Why is Discord asking for my birthday?

Discord's Terms of Service requires people to be over a minimum age to access our app or website, so we are introducing a system to verify that users satisfy that minimum age requirement. We do this to keep our users safe and ensure they don't encounter material that's not appropriate for them.  

For all countries not listed below, 13 is the minimum age to access our app or website.

Asia

• South Korea: 14+
• Vietnam: 15+

Caribbean

• Aruba: 16+
• Caribbean Netherlands: 16+
• Curaçao: 16+
• Sint Maarten: 16+

Europe

• Austria: 14+
• Bulgaria: 14+
• Croatia: 16+
• Cyprus: 14+
• Czech Republic: 15+
• France: 15+
• Germany: 16+
• Greece: 15+
• Hungary: 16+
• Ireland: 16+
• Italy: 14+
• Lithuania: 14+
• Luxembourg: 16+
• Netherlands: 16+
• Poland: 16+
• Romania: 16+
• San Marino: 16+
• Serbia: 15+
• Slovakia: 16+
• Slovenia: 16+
• Spain: 14+

South America

• Chile: 14+
• Colombia: 14+
• Peru: 14+
• Venezuela: 14+