Discord to require video selfies or government IDs to verify all users’ ages
Discord will soon require all its users worldwide to verify their ages by sharing video selfies or providing government IDs, a move that coincides with a push for age verification across social media platforms.
Discord on Monday announced it will require all users globally to verify their ages by sharing video selfies or providing government IDs, a move that comes at a time when laws requiring age verification on social media platforms are multiplying.
In a blog post, Discord said the data it gathers will be deleted immediately after a user’s age is verified and that it will never leave the device.
A “phased global rollout” will begin in early March, the blogpost said, emphasizing that all users will have a “teen-appropriate experience by default.”
Source: https://therecord.media/discord-age-verification-selfies
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