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💻 BBC Tech • Thursday, February 12, 2026
⚡ Key Highlights
- Discord to require face scan or ID for adult content access
- New safety measures to protect teen users by default
- Age checks to be rolled out globally from early March
- Restrictions on content and communication for unverified users
Discord will soon require users globally to verify their age with a face scan or by uploading a form of ID if they want to access adult content. The online chat service, which allows people to create and join groups based on their interests, says it has more than 200 million monthly users. Its new safety measures are designed to protect people by placing everyone into a teen-appropriate experience “by default”. Discord already makes some users in the UK and Australia verify their age to comply with online safety laws – but it will roll out age checks to users worldwide from early March. “Nowhere is our safety work more important than when it comes to teen users,” said Discord policy head Savannah Badalich. “Rolling out teen-by-default settings globally builds on Discord’s existing safety architecture, giving teens strong protections while allowing verified adults flexibility.” The platform says the new default settings will restrict what people can see and how they can communicate, with only those who prove they are an adult able to access age-restricted communities and unblur material marked as sensitive. Users will also not be able to see direct messages sent to them from someone they do not know unless they complete Discord’s age checks. “The sentiment behind creating a safer community for all social media users is a positive move,” said Drew Benvie, head of social media consultancy Battenhall. But he told the BBC putting the new system into place could be “fraught with issues” considering the platform has millions of communities. “Discord could lose users if its implementation of age verification backfires, but it could equally attract more new users who will be drawn to its new standards for online safety by design,” he said.
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Original Source: BBC Tech
