Critics say mandatory age verification reflects a deeper shift toward routine identity checks and digital surveillance. Want to use Discord from next month? You’ll have to hand over a photo of your ID ...

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

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

Discord is implementing global age verification from early March, restricting unverified users from 18+ servers and sensitive content. Options to verify include AI facial analysis, government ID ...

Discord's move to require age verification through facial recognition and ID scans arrives wrapped in the language of ...