SRC — Social Platforms
Folder: 05 - SOURCE MATERIAL Supporting: Social Platforms
Privacy Rankings
Incogni Social Media Privacy Ranking 2025 https://blog.incogni.com/social-media-privacy-2025/ 15 platforms ranked across: data collection, retention, regulatory history, AI training, transparency. Discord ranked #1. Facebook ranked last. Published October 2025.
Incogni Social Media Privacy Ranking 2024 https://blog.incogni.com/social-media-privacy-ranking/ Data retention figures confirmed.
Reddit / Google AI Deal $60 million annual licensing. February 2024. https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-ai-content-licensing-deal-google-sources-say-2024-02-22/
The Great Blackout — June 2023 Thousands of subreddits went dark. Reddit threatened moderator removal. Protest ended. Deals proceeded. The Verge coverage confirmed.
Discord
Discord Official Announcement — February 9, 2026 https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globally
Discord Delay Announcement — February 25, 2026 https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing Confirmed: Global rollout delayed to second half of 2026. Persona dropped as partner. On-device processing now required.
EFF — Discord Age Verification “Age verification mandates are a censorship and surveillance nightmare” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach Updated February 25, 2026.
CPO Magazine — Persona / Palantir Connection https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/discord-delays-age-verification-after-user-backlash/ Confirmed: Persona connected to Palantir and OpenAI. Dropped by Discord after backlash.
TechCrunch — February 9, 2026 https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/discord-to-roll-out-age-verification-next-month-for-full-access-to-its-platform/
Spy.pet Mass Scrape — April 2024 4 billion messages from 14,201 servers. 628 million users exposed. https://privacyhawk.com/resources/discords-massive-data-breach-over-4-billion-messages-leaked-and-sold-in
Zendesk Vendor Breach — September 2025 70,000 users’ government IDs and selfies exposed. https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/discord-data-breach-exposes-age-verification-risks-508685
Discord 2025 Privacy Ranking Ranked #1 of 15 platforms. Source: Incogni 2025 report above.
Telegram
Durov Arrest — August 24, 2024 Le Bourget Airport, Paris. Reuters, BBC, The Guardian.
Policy Change — September 2024 IP addresses and phone numbers now shared with law enforcement. https://cyberinsider.com/telegram-shared-data-on-2253-users-with-u-s-authorities-in-2024/
Compliance Data — 2024 Full Year 900 US requests. 2,253 users. Source: Telegram Transparency Reports.
Compliance Data — Q1 2025 22,777 users globally. 4x increase from Q1 2024. Freedom of the Press Foundation: https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/telegrams-growing-mountain-of-data-requests/ 404 Media: https://www.404media.co/telegram-gave-authorities-data-on-more-than-20-000-users/
Signal
Signal Grand Jury Subpoena Response — 2021 Produced: date created + date last connected. Nothing else. https://signal.org/blog/signal-subpoena-response/
Signal vs Microsoft Recall Signal black screen on Windows screenshots. https://proton.me/blog/disable-windows-recall
Still To Source
- Telegram Q2 2025 onwards — compliance trajectory continuing to accelerate. Monitor. #investigate
- X biometric data — how actually used beyond policy statement investigate
- LinkedIn race/ethnicity data collection — confirm scope and use investigate
- Discord age verification — current vendor arrangements post-breach. k-ID specifically. #investigate
- Discord global rollout — monitor second half 2026 #investigate