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I don't think they make much of a show of caring about trans rights in the UK right about now, unfortunately. In the US you can make a strong case that a big da
by nemomarx 2y ago
I don't think they make much of a show of caring about trans rights in the UK right about now, unfortunately. In the US you can make a strong case that a big database of faces and IDs could be really dangerous though I think
- tbrownaw 2y ago> In the US you can make a strong case that a big database of faces and IDs could be really dangerous though I think The government already has this from RealID.
- nemomarx 2y agoRight but only your photo taken for the Id, not up to date face scans that discord is requesting it seems to me like I'd be more hesitant to go get a govt photo taken right now at least.
- mezzie2 2y agoIt's mostly about the service's audience. Discord is a huge trans/queer/etc. hub. If Discord were X or Instagram etc. it wouldn't matter. Users of Discord are, as a group, more likely to be antagonistic to anything that could be transphobic or racist than the general populace. (Whereas they don't care about disability rights, which is why people with medically delayed puberty aren't a concern.) A tactical observation more than anything else.