TechDiscord rolls out age verification after user backlash

Discord is beginning a global rollout of age verification that estimates users’ ages and asks some to prove they can access age-restricted content. The company abandoned an earlier ID-upload and face-scan plan after privacy backlash and has added several verification options to the revised system.

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