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You can now bypass Discord's age verification checks with a gamepad-controlled 3D model from GitHub

As Discord begins rolling out age assurance ID checks and face scans globally, the workarounds are only getting smarter. Only last year, I used Norman Reedus' glorious face to get around it, but one ...
AOL

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

Communication platform Discord is under fire after an identity verification software it used, Persona Identities, was found to have front-end code accessible on the open internet. Nearly 2,500 ...
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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed ID firm after surveillance-linked code discovery

Discord has cut ties with identity-verification company Persona — a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — after online researchers claimed the vendor’s software was tied to ...
Futurism

Discord’s Verification Saga Has Devolved Into a Complete Self-Inflicted Embarrassment

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Mashable

Discord age verification: How it works, when it happens

Discord will be rolling out age verification to all users. Here's how to complete the process. Credit: Valera Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Age verification is spreading on the ...
The Verge

Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout

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

Discord announces age verification will be required for all users from March

Update, February 11 2026: Following a negative reaction to the announcement, the company subsequently updated it to state that "for most adults, age verification won’t be required" as the platform ...