The restriction will roll out to all users from today, marking you as either a teen or an adult.

Discord has started automatically sorting users into age groups worldwide, claiming more than 90% of its users will not be asked to confirm their age. The rollout was announced on September 22nd by ...

Discord is relaunching its age verification requirement but without the mandatory video selfie and government ID requirements. These methods will still be available, but they will no longer be the ...

Discord will estimate most users’ ages with an algorithm and ask some users to confirm their age. Discord says K-ID will handle age checks and delete collected data after each check is complete. The ...

Earlier in 2026, Discord was under fire for its controversial age verification plans, which it eventually delayed. Now, Discord is implementing them.

Discord had announced a somewhat different plan for age checks in February, but scrapped it amid backlash from users concerned about privacy. The privacy concerns were heightened by a 2025 incident in ...

Hackers may have stolen the government ID photos of around 70,000 Discord users, the company said Wednesday evening. In a statement, Discord, the popular chat app, said the breach affected people who ...

Discord has confirmed a security incident involving one of its third-party vendors that has led to the exposure of government-issued identification photos belonging to approximately 70,000 users. This ...

A third-party service provider was compromised, and information from people who had communicated with Discord's customer support and trust and safety teams was exposed. Hackers have stolen user ...

Discord is rolling out machine-learning age assurance that estimates whether users are teens or adults without requiring most accounts to submit ID.