Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns.

Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor transparency, and other changes.

On top of all of this, the global rollout of Discord's age verification system has been delayed to the latter half of 2026, so you've still got a while to mull over it all. What a polava.

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

After weeks of controversy, Discord is postponing its global age verification program, but it's not going away entirely.

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