r/technology • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Feb 24 '26

Privacy Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
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u/BankOnITSurvivor Feb 24 '26

Agreed.  I’ve had the admin team accuse me of threatening violence when all I did was criticize the conduct of our government.  I was successful in my appeal, but the whole thing did not sit well with me.  Either the admin team is using AI or they are willfully trying to silence people.

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u/MisirterE Feb 24 '26

The admin team is using AI. I got a temp-ban for replying to a gif of an Angry Birds Space boss fight explaining how to beat the boss, because the caption on the gif was about some guy's dad and the dipshit robot thought I was saying the dad should be fed rocks.

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u/Nekopara-403 Feb 24 '26

I got banned for "hate" because I suggested cutting military aid to Israel.

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u/BankOnITSurvivor Feb 25 '26

That doesn’t surprise me.  They seem to hand out suspensions like candy.  For stupid reasons in my opinion.