Discord suspends video features in Brazil
The company complies with a Brazilian regulator's order following a safety incident. Non-video features remain accessible.
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Voice, video, and text communication platform
discord.com- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Company type
- Private company
- Number of employees
- 1,000–5,200
- Industry
- Online Services
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Latest news about Discord
In short: Discord faced child-safety lawsuits, Brazil's $97M suit, and age-verification backlash.
Company announcements
Discord updates on third-party security incident
An unauthorized party compromised vendor 5CA, exposing data of ~70,000 users including government-ID photos. Discord revoked access, notified authorities, and is emailing affected users.
Discord partners with Meta to launch native Horizon app
The integration will let VR users stay connected with friends within Meta Quest headsets and discover new games by seeing friends' activity.
Discord appoints Humam Sakhnini as new CEO
Humam Sakhnini will become CEO on April 28, 2025, succeeding co-founder Jason Citron who will become CEO advisor. Sakhnini has extensive gaming industry experience.
Media coverage
Discord’s IPO Has Stalled As Investors Can’t Agree What It’s Worth
The Discord IPO, filed in January with a March target, hasn't happened. Investors now value its shares at $23.51 to $36.79, ...
Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns | TechCrunch
In December, messages from Discord's public discoverable servers will begin appearing in search...
Florida Joins Growing State Roster Suing Discord Over Kid Safety
Florida on Thursday became the latest state to sue social media platform Discord Inc. for failing to protect children online from predators, sexual content, and...
Brazil sues Discord for US$100m, judge orders tighter safeguards after teen suicide
A Brazilian judge on Wednesday ordered the messaging platform Discord to do more to protect underage users after detecting ...
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