French pirates adrift as major torrent site nuked by hacker who accuses it of hoarding user credit cards and DDoSing rivals: '6.6 million users. Years of lies. An empire built ...

Bad news for French pirates*: major private torrent tracker YggTorrent was totalled earlier this month. The site, formerly among the biggest—if it wasn't the biggest—torrent tracking websites in ...
PC Gamer

Valve comes out swinging against New York lawsuit with rare public statement: 'The type of deal that would satisfy the NYAG would have been bad for users and other game developers'

The state of New York sued Valve in February over allegations of illegal gambling. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

"An aggressive copyright troll" spent years abusing DMCAs to turn a bizarre Japanese PC game into lost media, until "they f***ed with" preservation-focused historians wit…

"If we care about video games as art and as cultural history, we need to stand up for our legal right to document ...
Kotaku

Discord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surface

The third-party company Discord could use for their ID collection is mired in surveillance concerns and links to Epstein via one of its investors Discord Last July was the cut-off date for major ...
Mashable

Discord age verification: How it works, when it happens

Discord will be rolling out age verification to all users. Here's how to complete the process. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Age verification is spreading on the ...
Engadget

Discord will soon require age verification to access adult content

Discord is the latest company looking to bolster its child safety (again). Starting in March, all users will have a "teen-appropriate experience" by default. Unlocking adult content and age-gated ...
9to5Mac

Discord backtracks on controversial age verification rollout…kind of

Yesterday Discord announced that users would soon be required to have their age verified or be restricted to teen-level access on the service. Today, there’s a follow-up post from Discord that ...
USA Today

Discord announces age-verification measures to roll out in March

Social media platform Discord announced on Feb. 9 that it will begin implementing global age verification starting in March. The company said in a news release that the phased rollout will require ...
Kotaku

Discord Goes Into Damage Control Mode Over New Age Verification Requirements, Promising There’s Nothing To See Here For ‘Vast Majority’ Of Users

Discord will treat you like a teen unless its AI can sniff out your real age or you give it sensitive data Discord I’ve never seen patch notes issued for a press release before, but Discord just did ...
9to5Mac

Discord will soon require face scans or ID for all users, or restrict access

Discord has announced a major change coming to the service as part of its aim to improve teen safety features. Starting in March, all users globally will be required to submit age verification via a ...