Discord has issued a lengthy response to concerns over its impending update that will require some users to verify their age in order to access servers, settings and content deemed unsuitable for teens.

To maintain full functionality, you could be asked to scan your face or provide an ID that proves you're an adult.

Discord users will have to scan their faces to use the app in its entirety as new age restrictions are ushered in. It's a move that's become more commonplace worldwide as websites seek to safeguard young people.

Discord framed the "teen by default" changes as protective, but online backlash called it the next step in the surveillance state.

Discord will force users to share a selfie or government-ID to turn off age-gated teen-by-default limitations.