Behind a basic age check, researchers say Persona’s system runs extensive identity, watchlist, and adverse-media screening.

From the article: Researchers investigating Discord’s age-verification checks say they discovered an exposed frontend belonging to Persona, the identity-verification vendor used by Discord. It revealed a far more expansive surveillance and financial intelligence stack than a simple “teen safety” tool.

Researchers’ findings (sound warning): https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona