Starting Wednesday, Discord, the community messaging platform, will roll out age verification measures to all users.
The rollout comes after the company initially delayed its age verification plans in February due to backlash from users concerned that biometric scans and ID checks could jeopardize their privacy. Those concerns weren’t unfounded; last year, a third-party vendor that works with Discord was breached, potentially exposing the data of 70,000 users’ data, including government ID photos and selfies used for identity verification.
