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Persona is an Identity Verification company, founded in 2018 by Rick Song and Charles Yeh. | Persona is an Identity Verification company, founded in 2018 by Rick Song and Charles Yeh. It is funded by Founders Fund which is an adventure capitalist firm c-founded by Peter Theil. <ref>https://redact.dev/blog/discord-persona-age-verification-experiment</ref> | ||
From the 14th July 2025 they started working with [[Reddit]] to perform ID checks on it's UK site, as part of the UK's Online Safety Act.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-14 |title=Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo |access-date=2026-02-20 |work=BBC News}}</ref> | From the 14th July 2025 they started working with [[Reddit]] to perform ID checks on it's UK site, as part of the UK's Online Safety Act.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-14 |title=Reddit starts verifying ages of users in the UK |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4ep1znk4zo |access-date=2026-02-20 |work=BBC News}}</ref> | ||
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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
=== AI-Powered Ages Verification leads to inaccurate age verification on Roblox ''(Jan 2026)'' === | ===AI-Powered Ages Verification leads to inaccurate age verification on Roblox ''(Jan 2026)''=== | ||
Children were being identified as adults and vice versa on [[Roblox]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=David |date=2026-01-13 |title=Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess |url= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.ph/YEx3E |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=Wired}}</ref> The age verification restricted who the users could talk to. This implementation was criticised as not helping to address safety concerns, and harming the user experience.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-09 |title=Age Check to Chat Update & Fast Follow Roadmap |url=https://devforum.roblox.com/t/age-check-to-chat-update-fast-follow-roadmap/4238626/5 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=https://devforum.roblox.com/}}</ref> | Children were being identified as adults and vice versa on [[Roblox]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=David |date=2026-01-13 |title=Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess |url= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.ph/YEx3E |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=Wired}}</ref> The age verification restricted who the users could talk to. This implementation was criticised as not helping to address safety concerns, and harming the user experience.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-09 |title=Age Check to Chat Update & Fast Follow Roadmap |url=https://devforum.roblox.com/t/age-check-to-chat-update-fast-follow-roadmap/4238626/5 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-20 |website=https://devforum.roblox.com/}}</ref> | ||
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==Clients== | ==Clients== | ||
Persona provides their service to these companies and products: | Persona provides their service to these companies and products: | ||
* [[OpenAI]] | *[[OpenAI]] | ||
*[[Discord]] | *[[Discord]] | ||
*[[LinkedIn]] | *[[LinkedIn]] | ||