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

After the alarm was initially raised about Persona, Discord claimed its work with the Thiel-backed firm was only temporary, and that it didn’t have new contacts with it moving forward. It also ...

The social media platform explains that a "limited test" by Persona in the UK for age verification has ended. Users had ...

Discord’s original plan was to begin age verification as early as March, but in light of the controversy, the company is now postponing the rollout of age verification to the second half of 2026, per ...

The company added that 90% of users won’t need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual.