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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 companyโs unpopular move, given that in September 2025, over 70,000 Government Identification Cards wereย exposedย 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:
- ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ.
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
- 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.
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ. ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐.
- ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
- ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ถ๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐.
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Discord rolled out the same process for the United Kingdom (United Kingdomโs Online Safety Act โOSAโ) 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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