Discord published an update on how it verifies which age group a user falls into.
The company posted the change today under the headline 'An update on how we confirm your age group on Discord,' with a URL that frames the effort as 'safer for teens, same Discord for adults.' Calling it an update rather than a launch implies Discord's age-group checks already existed in some form and are simply being revised. The post picked up a modest 55 points and 11 comments in early discussion.
Age verification is quickly becoming a cost of doing business for any platform with a teen audience, as more jurisdictions pass laws requiring companies to know how old their users are. The hard part is not deciding to check ages, it is doing so without annoying adults or building something a fake birthdate defeats in five seconds. Discord's pitch, that teens get more protection while adults notice nothing, is the same pitch most platforms reach for when they roll out systems like this, and it rarely holds up as cleanly in practice as it reads in a blog post.
For now, judging by that muted response, nobody seems to be holding their breath.