Hosting your own group chat could let you avoid a lot of drama.

Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

Social community platform Discord is preparing to require users to verify their age by the second half of 2026, and users are concerned about the privacy of uploading a government ID or face scan to ...

PCWorld reports that Discord’s new age verification policy requires users to submit video selfies or ID documents, treating unverified accounts as teens. Searches for “delete Discord” have doubled ...

Discord’s recent announcement that it’ll require ID verifications and face scans to confirm you’re not a kid drove many people away from the platform. As time goes by, more people are seeking ...

TeamSpeak, a rival to the popular chat platform Discord used by gamers, has seen a surge of new users since Discord announced it would be requiring age verification for some users, causing TeamSpeak’s ...