The company added that 90% of users won’t need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual.

Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor transparency, and other changes.

After weeks of intense backlash, Discord has announced it's delaying the rollout of its global age verification requirements until later in 2026.

Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over the use of a controversial third-party age verification service.

Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout, responding to multiple controversies that spun up in the two weeks ...

Discord will require face scanning or ID verification starting March 2026. Here’s what happens if users don’t verify their ...

After mounting pressure and a potential user exodus, Discord's CTO has delayed the chat app's age verification plans to later ...

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This means that new and existing Discord accounts will get restricted access to age-gated spaces, unless users verify their age.

The messaging platform says its ‘limited test’ of Persona in the UK has come to an end.

Discord has ended its relationship with Persona, a controversial age verification partner in the UK, which users allege kept ...