Update: On its status page, Discord, announced about an hour back that their services had been restored. This comes after their team identified the problem. “We believe we have identified the issue ...

PCWorld highlights five critical Discord privacy settings users should disable to protect their personal data from collection and profiling. Discord uses AI to analyze account activity, payment ...

Discord users have made themselves heard as the company has announced that it will postpone the implementation of its global age checks. These will be implemented sometime in the second half of 2026.

Co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy addressed misgivings about Discord's age verification system in a blog posted on Tuesday, attempting to reassure worried users. "In hindsight, we should have provided ...

Discord's global age verification rollout has been delayed to later this year after major criticism over privacy concerns. In a blog post, Discord co-founder and chief technology officer Stanislav ...

The team at Discord introduced some discord to our newsroom today. First, a company representative sent us a statement requiring us to update a previous article on its "Teen-By-Default" policy, and ...

Discord has spent the last couple of weeks in the crosshairs of the internet, as its decision to launch an ID-based age verification program proved even more controversial than most of us likely ...

Discord announced Tuesday that it will delay the implementation of previously announced, but controversially received, age verification measures. In a Tuesday blog post, Discord CTO and co-founder ...

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After constant pushback from its users, popular chat platform Discord is pulling back on plans to introduce a "global age assurance" process, admitting in a statement that the company "failed at our ...

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 ...

Discord faces criticism for its heavy-handed approach to age verification. The company has attempted to clarify its demands for photos, videos, or copies of ID. If you aren't happy with these changes, ...