Discord Will Require Face Scanning Or ID Verification For Age-Restricted Content
If you use Discord on a daily basis, big changes are coming — and they will affect how you access the platform. Discord is preparing to introduce stricter age controls, and users may soon need to confirm their age before using all features.
Discord has just announced that starting March 2026, users worldwide will be required to confirm their age in order to access certain content.
Discord “Teen-Appropriate Experience” Will Soon Require Face Scan or ID
In a post published on its official website, Discord explained that if users do not complete age verification, their account will automatically be set as a “teen” account and will lose access to content and channels with age restrictions.
Users who do not verify their age and do not prove they are adults will also be unable to speak in Discord’s Stage channels. In addition, content considered sensitive will be blocked. Minors will receive warning messages when they get friend requests from unknown users, while direct messages from strangers will be automatically moved to a separate inbox.
All channels and content without age restrictions will continue to work normally. However, users will not be able to send messages in age-restricted servers or view restricted content until age verification is completed, even if they were already members of those servers before the new rules take effect.
Age verification will be done using one of two methods: face scanning or uploading an identity document. Not everyone will be comfortable with these options, especially the use of official documents, due to privacy concerns. Discord has stated that data will never leave the user’s device and that uploaded documents will be deleted immediately after verification.
Discord also claims it will use an internal age-inference model that runs in the background to help determine whether an account belongs to an adult, without always requiring age verification. If the system is highly confident that a user is an adult, no further age verification will be required.
What do you think about Discord’s decision? Do you agree with these new rules? Let us know in the comments.
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