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> mandatory age verification for all users is rolling out next month

I thought age verification was only required to access "adult" content?



It covers more than that, but it's not strictly mandatory.

> Content Filters: Discord users will need to be age-assured as adults in order to unblur sensitive content or turn off the setting.

> Age-gated Spaces – Only users who are age-assured as adults will be able to access age-restricted channels, servers, and app commands.

> Message Request Inbox: Direct messages from people a user may not know are routed to a separate inbox by default, and access to modify this setting is limited to age-assured adult users.

> Friend Request Alerts: People will receive warning prompts for friend requests from users they may not know.

> Stage Restrictions: Only age-assured adults may speak on stage in servers.


> > Stage Restrictions: Only age-assured adults may speak on stage in servers.

Does this mean that in panel-like settings where 100s of users are listening to a speaker, in order to ask or contribute in voice you need to be verified?


I guess so, since the same role is used for anyone with permission to speak up in a stage channel.

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500005513722-...

Hell if I know why unverified users are allowed to speak in normal voice channels but not in stage channels.


What gets deemed “adult” is incredibly random as far as I can tell, some of our servers/messages have triggered it, but no porn or anything is shared in them.


This is great post about this from Soatok back when visa and Mastercard pulled support from itch and steam in July.

https://soatok.blog/2025/07/24/against-the-censorship-of-adu...


Year at the time X was OPENLY posting and later selling (feature hid behind paid subscription) CSAM(1) and non consensual nudity payment processors were still okay with it.

(1) https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/26/eu-also-investigating-as-grok...

> "Put another way, Grok generated an estimated 190 sexualized images per minute during that 11-day period. Among those, it made a sexualized image of children once every 41 seconds."




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