Overview
- Starting in March 2026, Discord will default any account not confirmed as adult to a supervised teen experience with reduced access and safety filters locked on.
- Users who are not classified as adults by Discord’s inference model must verify via an AI facial‑age video or by submitting a government ID with a selfie through external providers.
- Unverified accounts will lose access to 18+ servers, see sensitive images blurred without override, be unable to speak in Stage channels, have DMs from non‑friends routed to requests, and receive extra friend‑request warnings.
- Discord says it has changed verification vendors and does not retain permanent biometric data, with facial scans processed on‑device and IDs deleted after confirmation according to company statements.
- Privacy advocates point to a widely reported October breach at a former provider and to reports of circumvention and misclassification in early deployments, while Discord acknowledges the tools are not infallible.