Age verification postponed: Discord delays launch of verification to the second half of the year
Discord, under the pressure of criticism, continues to retreat from its initial statements.
Recall, In March, Discord will treat all users as teenagers and require age verification that starting in March, all users must undergo age verification by providing photos of documents or a short video selfie. The outrage over this was so extensive that Discord's management, evaluating the consequences, Checks are canceled: Discord explained how user age will be determined that most adult users would not have to undergo any checks since there is already sufficient information for the platform's algorithms to automatically determine age.
What is known
Discord's management decided to postpone the launch of user age determination to the second half of 2026.
The community was reminded once more that the absolute majority will not have to undergo verification, and the 10% that will cause doubts in the algorithms will not provide any sensitive personal information. Moreover, the check can be ignored, but then the account will face several restrictions, such as access to content marked “adults only”.
Furthermore, Discord announced that it is ending its partnership with the Persona service, which previously handled user age verification, because its main investor, Peter Thiel, is a co-founder of Palantir, a company associated with the US government.
Source: Discord Blog
