Overview
- Discord confirmed a short UK experiment with Persona has concluded and the partnership has ended, after a support page noted UK submissions could be stored for up to seven days before deletion.
- CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy said the global rollout is pushed to the second half of 2026, with plans for more verification choices, vendor transparency, technical details ahead of launch, and an assurance that most users won’t be asked to verify.
- Independent researchers reported 2,456 accessible Persona frontend files on a FedRAMP-authorized endpoint describing 269 checks across 14 types, including facial matching against watchlists and politically exposed person screening.
- Persona CEO Rick Song said the files were uncompressed frontend artifacts rather than a breach, stated data from Discord’s test was deleted after verification, denied government contracts or ties to Palantir/ICE, and noted the company is pursuing FedRAMP authorization.
- Twitch’s help pages say some new Affiliates must complete ID and selfie verification through Persona before their first payout, highlighting that the vendor remains embedded across platforms even as Discord steps back.