Users of Discord are organizing a protest centered around the platform's purple mascot, Wumpus, to voice their dissatisfaction with the company's new age verification system. The system, which Discord described as "very popular," has drawn criticism since its launch, which began in a relatively calm environment. However, problems quickly emerged as bugs appeared from the start, leading users to respond with increasingly dark artistic depictions of Wumpus being tortured. Discord posted a message on X/Twitter stating, "When you launch an extremely popular age verification update that everyone on Discord was really looking forward to and it has bugs," which received 36,000 "likes" and nearly 10,000 replies. The replies included a wave of fan art featuring Wumpus, often shown in violent scenarios such as dismemberment. One popular post depicted a hyper-realistic version of Wumpus undergoing a form of torture called "quartering," which involves dismembering an individual using horses attached to each of their limbs. This image received 260,000 "likes." The protests follow criticism of the age verification system, which was first announced at the beginning of the year. Many of Discord's millions of users have expressed concerns about privacy, particularly after a major data breach occurred last year. Some users sarcastically commented on Discord's post, with one stating, "If you want to be a serious, adult company specializing in data theft, you can no longer post childish messages," and another adding, "Stop trying to give your data collection system a fanciful side. We don't support you." Discord later released an update indicating that the bugs preventing access to age-restricted servers had been fixed. However, the company has not responded to the criticisms flooding its comments section since the new system was launched.