Discord logo shown on a smartphone screen in front of a larger, blurred version of the company's blue logo. Discord will soon require users globally to verify their age with a face scan or by ...

An individiual's right hand holding a cellphone that's displaying the Discord logo, the logo is also patterned in the background - Sergei Elagin/Shutterstock How you interact with Discord is changing, ...

Discord announced on Monday that it will be launching "teen-by-default" settings globally next month. In essence, this means that you'll have to jump through some hoops to use the service in full as ...

According to Discord, a face scan or ID will not be necessary in most cases to verify one's age. Instead, it will be estimated. Following backlash over the introduction of age verification on Discord, ...

Unsurprisingly, Discord's "teen-by-default" settings and ID verification announcement isn't going over well with its user base. On Monday, the messaging platform announced it will require all adult ...

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Discord is experimenting with a new age-verification policy that would require users to prove their age to see material Discord considers harmful. The verification process is currently undergoing ...

After softer, region-specific rollouts, Discord has now announced global child protection settings that will default all users to an age-locked "teen-by-default" status pending age verification via ID ...

Discord’s move to require age verification through facial recognition and ID scans arrives wrapped in the language of protection. But it’s actually a blueprint for something more troubling: ...

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