Discord experienced an outage on Wednesday affecting tens of thousands of users, according to Downdetector, with many reporting issues on social media.

Social media platform X has experienced a service outage, coming amid a broader wave of reported technical problems affecting several major online platforms.

Discord, the widely used chat and community platform, is preparing to introduce a global age verification system aimed at restricting access to adult content and improving user safety.

Discord will soon require users worldwide to verify their age—either through a face scan or by uploading identification—if they want to access adult content on the platform.

Discord, the popular messaging platform widely used by gamers, has revealed that official identification photos from around 70,000 users may have been exposed following a cyberattack.

A Moscow court has fined the Discord messenger for 3.5 million rubles (approximately $36,233) over two episodes, related to online propaganda of LGBT relations.

Türkiye announced on Wednesday that it has blocked access to the instant messaging and social media platform Discord following a court ruling amid safety concerns related to crimes involving minors.

Roskomnadzor (RKN) issued five decisions on the Discord service regarding its operation in Russia from September 20, News.Az reports citing Kommersant .