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Discord will age-lock your account next month and you’ll have to submit an ID or accept a face scan to unlock it – you know, 4 months after suffering a third-party data breach

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February 9, 2026 3:51 pm

“We’ll find other ways to bring users back,” said product policy head, acknowledging the odds of users leaving Discord

After softer, region-specific rollouts, Discord has now announced global child protection settings that will default all users to an age-locked “teen-by-default” status pending age verification via ID or selfie age estimation. Teen-by-default setting… [2820 chars]

Source: GamesRadar+ | Published: 2026-02-09T15:51:17Z

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