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Discord will require photo IDs globally starting next month

Grant St. Clair
Feb 10, 2026
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Won’t someone police the messaging apps?! Think of the children!

Look: I like Discord a lot. It’s probably my second most-used app after my web browser. It’s an intuitive, easy-to-use messaging app for both direct and group messaging that started as a humble “by gamers, for gamers” project but has since eclipsed every competitor — s…

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