It might be enough to stem the outrage.

Discord age verification now includes Google Wallet and credit card checks, but face scans remain as privacy concerns and EFF criticism persist.

Discord is pushing back plans to start verifying the age of all users in March after weeks of user ire. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord's co-founder and chief technology officer, said a planned global ...

Yesterday Discord announced that users would soon be required to have their age verified or be restricted to teen-level access on the service. Today, there’s a follow-up post from Discord that ...

Following user backlash and third-party partnership issues, Discord will postpone the rollout of its mandatory global age-verification initiative, according to a statement made by the social forum ...

An update to Discord’s support page says it’s trying out a way to scan your ID through Incode, adding that “only your date of birth is reviewed for age confirmation purposes,” while your ID and selfie ...

Discord just announced a policy, set to go into effect next month, to verify all users’ ages via video selfies or sharing government ID. The company will also use an “age inference model” in the ...

Update, February 11 2026: Following a negative reaction to the announcement, the company subsequently updated it to state that "for most adults, age verification won’t be required" as the platform ...

A popular messaging app used in online gaming is rolling out a new policy requiring users to verify their ages or face account restrictions as the company tries to address growing concerns about ...