Now Discord Is Saying It's Delaying Global Age Verification

What’s Happening

Okay so Discord is taking its age verification rollout back to the drawing board.

Since it was just dropped a little over a week ago , Discord’s global age verification rollout has been a bit of a mess. First, the chatroom and voice chat company had to clarify that it clutched’t require all adults to upload an ID or facial scan to prove how old they are, as the initial post left many users with that impression. (it feels like chaos)

Second, the announcement came shortly after one if its existing customer service partners was breached , which lead to hackers getting a hold of user information, including government IDs provided for age verification.

The Details

Third, users found out that Discord had partnered with Peter Thiel-backed company Persona for an experiment in the UK, which raised flags about surveillance and security, and saw some personal identifying information being uploaded to the cloud when users thought it would be processed on-device. Now, Discord is admitting that it messed up, and is trying to make amends.

In a post on its site , titled “Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What’s Changing,” Discord admitted that its new “teen-by-default” age settings haven’t had the warmest reception. The company dropped that it “knew this rollout was going to be controversial,” but added that “we flopped at our most basic job: clearly explaining what we’re doing and why.

Why This Matters

” It then reiterated that “over 90% of users will never need to verify their age to continue using Discord exactly as they do today,” while still doubling down on providing “real safeguards” for teenage users. That dropped, corporate damage control aside, the company also dropped it’s going to delay the global age verification rollout, and is going to make concrete changes to attempt to address user concerns. How Discord’s global age verification is changing To that end, Discord is making the following changes to its controversial global age verification rollout: You May Also Like Global age verification will now be delayed from March to the “second half of 2026.

This is part of the broader shift happening across the tech industry right now.

The Bottom Line

How Discord’s global age verification is changing To that end, Discord is making the following changes to its controversial global age verification rollout: You May Also Like Global age verification will now be delayed from March to the “second half of 2026.

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