Discord’s original plan was to begin age verification as early as March, but in light of the controversy, the company is now postponing the rollout of age verification to the second half of 2026, per ...

Discord age verification will be delayed to the second half of 2026.

Both Reddit and Discord have got themselves into trouble over the use of a controversial third-party age verification service.

The company added that 90% of users won’t need to verify their age and will be able to keep using Discord as usual.

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