Summary
Discord has postponed plans to verify the age of its users after receiving negative feedback. The company plans to roll out age verification later in the year but is developing new methods to verify users' ages that do not involve scanning IDs or faces. Discord aims to comply with various international and state-level social media regulations while addressing user privacy concerns.
Key Facts
- Discord delayed its age verification plans after user backlash.
- The company initially planned to verify the age of all users by March.
- New verification methods will avoid using facial or ID scans, potentially using credit card verification.
- Discord has 200 million monthly users.
- Less than 10% of users will need to verify their age once the system is implemented.
- Discord already employs an internal system to estimate users' ages.
- Concerns arose from a previous data breach, leaking ID photos of 70,000 users.
- The company aims to align with global regulations for youth access to social media.
