Users were unhappy about plans for age verification to require facial or ID scans.

Discord’s reversal followed a widespread user backlash, which also intensified scrutiny of the platform’s age-check partners.

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Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from users with concerns about their privacy. The ...

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The popular social network Discord will require almost all users to verify their age using a selfie or an ID card if they want to access adult content, starting in early March. In a blog post Monday, ...

Social media platform Discord announced on Feb. 9 that it will begin implementing global age verification starting in March. The company said in a news release that the phased rollout will require ...

Back on February 9, the company announced that it was launching “enhanced teen safety features” that would require underage users across the world to have their faces scanned or upload a form of ID.

Discord will soon enact age verification for all users, a move aimed at teen safety — but one that sparked intense backlash from adults on the platform.