SAN FRANCISCO - Discord, the widely used chat app for gamers, creators, and online communities, is changing how accounts are set up and what users can access.

You open Discord, tap into a channel you’ve used before, and suddenly everything’s blocked or blurred. Then you see it: a prompt to verify your age. In that ...

This “teen-by-default” setting is meant to protect new and existing users from encountering age-restricted subsections of Discord servers as well as prevent underaged users from doing certain things ...

One of the major complaints was that Discord planned to collect more government IDs as part of its global age verification ...

When inference isn’t enough the process for follow-up confirmation, and its privacy promises, are familiar territory for ...

Teen-by-default settings to roll out globally for all Discord users, enhancing age-appropriate protections while maintaining privacy, community, and meaningful connection on the platform SAN FRANCISCO ...