Discord rolls out controversial age verification despite co-founder's apology

Discord has launched an age "assurance" system that automatically sorts accounts into adult, teen, or unconfirmed groups based on context. Users can confirm age via government ID, credit card, Apple App Store age range, or an AgeKey passkey; CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy says over 90% of users won't be asked to verify.

• System sorts accounts into adult, teen, and unconfirmed groups
• Teen accounts get sensitive messages blurred and lose Stage channels
• Age can be confirmed via ID, credit card, App Store, or AgeKey
• CTO says over 90% of users won't be asked to confirm age