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Following up from the announcement from two days ago, Discord continues to face backlash from its recent announcement regarding forcing its users to verify their age by Face Scans or scanning their Government IDs.
Despite trying to reassure its users (which includes VTUBERS, Professional Gamers, Artists, etc) it ended up making things worse. This has driven people to cancel their Nitro Subscriptions, accusing the Company of not only spying on users but also harvesting biometrics and personal data. They have also slammed the new policy, mentioning that it would make it easier to dox people, which users have addressed it in the Discord Post’s Replies and Quotes section on Twitter. Another concern that parents have about the policy is that it has created a safe space for sexual predators.
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Digital Freedom Advocates disagreed with Discord’s new policy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation even pointed out in an article from January saying they, and others were against “age-gating and age-verification mandates.” As mentioned previously, since the new rollout was announced, users took to social media and on their individual Discord Servers to voice their complaints and concern in the company’s unpopular move, given that in September 2025, over 70,000 Government Identification Cards were exposed in a Discord User Hack. Cyber Security News reported that the actual number of affected users whose IDs were stolen may be as high as “5.5 million unique users across 8.4 million support tickets.” The company issued a statement after the incident, mentioning that they were working closely with law enforcement and the incident occurred after an unauthorized party compromised one of their third-party vendor platform uses for age-related appeals. Listed below are the new clarifications that have people voicing their distrust in the company, even looking for different programs to use.
Clarifications:
- 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗗 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱.
- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲.
- You need to be an adult to access age-restricted experiences such as age-restricted servers and channels or to modify certain safety settings.
- For the majority of adult users, the company will be able to confirm your age group using information we already have. They are using age prediction to determine, with high confidence, when a user is an adult. This allows many adults to access age-appropriate features without completing an explicit age check.
- “When additional confirmation is required, we offer multiple privacy-forward options through trusted partners.”
- For the majority of adult users, the company will be able to confirm your age group using information we already have. They are using age prediction to determine, with high confidence, when a user is an adult. This allows many adults to access age-appropriate features without completing an explicit age check.
- 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁.
- 𝗜𝗗𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱.
- 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗲 — 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁.
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Discord rolled out the same process for the United Kingdom (United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act “OSA”) and Australia (Social Media Minimum Age Act) last year, the company launched a teen-by-default experience in the UK and Australia, and this global rollout builds on that approach to deliver consistent, age-appropriate protections worldwide.
Gamespot recently reached out to Discord for comment, you can click here to read the exclusive. Users have tricked the facial scans by using either GMOD or Death Stranding 2‘s Photo Mode. Discord claims to have covered the workaround, but time will only tell as people continue to find a way to bypass the verification system. Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Discord Official Twitter, Gamespot, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cyber Security News
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