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Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

proof i'm how old i am?
I remember "RAWR xD *GLOMPS YOU*" era of the internet. Please dont test me I'M NOT GIVING YOU MY ID

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Me when i see a minor grammatical error in my posts:

LUIGI BOARD LUIGI BOARD 🏄‍♂️

the ultimate form!!

"You're can draw that yourself, why do you c0mission other artists/friends to draw stuff for you?"

Because:
1) time
2) I love collecting and appreciating different art styles of my sona
3) when its an artist friend, I like being reminded of said friend everytime I look at their comm ❤️

Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad

We have to go back.

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girls' Halloween gathering!!

I am not trusting Discord with my ID and netiher should you.

hit 'em where it hurts!! 🥰✨

ms mowz

Drew Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters

The Only Thing More Powerful Than Hate Is Love.

A powerful message to end on.

Thank you Bad Bunny. ❤️

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Bless

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PBS kids is sending me

THE PROSTATE CANCER COMMERCIAL??????? 😭😂

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Last month was my final unemployment payout. Still no job leads. I have until the middle of the month to pay for car insurance before I lose it and until the end of the month before my car payment goes into collections. I could use all the help I can get right now. Thank you.

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I've been sitting on this for 2 months and if I don't just post it I never will... so here we go. gofund.me/a0504391

A screenshot of a tweet that says: Your art will betray you. It will look better in your head than on paper. It will make you feel untalented some days. Love it anyway. Because one day, it will also surprise you, fulfill you, and remind you why you started.

Throwback to something worth repeating.

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Hey baby bats! I've been trying to pay off some of my debt with my unemployment and it's left me with not much money for rent and food! There's no pressure to donate but I'd appreciate it if you can! 💗 Still looking for a job currently with the market being trash right now
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Your majesty, I promise that I will make the young lady smile. ✧ ˚ 　· 　　 .

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Ruff

You can't be gay and racist.

Choose a struggle.

It's perfectly ok for you as an artist if you choose not to do NSFW content.

But can you NOT act like this makes you BETTER?

Seriously, you're not holier or more "moral" just because you won't draw a penis.

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Ugh, I think my body has become super sensitive to the cold over the years... I get so tired, my chest gets tight, I'm stiff and have a hard time warming up after being outside for too long, even if i try to bundle up properly. Starting to think I *need* my fursuit to stay warm at this point :V

Don’t listen to the haters. Wear what you want!!!