Some Discord users are now being asked to scan their faces or IDs to verify their age group when they attempt to view sensitive content. While some might call this a chilling advancement of the global surveillance apparatus, Discord says these new "features" are "an experiment" that only applies to users in the United Kingdom and Australia, which recently passed laws requiring more rigorous age verification on platforms that might expose children to harmful content.
On its support page describing the new verification procedure, Discord says users may be asked to verify their age when they either encounter "content flagged by our sensitive media filter" or try to modify their sensitive content filter settings.
