Discord’s August 2025 Policy update: UK ID checks and new ad targeting controls

Discord’s August 2025 Policy update: UK ID checks and new ad targeting controls

Data

Discord rolled out a set of policy updates that touch safety, identity checks, and how they use data to power sponsored content. Two changes matter most for privacy minded users: new age verification for the United Kingdom and broader data use for ad targeting and ‘Quest’ measurement. We’ve broken down both of these core updates, […]

9/2/2025
Wikipedia Loses Challenge to UK Online Safety Act

Wikipedia Loses Challenge to UK Online Safety Act

Wikipedia

The Wikimedia Foundation, the charity that runs Wikipedia, has lost a court fight over some of the UK’s Online Safety Act provisions. The High Court action aimed to prevent the strictest rules of the law from being applied to the online encyclopedia. The judge dismissed the challenge but, as reported by Reuters the The Guardian, […]

8/12/2025