Admitting it made some missteps when it announced the changes, Discord is pushing those modifications back to later this year.

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Discord age verification will be delayed to the second half of 2026.

Following privacy concerns, Discord has decided to delay its age verification roll out globally and pushed it to the second half of 2026.

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

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 mounting pressure and a potential user exodus, Discord's CTO has delayed the chat app's age verification plans to later ...

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