In a new statement, Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy clarifies that 90% of global users will be able to continue to use Discord as they always have. The Discord users who will need to authenticate ...

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Earlier this month, Discord said it would be enacting an age verification policy. The platform faced some initial concerns from users about turning over their IDs and personal information, ...

Update 2/24: This article was originally titled "Discord Drops Persona After Users Blast UK Age Checks And Data Practices". Per a statement we received from Discord after publishing, we've altered the ...

Communication platform Discord is under fire after its identity verification software, Persona Identities, was found to have frontend code accessible on the open internet and on government servers.

For years, Discord has been the digital living room of the internet: gamers, developers, creators, and entire online communities have called it home. But that home is starting to feel… monitored. And ...

Shortly after Discord announced that all users will soon be defaulted to teen experiences until their ages are verified, the messaging platform faced immediate backlash. One of the major complaints ...

People aren’t exactly taking kindly to Discord’s decision to roll out its privacy-invading age verification checks worldwide. In fact, there’s so much frustration with the move that rival voice-chat ...

UK Discord users are facing a change in how their personal data is handled as the platform prepares for its “teen-by-default” global rollout. What began as a promise of localized, device-only security ...

Discord's plan to require face scans or ID verification is capitulation to overbearing legislation that's still far from universal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...