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==Discord's Teen-By-Default Age Verification Policy== | ==Discord's Teen-By-Default Age Verification Policy== | ||
On February 9, 2026, Discord announced its "teen-by-default" policy, which will be launched globally. All new and existing users worldwide will have a teen-appropriate experience by default unless and until Discord determines you are over the age of 18. This feature restricts access to age-gated servers, channels, bot commands, and "select message requests."<ref name=":0" /> | On February 9, 2026, Discord announced its "teen-by-default" policy, which will be launched globally. All new and existing users worldwide will have a teen-appropriate experience by default unless and until Discord determines you are over the age of 18. This feature restricts access to age-gated servers, channels, bot commands, and "select message requests."<ref name=":0" /> The feature will start to go into affect early March, meaning all new and existing accounts will have to undergo the age verification process to see adult content. But according to discord most users will be unaffected and will not have to upload a face scan or an ID because they will be automatically verified with Discord's age inference model. | ||
Individuals who are not age verified will: | |||
* Be unable to unblur images. | |||
* Be unable to use age-restricted, servers, channels, and app commands. | |||
* Not be allowed to speak on stages in servers. | |||
* Have their message request inbox altered, sending requests from those they may not know to a separate inbox. | |||
* Have warning prompts appear when receiving friend requests from users they may not know. | |||
=== | ===Methods Of Verification=== | ||
Currently there are three methods discord will use to determine the age of the user; video selfies, ID verification, and its new age inference model. Discord claims to want to add more methods of verification in the future to make age verification easier. | |||
==== Video Selfie ==== | ====Age Inference Model==== | ||
====ID Verification==== | |||
As expected | |||
====Video Selfie==== | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||