Discord bans teen dating servers, child sexualization after NBC News investigation

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/discord-bans-teen-dating-servers-child-ai-sexualization-rcna93690?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=64adcd688148c70001f2725b&utm_source=twitter

Discord's head of trust and safety said that the popular chat app was changing and clarifying its policies around grooming, teen dating and child sexualization.

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Crudman@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Weeding the pedos out of Discord seems like an utterly sysiphean task

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

As someone who's been fighting against pedos trying to use my services for a year now, I concur. Pedos ruin everything

agitatedpotato@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Every time those bastards see a small opening they take it.

luthis@lemmy.nz · 8 pts · 3y

Every time i see a story like this i just think.. What the fuck?

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)
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johnnyb@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 3y (1 reply)

at least they get into self hosting/administering TS servers and learn something new I suppose

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 3y
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doppelgangmember@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y

"They're on to us, shut it down!!!"

Jackolantern@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Only now they did this after being investigated? Seems too little huh.

GFGJewbacca@ag.batlord.org · 14 pts · 3y (1 reply)

If no one was telling them it was broken, why fix it? That costs money, a cardinal sin against capitalism.

I don't expect the people running a company to have morals, because moral behavior is bad for business.

Jackolantern@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Sad reality