One of the major complaints was that Discord planned to collect more government IDs as part of its global age verification ...

Critics say mandatory age verification reflects a deeper shift toward routine identity checks and digital surveillance.

Discord is facing backlash after announcing that all users will soon be required to verify ages to access adult content by sharing video selfies or uploading government IDs. According to Discord, it’s ...

Discord just announced a policy, set to go into effect next month, to verify all users' ages via video selfies or sharing government ID. This comes after a third-party company leaked over 70k ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has requested personal information of online users who have been critical of U ...

Discord users will have to scan their faces to use the app in its entirety as new age restrictions are ushered in. It's a move that's become more commonplace worldwide as websites seek to safeguard ...

Discord's new age verification system requires facial scans or ID checks to access mature content, restricting all users to teen settings by default starting March 2026.

Apple and Meta reportedly gave user data over to hackers pretending to be law enforcement, Bloomberg reports. According to the outlet, both tech companies fell victim to fake emergency data requests ...

But Discord will put adults at risk when this policy rolls out in early March.

"We'll find other ways to bring users back," said product policy head, acknowledging the odds of users leaving Discord ...

Apple, Facebook and Discord turned over user data to hackers posing as law enforcement officials, according to a new report in Bloomberg. The demands, which were forged to look like authentic legal ...