If they want to get paid, some Twitch streamers will need to use the same identity verification …

Just weeks after Discord u-turned itself out of a Persona-related mess, another gaming-adjacent company has embraced the controversial digital verification service. Some Twitch streamers now have to verify their identity through the Persona system, which has caused upset thanks to its ties to mass surveillance program Palantir, in order to access their earnings from the platform, according to creators on social media. A VTuber by the name of Tawny Code Cat shared screenshots of the new terms on social media platform BlueSky. “Submit proof of identity and location to receive your payout,” the rules read, before explaining that you will have to upload your government ID and a selfie to Persona in order to access your hard-earned funds. Tawny Code Cat says that they have already given Twitch their business registration and “a ton of other” information that should be enough to verify they are who they say they are, and considers the partnership with Persona “a massive invasion of privacy and a huge risk of identity theft.” Persona has come under fire for its links to Palantir, after it received funding from the latter’s owner, Peter Thiel, as a part of his Founders Fund. Palantir is controversial in itself
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