if:

You try to access NSFW/age-restricted Servers/Channels/Commands

You try to view images/videos hit by Discord's CSAM filter for attachments

You try to become a Speaker on a Stage Channel (which I bet most friend/smaller servers don't even use)

You try to disable Message Requests (a filter for DMs from unknown people)

Literally every single other one of Discord's hundreds of features, including logging into your account, does NOT require age verification.

Meaning, unless you're in the small percentage of people who try to do one of the 4 restricted things, you will not have to age-verify.

And even if you do, Discord is at least *trying* to keep *some* privacy in place. They distanced themselves from Persona *very* quickly, and their face scan method is required to be on-device only and not sent or stored anywhere. (Dataminers have verified it works like that too)

AND Discord is *trying* to be transparent about how it all works now too. Just look at their support articles and most recent Safety Transparency Report.

Furthermore, I bet Discord isn't keen on doing this too, but they're kinda forced to by stupid anti-human governments who don't know how to keep their heads out of their asses, and so-called journalism that keeps trying to villainise Discord when the problems are beyond Discord's control -glares at shitty parenting-.

"But what about countries that don't have laws enforcing this?"

Discord's probably wanting to get ahead so they don't get preemptively blocked by governments who are actively planning on passing dumb age verification laws soon. (-looks at the EU and some US States-)

Sure, Discord is responsible for some things, like their customer support being shit. However, Discord is not and should never be a replacement for actual parenting of children. Parents are the first line of defense. Not companies.

As a final note: You do also realise that if your Discord alternatives want to not be blocked by governments too, they'll also have to either add age verification as well, or fully ban any 18+ discussions from their platform. Like this isn't just a Discord-only issue lol.

And what about VRChat doubling-down on using Persona? Or everything about how Roblox is doing age verification? Or are we conveniently ignoring the people worse than Discord just to satisfy your confirmation bias?

Here’s one of the petitions I found against Age Verification. Please sign it. Fight for our freedom and for free internet!