Discord has quietly begun testing a new age verification system that asks users to scan their face or submit a valid form of photo ID to access sensitive content. The feature is currently being ...

Discord is testing face scanning to verify some users' ages in the UK and Australia. The social platform, which says it has over 200 million monthly users around the world, was initially used by ...

This system invites privacy concerns, though Discord said in an FAQ section about the new requirement that the data users provide for verification is not stored by Discord or its face-scan vendor.

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 ...

Discord has rolled out experimental age verification systems in the UK and Australia in order to verify if a user is an adult or not.

According to the U.K.'s media regulator, Ofcom, platforms such as Bluesky, Discord, Grindr, Reddit, and X have already committed to implementing age verification systems.