In the Brazilian-made Best Picture nominee The Secret Agent, set in that country’s authoritarian 1970s, a pungent sequence features an animated amputated leg, acting as a surreal “stand-in” for police ...

"We leverage an advanced machine learning model developed at Discord to predict whether a user falls into a particular age group based on patterns of user behavior and several other signals associated ...

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WASHINGTON — Discord is pausing its plans to roll out enhanced teen safety features globally next month, including a new default experience designed to be age-appropriate for all users. The news comes ...

Discord has spent the last couple of weeks in the crosshairs of the internet, as its decision to launch an ID-based age verification program proved even more controversial than most of us likely ...

Discord announced Tuesday that it will delay the implementation of previously announced, but controversially received, age verification measures. In a Tuesday blog post, Discord CTO and co-founder ...

Discord is officially hitting the brakes on its global age-verification rollout after weeks of confusion and backlash from users. In a new blog post, the company admitted it “missed the mark” in ...

Discord is pushing back plans to start verifying the age of all users in March after weeks of user ire. Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord's co-founder and chief technology officer, said a planned global ...

PCWorld reports that Discord’s new age verification policy requires users to submit video selfies or ID documents, treating unverified accounts as teens. Searches for “delete Discord” have doubled ...

Want to use Discord from next month? You’ll have to hand over a photo of your ID or a scan of your face to verify you’re of age. It’s part of a new process introduced by the chat app aimed at ensuring ...

Discord's plan to require face scans or ID verification is capitulation to overbearing legislation that's still far from universal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...