As reported on by the BBC, on September 20, 2025, a third-party provider called 5CA was compromised. The company supports Discord’s customer service and age verification appeals. The breach lasted 58 ...

Discord postpones its global age verification program to late 2026, adding credit card checks as an alternative to facial scans or ID uploads..

Discord has cut ties with identity-verification company Persona — a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — after ...

In February 2026, Discord announced that it would enable underage settings by default, requiring users to verify their age via camera before accessing adult content. Discord announces that it will ...

Unsurprisingly, Discord's "teen-by-default" settings and ID verification announcement isn't going over well with its user base. On Monday, the messaging platform announced it will require all adult ...