Discord puts everyone in teen mode by default

"For adults, regaining access to their chosen Discord spaces may mean handing over a copy of ID to one of the company's age verification vendors, or uploading a video selfie that will be used for age estimation. Unless Discord's background age-inference model decides you're an adult. "Discord will implement its age inference model, a new system that runs in the background to help determine whether an account belongs to an adult, without always requiring users to verify their age," the company said."

"Discord users worried about handing over their personal information to Discord to prove they're old enough to chat with other adults are right to be worried. As noted above, a third-party customer service provider used by Discord was compromised last October, and attackers accessed images from roughly 70,000 government ID scans that users had submitted as part of age-verification processes."

Discord will default all new and existing accounts to a teen-appropriate experience starting with a phased rollout in early March. Default settings will enable communication restrictions, limit access to age-gated spaces, and apply content filtering regardless of actual account age. Restoring adult settings typically requires proving adulthood via government ID, a video selfie for age estimation, or relying on Discord's background age-inference model. The company suggests adults may avoid manual verification if the inference model deems them adults. A previous compromise of a third-party provider exposed roughly 70,000 government ID images submitted for age verification.

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