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Florida opened an investigation into the popular online chat platform Discord, the state’s attorney general James Uthmeier said Wednesday, alleging child predators are using it to target children.

Last month, Discord quickly backpedaled after it announced that an age-verification system would roll out globally. Discord’s reversal followed a widespread user backlash, which also intensified ...

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PCWorld highlights five critical Discord privacy settings users should disable to protect their personal data from collection and profiling. Discord uses AI to analyze account activity, payment ...

A note to corporations everywhere: Asking politely for the internet to stop making fun of you often has the opposite effect. Microsoft may have just learned that lesson the hard way, after it ...

In an effort to boost its AI investments, Microsoft has integrated AI tools into just about every part of the company’s operation, whether anyone wants it or not (and they mostly don’t). The result of ...

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Social community platform Discord is preparing to require users to verify their age by the second half of 2026, and users are concerned about the privacy of uploading a government ID or face scan to ...

In a lengthy blog post from its CTO and co-founder Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord announced it will delay and refine changes to the way the company handles content and communications for younger users ...

Earlier this month, Discord said it would be enacting an age verification policy. The platform faced some initial concerns from users about turning over their IDs and personal information, ...

Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor transparency, and other changes. Now it will hold off on expansion until it adds more verification options, vendor ...