Discord says it will roll out age verification globally from March to access some content; all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default”
Beginning in March, all accounts will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”
The Verge Stevie Bonifield
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- We're in a world where many countries/states are requiring websites to verify user ages and at the same time data breaches have become extremely common. Hackers recently stole 70,000 government IDs uploaded to Discord's servers which is concerning as Discord is about to make age verification mandatory. … @carnage4life · Dare Obasanjo
- 2/ — On social media, alarmed Discord users protested the move, doubting whether Discord could be trusted with their most sensitive information after Discord age verification data was recently breached. In October, hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 Discord users from a third-party service that Discord previously trusted to verify ages in the United Kingdom and Australia. … @Yehuda@turtleisland.social
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Discussion
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@discord_support
@discord_support
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Discord will soon be expanding teen safety protections worldwide including teen-by-default settings and age assurance designed to create safer experiences for teens. We're also launching recruitment for Discord's first Teen Council, creating a space for teen voices to help shape …
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@royermattw
Matt Royer
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There are a ton of Democratic and Leftist organizers who use Discord to coordinate amongst large groups in an accessible way and potentially housing all of their identification, especially during an opposing admin with outright fascistic behaviors is absolutely terrifying.
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@darumiamemiya
@darumiamemiya
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it is 2032. me and my friends are using stardew valley co-op as our group chat because it's the only app not locked behind id verification left
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@tiagosada
Tiago Sada
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Discord is only the beginning in an attempt to verify things like humanity and age online many governments will consider forcing apps to kyc every user to be clear, most apps don't want this it's a very bad idea because id databases will inevitably get compromised, it means
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@coneofarc
@coneofarc
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“Yeah we're gonna need an ID to verify your 10+ year old account is being used by an adult” Glad these changes are definitely for child safety and not any other reason
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@north0fnorth
Emily North
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kinda pisses me off that i've had my account for like 8 years but the new default assumption is gonna be that i made it when i was 9 years old and not that i'm clearly an adult
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@prestonjbyrne
Preston Byrne
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Overseas regulators must have turned the screws on Discord hard. I will simply stop using Discord over this. Congress - could we get moving on a federal shield law please? This is outrageous and it's almost certainly downstream of a foreign regulatory threat.
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@gangsthannah
Hanner
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This is so fucking scummy to set everyone's accounts to teen by default. All to force us to give them our government ID. Discord was hacked last year and they had 1.5TB of data and 2 million government IDs leaked. Several tens of thousands of those were kids IDs
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@wariocolosseum
@wariocolosseum
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i think more ppl should be worried that social media companies are now starting to ask us to give very personal info out of the guise of “protection”
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@jakelandauto
Jake Landau
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I do not want random companies to have full copies of my fucking photo ID, but many governments around the world are seeking to make this a LEGAL REQUIREMENT to access any form of online communications. We are headed towards a total censorship society.
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@prestonjbyrne
Preston Byrne
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This move by Discord is almost certainly downstream of regulatory pressure from Australia and/or the UK. Democrats should look to Wyoming, where a foreign censorship shield bill, the Wyoming GRANITE Act, is being advanced as we speak. Bring that bill to Congress.
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@extremeblitz__
Duck
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me seeing an A.I generated video of my face on IG reels 3 days after I used Face ID to verify my age on Discord [video]
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@autismcapital
@autismcapital
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Goodbye Discord. 👋🏼
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@taylorlorenz
Taylor Lorenz
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We are rapidly losing the ability to communicate and access information anonymously online and leftists aren't even talking about it. It's so bad!
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@kreekcraft
@kreekcraft
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A few months ago Discord literally had a data breach that leaked people's IDs for age verification I don't really trust systems like this 🤷♀️
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@whatwilliplay
Will Kunkel
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Hey, cancel your Nitro. We can and should Absolutely bully this company till it stops doing stupid terrible things. The faster we get a Lot of people to cancel, the better. C-suites react really quickly to plummeting profit lines. — discord.com/press-releas...
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@biogodz
@biogodz
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*Sigh* I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But Discord is gonna do the whole face scan and ID thing with their A.I. system next month. We need to protest and Cancel their Nitro Subscription service! — Source: www.theverge.com/tech/875309/ ...
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@socialmedialab.ca
@socialmedialab.ca
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In the name of protecting minors, we curtail adults' ability to speak freely, remain anonymous, and access spaces that were never designed for children in the first place. All accounts on Discord will have a 'teen-appropriate experience by default starting in March. www.theverge…
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@notnite.com
@notnite.com
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legitimately who at Discord thought this was a good idea discord.com/press-releas...
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Discord will require facial scans or government ID for full access starting March 2026 globally
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Ars Technica: Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs
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Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally starting in March (have to provide ID for greater access)
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Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
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Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month | The Verge
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Discord Will Require Face Scanning Or ID Verification For Age-Restricted Content
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If true, then bye bye farming
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F's in chat for the Discord
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“$1 Billion budget and we still don't have in-game social app?!” “Why don't you use discord to find groups to play”
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Discord will soon require proof of age to access 18+ servers and content in March
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Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs