Discord is pushing back plans to start verifying the age of all users in March after weeks of user ire. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord's co-founder and chief technology officer, said a planned global ...

Discord will be rolling out age verification to all users. Here's how to complete the process. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Age verification is spreading on the ...

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

Discord no longer plans to roll out age verification globally in March and is delaying the launch until the second half of 2026, the company announced Tuesday. Discord had faced heavy backlash from ...

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Discord has announced that starting in March, all users will be required to verify their age, either through a video selfie or by providing their official ID. Those that don’t will be given ...

Earlier this month, Discord stepped on a proverbial rake by suddenly announcing plans for global age verification rollout on its platform, sparking outrage as critics looked back at its leak of user ...

TeamSpeak, a rival to the popular chat platform Discord used by gamers, has seen a surge of new users since Discord announced it would be requiring age verification for some users, causing TeamSpeak’s ...

Discord has postponed its age verification rollout to the second half of 2026. Two weeks ago, social and gaming platform Discord announced plans to introduce widespread age verification for users–a ...

Discord is scrambling to contain backlash after announcing new age verification rules that could require some users to submit facial scans or government-issued IDs. Featured Video The company framed ...

After a rocky start, Discord has delayed the global rollout of its age-verification policies following user backlash. Earlier this month, the messaging-based social platform announced that it would ...

Co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy addressed misgivings about Discord's age verification system in a blog posted on Tuesday, attempting to reassure worried users. "In hindsight, we should have provided ...