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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)

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Lick #5 for @ceistdeuce.bsky.social

#furry #art #furryart #oc #ocart #originalcharacter #digitalart #cute #chibi #doodles #animation #gif #HELLBATS

Big thanks to @folfie.bsky.social for this birthday gift! #art #furry #dragon

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I'm so sorry for your loss. It's tough losing such close family. 🫂

Vaccines save lives.

And no, they do not cause autism.

#FurryNSFW #Anthro #LewdArt #HiAmPotatoNSFW #ScaleyNSFW

NSFW Commission for @ceistdeuce.bsky.social

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a white dog is running down a dirt road with trees in the background . Alt: a white dog is running down a dirt road with trees in the background .

▿ We're hittin' the ground running w/ our boys @ivorymist.bsky.social & @ceistdeuce.bsky.social in some #AbioticFactor! We're starting National Suicide Prevention week charity with @stackup.org supporting the mental health of our vets, pickin' them back up💙

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Cybernetic coyote with a jacket draped around her, her arm reaching up on her neck

▿Let me be the blue devil in your heart 💙👹

This delicious meal was created by @folfie.bsky.social

#art #sona #oc #cybernetic

St. Paul, Minnesota

Had an absolute blast at Furry Migration this year! See y'all next year!
#furry #furrymigration #minnesota #thegala

When the stretch hits harder than the workout!

You got this

Made Titanfall fanart for a dear friend!

Speedpaint commission for Provasity!~

Keep your eyes open tomorrow, Monday 1st September, at 3pm BST, especially if you live in the UK. We’re about to drop one of the biggest announcements of our career so far… 👹 👁️ 🔥

graphic of a gold star written "has never even opened ChatGPT"

Hey #PortfolioDay 🎨

I'm Abel, fantasy illustrator from Germany. I love details, gold and thick messy lines.

I can always contact my agent for commercial work
✉️ angharad@kowalstannusagency.com

And for privat art, send me an DM.

comic panel of batman and raphael from tmnt batman: this is where i saw my parents die raphael raphael: discord hug emoji

Hell yeah!

The album that started it all, WOODLAND RITES, is finally back on wax today via Nuclear Blast! LP and CD editions are available now at all good record shops. Send us your deck shots, we love to see it spinning! 💚

Album Stream: youtu.be/-a2qLMy1Jvc

Buy here: greenlung.bfan.link/woodland-rites

Nice bike nerd

I can be your angle or your divel.
Character : @felanentane.bsky.social

shadow says trans people are cool

RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research Agency to end 22 federal contracts, questioning safety of technology credited with helping end Covid pandemic

Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call…

HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775

HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000

PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well.

NONE of this is okay.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Soaring in the sky, seeing the beautiful world from high. The winds will carry you far, because there are many wonders to see from above.

Character : Fáolan by AlbinoDeer, from the story The Crushing Light :
www.royalroad.com/fiction/1020...

#dragon 🦋 #animation 🦋 #digitalart

I realized i forgor to share this here before, but late sharing of some bday arts i did to @ceistdeuce.bsky.social and @aoiprotocol.com. Was testing new shading methods with these

#furry #furryart