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title: "Blog - mssgs | News, stickers, games and privacy"
description: "The mssgs blog: what is new in the app, from sticker packs and games to how we handle privacy, safety and age checks, written by our team in the Netherlands."
canonical: https://blog.mss.gs/en
language: en
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# The mssgs blog

Stories from the team behind mssgs: what we ship, why we build it the way we do, and how we think about privacy and safety.

### Age verification: how mssgs does it, and how Discord does

Since 22 September, Discord estimates every account’s age and can ask for a face scan or an ID. mssgs never asks for either. A side-by-side look, and safety without a scan.

### New in mssgs: sighs, sign cards and 1,088 free animated stickers

A sigh for every character, 80 sign cards and two new packs. What arrived this week, how to send stickers in mssgs, and how to use them anywhere else.