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After a rocky start, Discord has delayed the global rollout of its age-verification policies following user backlash. Earlier this month, the messaging-based social platform announced that it would ...

Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from users with concerns about their privacy. The ...

Discord, the popular online communication platform for gamers, said Wednesday it will delay its global age verification rollout after it received user criticism. Discord announced a phased rollout for ...

In a new statement, Discord CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy clarifies that 90% of global users will be able to continue to use Discord as they always have. The Discord users who will need to authenticate ...

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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 ...

Update 2/24: This article was originally titled "Discord Drops Persona After Users Blast UK Age Checks And Data Practices". Per a statement we received from Discord after publishing, we've altered the ...

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 ...

For years, Discord has been the digital living room of the internet: gamers, developers, creators, and entire online communities have called it home. But that home is starting to feel… monitored. And ...

Discord hears you. It gets your concerns. It wants to win back your trust. That’s the message from cofounder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy, who announced the company’s controversial new ...

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