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Coming Soon: Discord to Roll Out Global Age Verification Using Facial Scans, ID Your email has been sent Communications platform Discord will introduce age-verification tools worldwide next month, in ...

Starting in March, all Discord users will be switched to a "teen-appropriate experience" unless they can verify that they're an adult. The social platform is implementing age verification protocols ...

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Discord is expanding its age verification requirements, as all users will soon have to scan their faces or their IDs to access adult content. This will come into effect starting in March, with a ...

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