Discord age verification will be delayed to the second half of 2026.

Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a ...

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

Discord’s original plan was to begin age verification as early as March, but in light of the controversy, the company is now postponing the rollout of age verification to the second half of 2026, per ...

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

Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns ...

Discord, which says it has more than 200 million active users, will continue to meet specific legal obligations it has for age verification of users, the company said, but the global expansion of age ...

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