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From Discord moderator to partner: Overcoming toxicity in the Fortnite community

Watch as I humorously critique Discord users and moderators while being one myself. Trump gold coin approval sparks outrage: "Wildly out of touch" Chuck Norris dead at 86 Santa Clara coach rips refs ...
Gizmodo

Discord Is Delaying Age Checks Following User Backlash

After a rocky start, Discord has delayed the global rollout of its age-verification policies following user backlash. Earlier this month, the messaging-based social platform announced that it would ...
Mashable

Discord delays age verification rollout after privacy backlash

Co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy addressed misgivings about Discord's age verification system in a blog posted on Tuesday, attempting to reassure worried users. "In hindsight, we should have provided ...
9to5google

Discord is holding off on its age verification rollout as it aims for ‘full transparency’

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 ...
9to5Mac

Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now

Earlier this month, Discord faced significant pushback from its users after announcing plans for a global age verification rollout. As originally communicated, starting in March Discord users would ...
HotHardware

Discord Concludes Persona Age Check Pilot As UK Privacy Concerns Erupt (Updated)

Update 2/24: This article was originally titled "Discord Drops Persona After Users Blast UK Age Checks And Data Practices". Per a statement we received from Discord after publishing, we've altered the ...
9to5Mac

Reddit and Discord are both in trouble over age verification

Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over age verification – Reddit for failing to properly check ages, and Discord for using a controversial third-party service. Reddit has been ...
Polygon

Discord delays controversial age verification measures (but they're still going to happen)

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 ...
Yahoo

Discord distances itself from Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found on a Google Cloud endpoint

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Persona, partially funded by Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund, continues to provide age verification services for OpenAI, ...
PCGamesN

Discord delays its age verification, admits it knew the rollout was "going to be controversial" and that it "failed at its most basic job"

After constant pushback from its users, popular chat platform Discord is pulling back on plans to introduce a "global age assurance" process, admitting in a statement that the company "failed at our ...
Fast Company

Discord is asking for your ID. The backlash is about more than privacy

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 ...