Post #2149759
2026-04-07 13:19 UTC
Headway https://headway.co will soon be requiring identity verification through the Peter Thiel backed Persona—the company Discord was originally using.
Headway is for finding, booking, and paying therapists and psychiatrists. In light of the administration’s view of autism https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding and antidepressants https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/rfk-jr-wants-to-send-people-on-antidepressants-to-government-wellness-farms/ this is rather frightening.
#autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata
Replies (3)
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@ridogi@mastodon.social 2026-04-23 17:31
Opting out is possible according to their policy which states "Inform each User in writing of the manner in which the User may opt out of the collection, processing, storage or usage of their Biometric Data" https://headway.co/legal/biometric-data-policy #autism #privacy #identityverification #ageverification #mentalhealth #persona #IDverification #biometricdata
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@mariegriffiths@mastodon.social 2026-04-10 10:09
@ridogi@mastodon.social BTW This is NOT the Headway charity in the UK that goes by the same name
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@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems 2026-05-07 03:44
@ridogi@mastodon.social why on earth does this need 'identity verification' good grief