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

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.