Many people aren't happy, again, but Discord says it has to move forward with these changes due to new laws across the globe ...

Discord relaunches revamped age-assurance to sort accounts into adult, teen, or unconfirmed. Discord claims 90% will verify automatically via checking account signals, not message contents. Teens hit ...

Discord artists are tearing the company's purple mascot, Wumpus, limb from limb in increasingly gruesome ways to protest its controversial age verification system. Despite the backlash already ...

Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user’s age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content. Discord said it will take ...

Discord has begun implementing facial age verification in the UK and Australia to comply with stricter online safety laws, using on-device processing technology that scans users’ faces without storing ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is suing Discord, the communications platform with a large gaming community, for ...

Discord is delaying the global rollout of its age verification system until the second half of 2026 following user backlash over privacy concerns, biometric checks, and third-party vendors. Chief ...

Discord is reportedly reviving global age checks, sparking privacy concerns over ID verification, facial scans and tighter teen restrictions. Discord branding appears on a phone and shield symbols in ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

In February this year, Discord announced plans to implement an age-verification system for all accounts. This would require all accounts to verify their actual age by submitting a video selfie or some ...

Discord delayed the rollout of its controversial age verification system back in February after very loud backlash against the company's plans. Those age checks are now back, but this time, co-founder ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT.