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Discord

Voice, video, and text communication platform

discord.com

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 500–5,500
Industry: Online Services

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Latest news about Discord

In short: Discord faced intense legal scrutiny over child safety in Texas and Brazil while expanding its gaming integrations and VR capabilities.

Company announcements

August 17 Discord

Discord suspends video features in Brazil

The company complies with a Brazilian regulator's order following a safety incident. Non-video features remain accessible.

August 6 Discord

Discord announces mobile support generally available in Social SDK

The update adds Rich Presence for Android, streamlined account linking with deeplinks, and mobile commerce, with early partners like Tencent, Scopely, and Ninja Kiwi already integrating.

June 10 Discord

Discord tightens requirements for app data access

Apps with over 10,000 users now face annual reviews to retain access to message content and member lists.

June 9 Discord

Discord migrated voice traffic to Cloudflare's edge network

Over 80% of voice and video traffic now runs on Cloudflare, improving latency for many regions.

Media coverage

August 27 NOLA.com

Louisiana AG Liz Murrill sues Snapchat and Discord over child exploitation on apps

Murrill accused Snap Inc. and Discord Inc. of letting the companies’ social platforms be used to enable child predators to easily exploit kids online...

August 26 Reuters

Brazil sues Discord for $97 million over alleged failures to protect children

The Brazilian ‌government said on Wednesday it has sued chat platform Discord, seeking 500 million r...

August 21 Mashable

GTA 6 makers subpoena Microsoft, Discord, and Github over 'stolen content'

The makers of Grand Theft Auto VI have filed two Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas targeting Microsoft and Discord in the quest to unmask...

August 20 Yahoo

US Senators Say Discord And Roblox Should Have Their Day In Court

Three US Democratic senators condemned both Discord and Roblox, saying that the voice-chat and game-creation platforms "deserve their day in court" instead of hiding behind...

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