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ravi-617
1 year ago
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs
This Is A Terrifying Norm Ive Been Seeing In Fandom Recently, With A Lot Of People Asking For Photo IDs

This is a terrifying norm I’ve been seeing in fandom recently, with a lot of people asking for photo ID’s to enter a server or for 18+ commissions or to follow a private Twitter account. While I understand the sentiment and realize that there’s an issue of minors trying to get into adult spaces, this is an incredibly dangerous practice that needs to stop.

I have seen this popping up more and more in the past year and frankly, I’m sick of sitting back and watching it become a social norm. Not to mention, there is a huge difference between a company with a team of lawyers and legal statements with the intention to protect your information and giving this to a random person online.

Here is an article from IAPP discussing more in depth the current difficulties for age verification online.  Thanks to @murmurkins for digging around to find this!

Here is also some resources for Discord specifically on how to moderate and run a server that has 18+ channels and designating a server as 18+. Discord also notes that if you are locked out of 18+ channels, you can appeal this by sending a picture of yourself and either a photo ID or your Discord tag. Again, while not a perfect solution, this is their last resort, not the intial requirement. It’s dangerous to do, and Discord recognizes this, which is why they have a system to protect your information AND they require that all third-party individuals have a privacy policy telling individuals how they will protect others’ information. 

If anyone wants to respond to this post with more information on other websites, feel free! The biggest issue I have seen with this is on Discord, so that is where my information is focused.

TL;DR: Don’t give your ID out online to random people for your safety. Make sure who you are giving personal information to has a privacy policy. While it is an issue that minors are accessing 18+ content, this is not a safe solution to the problem.

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internet safety no seriously Important! if you can share this around PLEASE do the amount of people I see putting practically their entire life story online is crazy I guess some ppl just have more frivolous personalities but retaining anonymity is very important especially in a time where people will try and doxx you for drawing something they personally didn't enjoy also NO discord server should be so important that you'd risk handing out sensitive info to strangers to enter. ever.
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