Discord will soon be expanding teen safety protections worldwide including teen-by-default settings and age assurance designed to create safer experiences for teens.
We’re also launching recruitment for Discord's first Teen Council, creating a space for teen voices to help shape our safety and wellbeing work. Applications are now open for US teens ages 13–17.
Learn more about these updates here: dis.gd/teen-safety
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Discord suffered a data breach in October of 2025.
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Government issued IDs, which Discord is actively pushing to collect, were what was stolen as part of the data breach.
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