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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: 500–5,000
Industry: Online Services

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Latest news about Discord

In short: Discord faced multiple state lawsuits over child safety concerns and suffered several major technical outages while launching new perks.

Company announcements

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.

May 18 Discord

Discord now encrypts all voice and video calls end-to-end

The DAVE protocol was audited and rolled out across all platforms, with no opt-in required.

May 7 Discord

Discord launches Rust Shop with 20% sale

Users can buy and gift official Rust in-game items directly on Discord. The discount applies to most skins until May 21st.

Media coverage

July 29 Hoodline

Fixes roll out after Meccha Chameleon servers infected with malware, Discord hacked

You might want to do a scan if you've played on any custom maps lately.

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