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On social media, alarmed Discord users protested the move, doubting whether Discord could be trusted with their most sensitive information after Discord age verification data was recently breached. In October, hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 Discord users from a third-party service that Discord previously trusted to verify ages in the United Kingdom and Australia.

#GoodByeDiscord
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-checks-after-data-breach-exposed-70000-ids/

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

Discord to block adult content unless users verify ages with selfies or IDs.

Ars Technica
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Deleted my Discord account. I'm not gonna give them a face scan or ID. #GoodByeDiscord