# @kazani: Discord's 2026 age verification uses AI and behavior, not just ID docs

Source: https://farcaster.xyz/kazani/0xa3b509b2
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/kazani-Discords-2026-age-verification-uses-AI-and-behavior-not-just-ID-docs?index=0x698c444cecf53e79203180876a4b054abac69a53ae0960328ed6c5d61c7c7c300c1fbabc
Submitted by @kazani on 2026-02-11 UTC, 3 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

Discord plans to roll out worldwide age verification from March 2026, progressively for all new and existing users, but the poster notes that general use will not be affected. According to the post, identification would apparently be requested only to view adult or sensitive content, to speak in public scenarios, or to receive messages from people the user is not friends with. The post says Discord would supposedly consider factors such as gaming and schedules to estimate whether a user is an adult, and that a user who might be a child could undergo a local verification on the device using AI rather than sending a document to third-party servers.

## Article

Discord won't ask you to verify your age (initially)

Discord will implement age verification worldwide from March 2026, progressively for all new and existing users.

https://cyberinsider.com/discord-expands-age-verification-system-for-teen-users-worldwide/

So why do I say it won't ask you to do it?

The general use of Discord won't be affected, the identification will apparently be requested if you want to:

· View adult/sensitive content
· Speak in public scenarios
· Receive messages from someone you're not friends with

In addition, there will be a particularity. It seems that the identification won't be the typical one of sending your document to third-party servers and that's it.

They will supposedly take into account if you play, schedules, etc... to assume if you're an adult.

If it's considered that you might be a child, a local verification can be carried out on the device using AI.

We'll have to wait to see how this implementation is carried out and, above all, if with all the fuss it's actually implemented.