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Discord delays age verification plans after user outcry
- In a Tuesday blog post, Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord cofounder and CTO, announced delaying the global age-verification rollout to the second half of 2026 and apologized for missteps.
- Earlier this month Discord announced teen-default settings and age verification, prompting backlash fueled by a third-party vendor breach last fall that exposed government ID photos of 70,000 Discord users.
- Discord will publish a technical blog and transparency reports explaining its automatic age determination and listing verification vendors, while adding credit-card verification, on-device facial estimation, and a spoiler channel; around 90% of users won’t need to verify.
- Users who choose not to verify will keep accounts and friends but be blocked from age-restricted content until verifying, while Discord will meet legal obligations in the UK, Australia and Brazil and cancel the March rollout.
- Amid fragile trust, Discord cut ties with the vendor involved in the breach and said Persona, an age verification provider, did not meet its on-device facial-estimation standard, risking user migration to alternatives despite its more than 200 million active users.
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'We’re Listening. We'll Get This Right' — Discord Delays Global Age Verification Check Rollout, Admitting It 'Missed The Mark'
Just two weeks ago, Discord announced plans to enforce a new "teen-appropriate" experience by default next month, requiring age verification to access restricted content or change content settings, but it's now "delaying [its] global rollout" to the second half of 2026.In a lengthy blog, Discord co-creator and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy admitted the company had "missed the mark" and "failed at [its] most basic job: clearly explaining what we're d…
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