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Instant messaging and VoIP software
Researchers and journalists document multiple practical workarounds to Discord’s age-gating—VPNs, in‑game photo tricks and third‑party code—while experts warn that such bypasses expose platforms to le...
Discord now offers two main age-verification routes in trials: an on-device facial age-estimation scan and an ID-photo upload via QR code; Discord and its vendor say biometric data from face scans “ne...
Discord says deleted messages are removed from its systems but some content — including public posts used for safety training — can be retained from 180 days to two years, and Discord warns backups ma...
Discord has been piloting two age-verification methods — a device-based facial age check and an upload/scan of a government ID — in the UK and Australia to meet new regulator demands; Discord says bio...
Discord says its Trust & Safety team files Cybertip reports with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) when it identifies potential child-safety concerns; Discord’s public safet...
Prosecutors’ indictment against Tyler Robinson cites text messages that allegedly include a confession, DNA traces on a rifle left at the scene, physical evidence from the rooftop and apartment, and c...
Discord’s public policy says deleting your account “permanently deletes identifying information and anonymizes other data,” and disabled accounts stop new processing . However, Discord also retains so...
Discord collects a broad set of personal data categories: , and it makes that collection central to how the service functions . The company offers controls and legal bases for processing such data, an...
The investigation into Charlie Kirk’s murder has advanced from an initial arrest and questioning to at least one criminal charge: a suspect has been , while federal investigators continue to examine o...
Discord’s publicly available coverage in the provided documents does answer whether users can opt out of identity verification in countries where such checks are legally required; none of the supplied...
Discord begins a deletion process you can cancel for a limited window (Discord’s support pages state 15 days to restore a voluntarily deleted account) and says backups are kept 30–45 days; but multipl...
Discord places a deleted account in a short recovery hold (typically 15–30 days) and then removes identifying account data while retaining some information for legal or business reasons; however, mess...
Getting caught using a fake ID on Discord can trigger platform enforcement ranging from warnings and temporary suspensions to permanent bans, and users may sometimes regain access via appeals if they ...
Discord says it deletes “identifying information” when you delete an account and retains other data as long as needed for its purposes, with some content kept in anonymized or aggregated form and back...
Discord’s documentation says deleted accounts enter a short pending-deletion window you can cancel; after deletion the company says accounts “have been deleted from our system” and cannot be restored ...
Discord allows recovery in some deletion and disablement scenarios: user-initiated deletions typically enter a short “pending deletion” window (commonly reported as 14 days) during which the user can ...
Discord’s policies state and limits sharing to defined purposes like service delivery, legal compliance, and user consent, while offering data rights to users . However, recent cybersecurity incidents...
Discord provides users with a view of recent login activity that includes device, timestamp, and , but it does not give users a built‑in way to permanently erase those server‑side login records; the o...
Law enforcement can compel Discord to preserve and sometimes provide deleted account data through legal process such as preservation requests and search warrants under U.S. law (Title 18 §2703 is refe...
Discord’s official privacy materials and the company’s downloadable data package show ; the public Privacy Policy describes device and usage data but does not always name “IP address” verbatim in ever...