Discord confirmed working with Persona, an identity detection firm backed by Peter Thiel's fund, for UK age verification. This "experiment" stores user information on Persona's servers for up to seven days, contradicting Discord's earlier assurances that documents were deleted immediately after age confirmation. The company has not specified what the experiment aims to explore.

Persona, valued at $1.5 billion by Founders Fund (co-founded by Peter Thiel), now handles UK user data as part of Discord's global age verification rollout. The revelation intensified user anger over the new system requiring face scans and machine learning. Coverage appeared in Kotaku, Eurogamer, and PCGamer, while Discord removed the FAQ disclaimer explaining the experiment.

Peter Thiel's involvement raises concerns given his connections to Palantir, which has worked with ICE and UK's NHS. Discord's privacy history with third parties adds to user apprehension about this experiment. The UK government commissioned Palantir to create a patient database despite opposition from doctors, heightening distrust around data collection practices.