Discord delayed its global rollout of age verification requirements after co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy acknowledged the company "missed the mark" in communicating the policy and failed to address user privacy concerns stemming from a previous security breach. The company will now implement the changes in the second half of the year, clarifying that most users won't need to submit facial scans or IDs, with automatic age determination based on account history and activity for less than 10 percent requiring third-party verification.
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Discord delayed its global rollout of age verification requirements after co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy acknowledged the company "missed the mark" in communicating the policy and failed to address user privacy concerns stemming from a previous security breach. The company will now implement the changes in the second half of the year, clarifying that most users won't need to submit facial scans or IDs, with automatic age determination based on account history and activity for less than 10 percent requiring third-party verification.