# Discord's Discord

URL: /show/the-launch/54/
> Discord is rolling out mandatory face scans, and the internet is furious. The debate is loud about privacy, safety, and backlash. But a quieter incentive is driving this move, and almost no one is talking about it yet.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 54
- Date: 2026-02-11
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:52:30
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/6390638524299445666a13d655-2ff6-4002-b058-405fe47b1385.mp3


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